Kongsvinger Station

Kongsvinger Station (Norwegian: Kongsvinger stasjon) is a railway station located in downtown Kongsvinger, Norway, on the Kongsvinger Line and Solør Line. The station was built in 1862 as part of the Kongsvinger Lin and designed in Swiss chalet style by Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno. Later a branch line, the Solør Line, was built to Elverum.

Kongsvinger
Location	Kongsvinger,  Norway
Coordinates	60°11′15″N 12°0′13″E
Elevation	148.1 m (486 ft) AMSL
Operated by	SJ Vy Vy Tåg
Line(s)	Kongsvinger Line Solør Line
Distance	100.28 km (62.31 mi)
Platforms	2
Connections	Bus: Innlandstrafikk
Other information
Station code	KVG
History
Opened	3 October 1862

The station is served by many Oslo Commuter Rail departures to and from Oslo Central Station. There are also stops by long-distance trains Oslo–Stockholm, and some regional trains to Charlottenberg and Karlstad in Sweden.

All bus services in Kongsvinger connect to the station, with hourly service offered by Innlandstrafikk. There are hourly buses westbound to Oslo, northbound to Elverum, and buses to Charlottenberg, and local buses in Kongsvinger.

The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 July 1925, and subsequently renovated.[1]

References

1. Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 65. OCLC 40310643.

Preceding station	Line			Following station
Skarnes	Kongsvinger Line			—
—	Solør Line			Elverum
Preceding station	Express trains			Following station
Lillestrøm		Oslo S–Stockholm C		Charlottenberg
Preceding station	Local trains			Following station
Skarnes	L14	Asker–Oslo S–Kongsvinger		—