Blommenholm | |||||
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 AClass 70 train passing through Blommenholm Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Stasjonsveien 10,Blommenholm,Bærum Norway | ||||
| Coordinates | 59°53′50″N10°33′18″E / 59.89722°N 10.55500°E /59.89722; 10.55500 | ||||
| Elevation | 24.0 m (78.7 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Bane NOR | ||||
| Operated by | Vy | ||||
| Line | Drammen Line | ||||
| Distance | 12.23 km (7.60 mi) | ||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | 83 places | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||
| Architect | Eivind Gleditsch | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Fare zone | 2V | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 10 May 1910 (1910-05-10) | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1919 | ||||
| Electrified | 30 August 1922 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2008 | 600 (daily) | ||||
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Blommenholm Station (Norwegian:Blommenholm stasjon) is arailway station of theDrammen Line situated atBlommenholm inBærum,Norway. Located 12.23 kilometres (7.60 mi) fromOslo Central Station, it is served by line L1 of theOslo Commuter Rail. It is located in a primarily residential area and has four regular hourly services operated byVy. The station features anisland platform accessible from the station building on the south side.
The station opened on 10 May 1910, following the construction of housing in the vicinity. It received major upgrade from 1917 to 1922, when an all-new station building was constructed and the railway wasdoubled,electrified andgauge converted tostandard gauge. This gave a thirty-minuteheadway toOslo andSandvika. Blommenholm was staffed until 1969 and previously featured a post office.
The Drammen Line past the site of Blommenholm Station opened as anarrow gauge railway on 7 October 1872.[1] During the planning of the Drammen Line there was a disagreement of the route through Blommenholm. The owner of the eponymous farm wanted the tracks to run on the north side of his farm, but this demand was not met.[2]
Demands for a station were put forward by Christian Homan. He had bought the farm of Blommenholm with the intent of selling the land for residential development.[3] The new residents at first usedSandvika Station andHøvik Station. However, the roads were poor and it was not uncommon to ski to the station during the winter. To ensure better means of transport for his new residential area, Homan started working to convince theNorwegian State Railways that they should build a station to serve Blommenholm. Homan offered free land and 25,000Norwegian krone and the railway company agreed to build the station in what became the first major case for the new residents' association.[4]
The original station building opened on 10 May 1910. The station, situated on the north side, only had a single track and narrow gauge.[2] Originally, there were only three trains per day per direction which stopped at Blommenholm. However, they would only stop intermediately at Høvik before running directly toOslo West Station.[4]
The line from Sandvika to Oslo was substantially upgraded between 1917 and 1922. From 27 February 1917 standard gauge traffic was carried out on the northern track. A southern track was then built, which was used by narrow gauge trains. However, both weredual gauge. All-standard gauge operations commenced on 9 February 1920, although the dual gauge was not removed until 1922. Electric traction started operation on 30 August 1922.[5] From 1922 a half-hourheadway was introduced on the local trains between Sandvika andOslo West Station.[6] Aninterlocking system was installed on 18 October 1924.[7]
The upgrades also resulted in new station buildings on the double-tracked sections, which were designed byNSB Arktitektkontor.[8] The architect for the station was Eivind Gleditsch.[9] These were the first stations in Norway designed for double-track operations and were designed inBaroque Revival architecture. As the others it featured anisland platform.[8] The old station building was demolished and a new and larger station building was built in 1919.[10] It featured a station master's residence, a kiosk and a post office.[11] During the late 1920s NSB installed advertisement boards at the station. This caused protests from the residents' association and NSB decided to remove them in 1929.[12]
Blommenholm was downgraded to a halt on 1 February 1969 and was subsequently no longer staffed.[7] A major upgrade to the service came in 1973. NewClass 69 trains were put into service. Along with the closing of some stations, it allowed travel time to Oslo to drop from 22 to 12 minutes.[11] During this period the station was repeatedly subject to vandalism, especially the breaking of the windows. In 1983 NSB went to the step of rebuilding the platform building so it became a shed without windows.[11] The line past Blommenholm receivedcentralized traffic control andautomatic train stop on 3 December 1992.[1]
The opening of theBærum Tunnel, the second phase of theAsker Line, 26 August 2011, meant that express and regional trains bypassed Høvik Station altogether and run directly from Lysaker to Sandvika. Subsequently, the Drammen Line between Lysaker and Sandvika was upgraded.[13] While this involved a full replacement of the superstructure and renovations ofHøvik Station andStabekk Station, there was not sufficient funding to complete Blommenholm. Therefore, unlike the other two stations, Blommenholm did not receiveuniversally accessible platforms. However, the underpass was modernized.[14] To carry out efficient construction work, the segment of track was closed and all trains diverted via the Bærum Tunnel from 7 April 2013 to 13 December 2014.[13] The upgrades freed up track capacity allowing the number of trains to increase from two to four per direction per hour.[15]
Høvik Station is situated on the Drammen Line, 11.27 kilometres (7.00 mi) fromOslo Central Station at an elevation of 24.0 metres (78.7 ft).[7] The station features a station building on the south side of the tracks. Trains are served from an island platform, which is connected so Stasjonsveien via an underpass through the station building. Neither access to the station building nor the platform is in accordance with the principles ofuniversal accessibility. The platform is about 50 centimetres (20 in) tall and slightly curved. There is parking in conjunction with the station building, with capacity for 83 vehicles.[16]
Vy serves Høvik with line L1 of theOslo Commuter Rail. L1 calls at all stations, running fromSpikkestad Station along theSpikkestad Line toAsker Station and past Blommenholm to Oslo Central Station. It then continues along theTrunk Line toLillestrøm Station. Blommenholm has four trains per direction per hour.[17]
Blommenholm is situated in what is mostly a residential area. However, there is one major working place in the vicinity:Det Norske Veritas. There is provided a shuttle bus service from Blommenholm Station to this facility.[11] The station had about 600 passengers per day in 2008.[18]
| Preceding station |  | Following station | ||
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| Sandvika | Drammen Line | Høvik Ramstad | ||
| Preceding station | Local trains | Following station | ||
| Sandvika | L1 | Spikkestad–Oslo S–Lillestrøm | Høvik | |
