Høvik Station
Høvik Station (Norwegian: Høvik stasjon) is a railway station of the Drammen Line situated at Høvik in Bærum, Norway. Located 10.72 kilometers (6.66 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it is served by line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. It is located in a residential area and has four regular hourly services operated by Vy. The station features two accessible side platforms and an underpass. There are five tracks, three of which are used for turnaround, parking and splitting of trains.
Høvik | |
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The now demolished station building from 1922 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Høvikssvingen, Høvik, Bærum Norway |
| Coordinates | 59°54′2″N 10°34′50″E |
| Elevation | 23.8 m (78 ft) |
| Owned by | Bane NOR |
| Operated by | Vy |
| Line(s) | Drammen Line |
| Distance | 10.72 km (6.66 mi) |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 5 |
| Construction | |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Architect | Georg Andreas Bull (1874) Ragnvald Utne (1922) |
| Other information | |
| Fare zone | 2V |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 May 1874 |
| Rebuilt | 22 February 1922 14 December 2014 |
| Electrified | 30 August 1922 |
| Passengers | |
| 2008 | 400 (daily) |
| Location | |
Høvik Location within Akershus | |
The station, designed by Georg Andreas Bull, opened on 1 May 1874, two years after the line. It received major upgrade from 1917 to 1922, when an all-new station building and island platform were built, while the railway was doubled, electrified and gauge converted to standard gauge. This gave a thirty-minuted headway to Oslo and Sandvika. Høvik was staffed until 1995. It received a new upgrade in 2013 and 2014, when the buildings were demolished and new tracks installed.