Oslo West Station ( no, Oslo Vestbanestasjon) or Oslo V, is a former
railway station located in
Vika in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
,
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 th ...
. It was the terminus of 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, ...
between 1872 and 1980, until the
Oslo Tunnel
The Oslo Tunnel ( no, Oslotunnelen) is a , double-track, railway tunnel which runs between Olav Kyrres plass and Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) in Oslo, Norway. The tunnel constitutes the easternmost section of the Drammen Line and runs ...
opened. The station remained in use until 1989, when all traffic was moved to the new
Oslo Central Station
Oslo Central Station ( no, Oslo sentralstasjon, abbreviated ) is the main railway station in Oslo, and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system. It connects with Jernbanetorget station. It's the terminus of Dra ...
. Until its closure it was the main station for trains on the
Sørland Line, the Drammen Line and the
Vestfold Line
The Vestfold Line ( no, Vestfoldbanen) is a railway line which runs between Drammen and Eidanger in Norway. The line connects to the Drammen Line at the northern terminus at Drammen Station and continues as the Bratsberg Line past Skien Stati ...
. There was no passenger rail connection to
Oslo Ø, the eastern station that served the eastern lines and trains to Bergen. The only connection was the
Oslo Port Line that went partially through some of the most trafficked streets in Oslo.
The station building was designed by architect
Georg Andreas Bull
Georg Andreas Bull (26 March 1829 – 1 February 1917) was a Norwegian architect and chief building inspector in Christiania (now Oslo) for forty years. He was among the major architects in the country, and performed surveying studies and arche ...
in the then-fashionable
Italiante style and built of plastered brickwork. The facade against
City Hall Square is flanked by two low towers. Windows and doors are arched. After the station closed, the building was used by, among others, the
Nobel Peace Center.
On 13 April 1921, the restaurant was taken over by
Norsk Spisevognselskap
Norsk Spisevognselskap A/S, often abbreviated NSS or shortened to Spisevognselskapet ( Norwegian for "The Dining Car Company"), was a Norwegian state enterprise which operated restaurant carriages on Norwegian trains and restaurants at railwa ...
, after it had received a renovation, which was completed on 1 May. In 1922, the company and
Narvesen opened two kiosks at the station. After the station was partially destroyed on 2 February 1942, it remained closed until 1 June.
References
External links
Entryat the
Norwegian Railway Club
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Railway stations in Oslo
Railway stations on the Drammen Line
1872 establishments in Norway
1989 disestablishments in Norway
Railway stations opened in 1872
Railway stations closed in 1989
Disused railway stations in Norway