Brakerøya Station () is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
located at the village of
Brakerøya in
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
on the
Drammen Line
The Drammen Line () 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, and rebuilt to s ...
. The station is served by the
Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail () is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties of Norway, counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by Vy (formerly NSB) and its subsidiary Vy Gjøvikbanen, using NSB Class 69, C ...
L13 service with half-hour headway by
Vy.
History
The station was opened in 1873, one year after the Drammen Line. It was heavily rebuilt in 1973 when
Lieråsen Tunnel
Lieråsen Tunnel is a single-tubed railway tunnel of the Drammen Line situated in Asker and Lier, Norway, Lier in Norway. At a length of , the double track tunnel is located immediately between Asker Station and Lier Station. It is used for a mi ...
was opened and a new double track from Lieråsen Tunnel to Brakerøya was built.
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Railway stations in Buskerud
Railway stations on the Drammen Line
Railway stations in Norway opened in 1873