Jåttåvågen 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 in the municipality of
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
in
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 49 ...
county,
Norway
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. The station is located at
Jåtten in the
city of Stavanger, about from the main
Stavanger Station
Stavanger Station () is a railway station in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the centre of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger and it is the terminus of the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by regiona ...
. It is served by the
Jæren Commuter Rail
The Jæren Commuter Rail () is a commuter train service operated along the westernmost part of the Sørland Line in Jæren, Norway. It is operated by Go-Ahead Norge with nine NSB Class 72, Class 72 electric multiple units. The service acts as a ...
operated by
Go-Ahead Norge
Go-Ahead Nordic is a railway operator in Norway that commenced operations in December 2019. It is a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group.
History
In October 2018, Go-Ahead Nordic was awarded an eight-year contract by the Norwegian Railway Director ...
by up to four hourly trains in each direction. The station is located along the
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 li ...
section of the
Sørland Line
Sørland is a seaside resort, fishing village, and the administrative centre of Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the island of Værøya. The village is the main population center of the isla ...
, and was opened on 8 January 2009, replacing
Jåttå Station
Jåttå Station () was a railway station located at Jåttå in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The station was served by the Jæren Commuter Rail between Stavanger and Egersund. The station was located south of the centre of ...
. The station is within a minute's walk of
Viking Stadion
Viking Stadion (currently named Lyse Arena for sponsorship reasons), is a football (soccer), football stadium in Stavanger, Norway. It was inaugurated in May 2004 and cost 160 million Norwegian krone, NOK (€20 million) to build. 50 million NOK, ...
and
Jåttå Upper Secondary School. The station is co-located with a
Kolumbus bus stop, allowing transfers to and from Line 11.
Facilities
The station is from
Oslo Central Station
Oslo Central Station (, abbreviated ) is the main railway station in Oslo, and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system. It connects with Jernbanetorget station, which is served by trams and the Oslo Metro. It's ...
and from
Stavanger Station
Stavanger Station () is a railway station in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the centre of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger and it is the terminus of the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by regiona ...
.
Jåttåvågen Station is universally accessible, unstaffed and equipped with
ticket machine
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s. The station has a
kiss and ride
A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail transport, r ...
stop.
Viking Stadion, the home ground of
Eliteserien
Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...
side
Viking FK
Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, ...
, is located one minute's walk from the station. The same is the case for Jåttå Upper Secondary School.
The area around the station is being redeveloped in a project called Hinna Park.
Aker Solutions
Aker Solutions ASA is a Norwegian engineering firm headquartered in Oslo. The firm's production is focused on energy infrastructure, including systems and services required to de-carbonize oil and gas production, build wind-to-grid infrastruc ...
is in the process of building a new office building near the station to locate all its Greater Stavanger employees.
Service

The station is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail, operated by Go-Ahead. During regular operating hours on weekday, Go-Ahead operates four trains in each direction each hour. All northbound trains run to
Stavanger Station
Stavanger Station () is a railway station in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the centre of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger and it is the terminus of the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by regiona ...
, where they terminate. All four southbound trains operate to at least
Sandnes Station
Skeiane Station () is a railway station in the city of Sandnes which is in the western part of Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The station is located in the southern part of the city centre, a short distance south of the Sandne ...
, and two more continue to
Nærbø Station
Nærbø Station () is a railway station located at Nærbø in Hå, Norway on Sørlandet Line. The station is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail between Stavanger and Egersund, and one of the two bihourly train services as Nærbø as its terminal s ...
and one runs to
Egersund Station. Travel time to Stavanger is 8 minutes, to Sandnes Sentrum is 8 minutes, to Nærbø is 39 minutes and to Egersund is 57 minutes. NSB operates the line using
Class 72 electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number o ...
s. Transfer to city bus is available away,
which serves
Kolumbus' Line 11.
History
The line past Jåttåvågen was built as part of the
Jæren Line
The Jæren Line () was a long railway line between Stavanger and Egersund in Jæren, Norway. The name is no longer in official use and the section is regarded as the westernmost part of the Sørlandet Line. Owned by Bane NOR, the line has doub ...
and opened in 1878. In 2004, after Viking Stadion was completed, Jåttå Station was built. However, it was only served by commuter trains in conjunction with football matches and concerts at the stadium. In 2006 the Norwegian National Rail Administration started rebuilding the track between Stavanger and Sandnes to double track. As part of that, Jåttå was closed and replaced by Jåttåvågen. Construction of the station took a year. In June 2007, the old track past the station was demolished and until November work was done on the western part of the station and the western part of the bridge. From 26 to 28 May 2008, the line past the station was closed while a new bridge was placed over Jåttåvågveien.
Originally, the Jåttåvågen Station was intended to be taken into use when the double track from Stavanger to Sandnes opened in late 2009. However, in 2007 the city,
Rogaland County Municipality and the National Rail Administration agreed to split the cost of finishing the station in advance, allowing it to open on 6 January 2008. From April to November 2009, the section from Ganddal to Stavanger was closed while the last part of the upgrade was completed. The double track was opened on 16 November 2009 and from 14 December, the 15-minute headway was introduced between Stavanger and Sandnes.
References
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Railway stations on the Sørlandet Line
Railway stations in Stavanger
Railway stations in Norway opened in 1878
Railway stations in Norway opened in 2008