Brakerøya Station
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Brakerøya Station ( no, Brakerøya stasjon) is a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
located at the village of Brakerøya in
Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konne ...
,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
on the
Drammen Line The Drammen Line ( no, Drammenbanen) is a railway line between Oslo and Drammen, Norway, which was opened on 7 October 1872. It serves all trains west of Oslo Central Station and is owned by Bane NOR. The line opened as a narrow gauge railway, ...
. The station is served by the
Oslo Commuter Rail Oslo Commuter Rail ( no, Lokaltog Østlandet) is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by Vy (formerly NSB) and its subsidiary Vy Gjøvikbanen, using Class 69 ...
L13 service with half-hour headway by Vy.


History

The station was opened in 1873, one year after the Drammen Line. It was heavily rebuilt in 1973 when
Lieråsen Tunnel Lieråsen Tunnel is a single-tubed railway tunnel of the Drammen Line situated in Asker, Røyken and Lier, Norway, Lier in Norway. At a length of , the double track tunnel is located immediately between Asker Station and Lier Station. It is used ...
was opened and a new double track from Lieråsen Tunnel to Brakerøya was built. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brakeroya Station Railway stations in Buskerud Railway stations on the Drammen Line Railway stations opened in 1873 1873 establishments in Norway