Strand Station ( no, Strand holdeplass) was a railway station situated at Strand in Bærum, Norway, on the Drammen Line. The station, located from Oslo West Station, was served by Oslo Commuter Rail trains of the Norwegian State Railways. Ramstad opened on 1 November 1931 with two simple side platforms. Ticket sales remained until 1964. The station was one of several closed on 3 July 1973 as part of a service upgrade to speed up local trains on the Drammen Line.

History

The neighborhood of Strand did not receive a station on the Drammen Line when it opened on 7 October 1872. However, from 1874 it was served by Høvik Station and from 1884

Stabekk Station Stabekk Station ( no, Stabekk stasjon) is a railway station of the Drammen Line situated at Stabekk in Bærum, Norway. Located from Oslo Central Station, it is served by line L1, L2, L2x and L21 of the Oslo Commuter Rail and by Flytoget - the exp ...

. From the 1930s a series of bus routes were established from the area and to attract people to take the train, NSB introduced three new stations on the Drammen Line between Sandvika and Lysaker, all which opened on 1 November 1931. In addition to Strand, this consisted of

Ramstad Station Ramstad Station ( no, Ramstad holdeplass) was a railway station situated at Ramstad in Bærum, Norway, on the Drammen Line. The station, located from Oslo West Station, was served by Oslo Commuter Rail trains of the Norwegian State Railways. Ra ...

and

Myra Station Myra Station ( no, Myra holdeplass) was a railway station situated at Myra in the neighborhood of Stabekk in Bærum, Norway, on the Drammen Line. The station, located from Oslo West Station, was served by Oslo Commuter Rail trains of the Norweg ...

. From 1932 to 26 January 1964 the station had a private ticket sales office. With the opening of the Lieråsen Tunnel, a new route scheme was introduced on the Drammen Line. New and faster Class 69 trains were put into service. To take advantage of this NSB also chose to close three of the stations on the line between Sandvika and Lysaker: Ramstad, Strand and Myra. This allowed the local train from Sandvika to Oslo to reduce travel time by ten minutes. The station was only located from Høvik and from Blommenholm. Trains no longer stopped at Strand from 3 July 1973, although the station was not officially closed until August 1978.

Facilities

Strand Station was situated from Oslo West Station, equivalent to from

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 Dramme ...

. It was located at an elevation of above mean sea level in the residential neighborhood of Strand. The station featured two side platforms along a section of

double track A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track. Overview In the earliest days of railways in the United Kingdom, most lin ...

and electrified line. The station was served every thirty minutes by the Oslo Commuter Rail service between Sandvika and Oslo West Station.

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