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Sandefjord Station ( no, Sandefjord stasjon) is a 
The station has an elevation of 14.5 meters. It lies 600 meters from the harbor. It lies adjacent to the city's bus station, which is located immediately across the street from Sandefjord Station. Its property is made up of 460 m2 and it is located at Jernbaneplassen by Sandar Church. It was designed by architect
Jernbaneverket's entry on Sandefjord station
Railway stations in Vestfold og Telemark Railway stations on the Vestfold Line Railway stations opened in 1881 1881 establishments in Norway Buildings and structures in Sandefjord {{norway-railstation-stub
railway station
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on 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 Station ...
in Sandefjord
Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...
, 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 ...
. The station is served with regional trains operated by Vy. The station opened as part of the Vestfold Line in 1881. Norsk Spisevognselskap took over operations of the restaurant on 1 January 1940. The first train came to Sandefjord in 1881, on its way to neighboring Larvik. In the 1950s, the steam locomotive was replaced by the less noisy electric run train.
Sandefjord Station originally had three railway tracks when established in 1881. It also had one track which led through town and down to the harbor, known as ''Havesporet''. It also had a side-track which led to ''National Industri'', later known as ''Corneliussen mekaniske verksted''. Goods from industry made up a large amount of the station's original traffic. Passenger traffic increased largely during summers due to tourism.
The station has an elevation of 14.5 meters. It lies 600 meters from the harbor. It lies adjacent to the city's bus station, which is located immediately across the street from Sandefjord Station. Its property is made up of 460 m2 and it is located at Jernbaneplassen by Sandar Church. It was designed by architect Balthazar Lange
Balthazar Conrad Lange (25 March 1854 - 13 September 1937) was a Norwegian architect.
Personal life
He was born in Asker as a son of customs treasurer and lieutenant colonel Christopher Andreas Lange (1808–1888) and Anne Birgithe Falsen. He ...
. A Narvesen
Narvesen is a Norwegian chain of newsagents / convenience stores which, with its 370 outlets nationwide, is one of Norway's largest retailers. The company has since 2000 been part of the Reitan Group (''Reitangruppen'').
Narvesens Kioskkompagni ( ...
convenience store is located at the station, while an ICA grocery store is found across the street.
References
External links
Jernbaneverket's entry on Sandefjord station
Railway stations in Vestfold og Telemark Railway stations on the Vestfold Line Railway stations opened in 1881 1881 establishments in Norway Buildings and structures in Sandefjord {{norway-railstation-stub