Vakås | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Vakåsveien Vakås, Asker Norway | ||||
| Coordinates | 59°50′59″N10°28′3″E / 59.84972°N 10.46750°E /59.84972; 10.46750 | ||||
| Owned by | Bane NOR | ||||
| Operated by | Vy | ||||
| Line | Drammen Line | ||||
| Distance | 21.23 km (13.19 mi) fromOslo S | ||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | 34 places | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||
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| Fare zone | 2V | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 July 1957 (1957-07-01) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2012 | 155,000 (annually) | ||||
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Vakås Station (Norwegian:Vakås holdeplass) is arailway station on theDrammen Line located atVakås inAsker,Norway. Situated 21.23 kilometers (13.19 mi) fromOslo Central Station, it consists of anisland platform and serves the L1 line of theOslo Commuter Rail operated byVy. The station served 155,000 passengers in 2012. The station was opened on 1 July 1957 as part of thedoubling of the Drammen Line.
The Drammen Line past Vakås opened on 7 October 1872.[1] In 1916, during the process of electrifying the line, the route was rearranged from Vakås pastHvalstad, with the new route located slightly east of the old route. This was to give a good curvature to avoid the wooden viaduct at Hvalstad. From 1953 to 1958 the section of the line betweenSandvika Station andAsker Station was converted to double track.[2] Proposals for a station at Vaksås were launched as part of this work,[3] although it was not approved byParliament until 1954.[4] As part of doubling work, Vakås Station was opened on 1 July 1957.[5]
The line past the station receivedautomatic train stop andcentralized traffic control on 12 and 14 December 1993, respectively.[1] The station receivedaxle counters instead oftrack circuits in 2012.[6]
Vakås Station is situated on the Drammen Line, 21.23 kilometers (13.19 mi) from Oslo Central Station.[5] The line past the station featured double track and is equipped with a 220-meter (720 ft) long and 60-centimeter (24 in) tall island platform with two tracks and a shed.[7] The station has parking for 34 cars on the north side of the tracks and a bicycle stand.[8] There were as of 2008 2,200 people living within 1.0 kilometer (0.62 mi) of the station and 600 jobs.[9]
Vy serves Vakås with line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. L1 calls at all stations, running fromSpikkestad Station along theSpikkestad Line toAsker Station and past Vaksås to Oslo Central Station. It then continues along theTrunk Line toLillestrøm Station. Slependen has two trains per direction per hour,[10] which is scheduled to increase to four in late 2014. The station had about 500 daily passengers in 2008,[9] and 155,000 annual passengers in 2012.[6] Travel time to Oslo Central Station is 28 minutes.[11]
| Preceding station |  | Following station | ||
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| Høn | Drammen Line | Hvalstad | ||
| Preceding station | Local trains | Following station | ||
| Høn | L1 | Spikkestad–Oslo S–Lillestrøm | Hvalstad | |
