Høn Station () is a
railway station
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on the
Drammen Line located at
Høn in
Asker,
Norway
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. Situated from
Oslo Central Station, it consists of an
island platform
An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
and serves the L1 line of the
Oslo Commuter Rail operated by
Vy. The station served 130,000 passengers in 2012. The station opened on 10 December 1930 and received double track in 1955. It became unstaffed in 1971.
History
The Drammen Line past Vakås opened on 7 October 1872.
[Bjerke & Holom: 189] Høn Station opened as a staffed station on 10 December 1930, receiving a small station building. A new station building, designed by NSB Arkitektkontor, was completed in 1948 and was taken into use in 1951.
[Bjerke & Holom: 195] From 1953 to 1958 the section of the line between
Sandvika Station and
Asker Station was converted to double track. The section from Høn Station and towards Asker was given a new route as part of the works. This was to allow for the line to run to Asker through the Asker Tunnel. The first new track past Høn Station was taken into use on 6 September 1954 and the second on 29 November 1955.
Høn became unstaffed on 1 January 1971.
The line past the station received
automatic train stop and
centralized traffic control on 12 and 14 December 1993, respectively.
The station received
axle counters instead of
track circuits in 2012.
Facilities
Vakås Station is situated on the Drammen Line, from Oslo Central Station, at an elevation of
above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level ...
.
[Bjerke & Holom: 194] The line past the station features double track and is equipped with a long and tall island platform with two tracks and a shed. The station has parking for 25 cars and a bicycle stand. The platform is only accessible by stairs. There were as of 2008 3,100 people living within of the station and 400 jobs.
Service
Vy serves Høn with line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. L1 calls at all stations, running from
Spikkestad Station along the
Spikkestad Line to
Asker Station and past Høn to Oslo Central Station. It then continues along the
Trunk Line to
Lillestrøm Station. Høn has two trains per direction per hour,
which is scheduled to increase to four in late 2014. The station had about 900 daily passengers in 2008,
and 130,000 annually in 2012.
Travel time to Oslo Central Station is 30 minutes.
References
Bibliography
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Railway stations in Asker
Railway stations on the Drammen Line
Railway stations in Norway opened in 1930