Bøn Station lies on the Hovedbanen

Hovedbanen

The Hoved Line is a railway line in Norway which runs between Oslo and Eidsvoll. The line is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.-History:...

 in Eidsvoll

Eidsvoll

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...

 municipality, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, and was opened as a stop in 1858. The station lies 62.24 kilometres from Oslo S and is 134 metres above sea level. The station building was built in 1884.

The buildings at the station are important, with the Østbane building (1874) and the goods house (1853) at Bøn the only original buildings remaining on the Hovedbanen

Hovedbanen

The Hoved Line is a railway line in Norway which runs between Oslo and Eidsvoll. The line is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.-History:...

. In January 2009, the goods house at Bøn burnt down.

Historical data

• 1884 Station built
• 1965 Became remote controlled
• 1989 No longer attended
• 2004 Preservation recommended by the Nasjonal verneplan for kulturminner i jernbanen del II
• 2004 13 June 2004 - Trains no longer stopped at Bøn Station. Local train, NSB route 440 (Drammen - Skøyen - Oslo S - Dal - Eidsvoll) now only runs to Dal Station.