Sørumsand Station
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Sørumsand Station is a railway station
located in Sørumsand
in Sørum
, Norway
on Kongsvingerbanen.The station is served hourly, with extra rush hour departures, by the Oslo Commuter Rail
line 460 operated by Norges Statsbaner. In addition there are express trains to Sweden
operated by SJ
.
The station was opened as part of Kongsvingerbanen in 1892. In 1906 it became the terminal station
of Urskog-Hølandsbanen, though the latter line closed in 1961. Today there is a heritage railway that operates from Sørumsand to Fossum.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located in Sørumsand
Sørumsand
Sørumsand is a small railway town, situated in Sørum Municipality in Akershus in Norway. Sørumsand was the terminus of Urskog-Hølandsbanen also known as "Tertitten"....
in Sørum
Sørum
Sørum is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørumsand. Sørum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...
, 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...
on Kongsvingerbanen.The station is served hourly, with extra rush hour departures, by the Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by the Norwegian State Railways and its subsidiary NSB Gjøvikbanen, using Class 69 and Class 72 electric multiple units . The network spans eight routes...
line 460 operated by Norges Statsbaner. In addition there are express trains to Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
operated by SJ
SJ AB
SJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...
.
The station was opened as part of Kongsvingerbanen in 1892. In 1906 it became the terminal station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
of Urskog-Hølandsbanen, though the latter line closed in 1961. Today there is a heritage railway that operates from Sørumsand to Fossum.