Vakås Station ( no, Vakås holdeplass) 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 ...

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, ...

located at Vakås in

Asker Asker ( no, Asker), properly called Askerbygda in Norwegian, is a district and former municipality in Akershus, Norway. From 2020 it is part of the larger administrative municipality Asker, Viken (also known as Greater Asker) in Viken county, ...

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 ...

. Situated from Oslo Central Station, it consists of an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

and serves the L1 line of 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 ...

operated by Vy. The station served 155,000 passengers in 2012. The station was opened on 1 July 1957 as part of the doubling of the Drammen Line.

History

The Drammen Line past Vakås opened on 7 October 1872.Bjerke & Holom: 189 In 1916, during the process of electrifying the line, the route was rearranged from Vakås past

Hvalstad Hvalstad is a village and a small part of the municipality of Asker. Hvalstad has slightly over 2,000 inhabitants, a number that has doubled since the 1970s. Hvalstad lies 20 kilometres from the centre of Oslo. Hvalstad Station is on the Drammen ...

, with the new route located slightly east of the old route. This was to give a good curvature to avoid the wooden viaduct at Hvalstad. From 1953 to 1958 the section of the line between

Sandvika Station Sandvika Station ( no, Sandvika stasjon) is a railway station located at Sandvika in Bærum, Norway. Situated on the Drammen Line, from Oslo S, it also an intermediate station of the Asker Line. Vy serves the station with local and regional, w ...

and Asker Station was converted to double track. Proposals for a station at Vaksås were launched as part of this work, although it was not approved by

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until 1954. As part of doubling work, Vakås Station was opened on 1 July 1957.Bjerke & Holom: 194 The line past the station received

automatic train stop Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur (unresponsive train operator, earthquake, disconnected rail, train running over a stop signal, etc.) to prevent accidents. In some scena ...

and

centralized traffic control Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a form of railway signalling that originated in North America. CTC consolidates train routing decisions that were previously carried out by local signal operators or the train crews themselves. The system cons ...

on 12 and 14 December 1993, respectively. The station received

axle counter An axle counter is a system used in railway signalling to detect the clear or occupied status of a section of track between two points. The system generally consists of a wheel sensor (one for each end of the section) and an evaluation unit for c ...

s instead of

track circuit A track circuit is an electrical device used to prove the absence of a train on rail tracks to signallers and control relevant signals. An alternative to track circuits are axle counters. Principles and operation The basic principle behind t ...

s in 2012.

Facilities

Vakås Station is situated on the Drammen Line, from Oslo Central Station. The line past the station featured double track and is equipped with a long and tall island platform with two tracks and a shed. The station has parking for 34 cars on the north side of the tracks and a bicycle stand. There were as of 2008 2,200 people living within of the station and 600 jobs.

Service

Vy serves Vakås with line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. L1 calls at all stations, running from

Spikkestad Station Spikkestad Station ( no, Spikkestad stasjon) is a railway station located at Spikkestad in Røyken, Norway, and is the terminus of the Spikkestad Line. It was opened as part of the Drammen Line on 3 February 1885, but in 1973 the new Lieråsen Tu ...

along the Spikkestad Line to Asker Station and past Vaksås to Oslo Central Station. It then continues along the

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Lillestrøm Station Lillestrøm Station ( no, Lillestrøm stasjon) is a railway station serving the town of Lillestrøm in Skedsmo, Norway. Located on the Gardermoen Line and the Trunk Line as well as being the western terminus of the Kongsvinger Line, it is the ma ...

. Slependen has two trains per direction per hour, which is scheduled to increase to four in late 2014. The station had about 500 daily passengers in 2008, and 155,000 annual passengers in 2012. Travel time to Oslo Central Station is 28 minutes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vakas Station Railway stations in Asker Railway stations on the Drammen Line Railway stations opened in 1957 1957 establishments in Norway Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1950s