Eidsvoll is a

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located at

Eidsvoll Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet. General information ...

in Akershus,

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. The station is a

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of the

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, the

Gardermoen Line The Gardermoen Line ( no, Gardermobanen) is a high-speed railway line between Oslo and Eidsvoll, Norway, running past Lillestrøm and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. The line is long and replaced the older Hoved Line as the main line north-east of O ...

, and the

Dovre Line The Dovre Line ( no, Dovrebanen) is a Norwegian railway line with three slightly different lines which all lead to the historic city of Trondheim. Definition *Dovre Line is the current name of the 548 km main line of the Norwegian railway s ...

. Though the Dovre Line and the Trunk Line/Gardermoen Line practically are the same continual railway, there is a naming change at the station, thus making it a terminus for all the three lines. The station serves 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 ...

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

and regional trains to Lillehammer,

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and

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. In the summer the

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Skibladner PS ''Skibladner'' is the only paddle steamer operating in Norway, it sails on lake Mjøsa. ''Skibladner'' is a sidewheel design, and her maiden voyage was on 2 August 1856, making her the world's oldest paddle steamer still in timetabled servic ...

operates from the docks at the station.

History

The original station was amongst Norway's first railway and opened in 1854. It was built as the terminus of the Trunk Line and was about . When the new Gardermoen Line from Oslo via

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to Eidsvoll opened in 1998, a new station was built slightly northwards to allow it to serve both the Trunk Line and the Gardermoen Line.Eidsvoll Station (new)
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References

Railway stations on the Trunk Line Railway stations on the Gardermoen Line Railway stations on the Dovre Line Railway stations in Eidsvoll Railway stations opened in 1854 1854 establishments in Norway {{Norway-railstation-stub