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Gulskogen Station () is located in the village of
Gulskogen Gulskogen is a borough in Drammen, Buskerud, Norway. Gulskogen has a population of 3,856 inhabitants (2005). Strømsgodset was the name of the parish from early times. Strømsgodset was a separate municipality which in 1964 became part of Dramme ...
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 ...
,
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on the
Sørlandet Line The Sørlandet Line () is a railway line between Drammen (though this is connected to Oslo by means of the Drammen Line) via Kristiansand to Stavanger. The line is long between Oslo and Stavanger. History The railway was constructed in several ...
, on a section previously regarded as the
Randsfjorden Line The Randsfjorden Line () is an railway located in Buskerud in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Jevnaker in Akershus county. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on the stretch are Vy Tog exp ...
. The
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is served by local trains between
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via
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to
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operated by Vy.


History

The station was opened in 1868, two years after the connection between
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 ...
and
Vikersund Vikersund is a town of 3,232 (in 2020) inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. Overview Vikersund is located 30 kilometers south of Hønefoss and 40 kilometers northwest of Drammen. The village is l ...
was completed. The first station building, designed by
Henrik Bull Henrik Bull (28 March 1864 – 2 June 1953) was a Norwegian architect and designer. Among his works are the Paulus Church at Grünerløkka in Oslo, the Nationaltheatret, National Theater, the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, Historical Muse ...
, was finished in 1868. It was demolished at an unknown date. A second building was built in 1915 by
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when its architectural office was run by
Gudmund Hoel Gudmund Hoel (25 September 1877 – 7 September 1956) was a Norwegian architect. He is regarded as the second-most influential railway architect in Norway, after Paul Due (architect), Paul Due. Biography He was born in Kragerø, Norway. Hoel gra ...
.


References

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