Ski
The Ski Station in 2020
General information
LocationSki, 
Norway
Coordinates59°43′10″N 10°50′06″E / 59.719499°N 10.83488°E / 59.719499; 10.83488
Elevation128.9 m (423 ft) amsl
Owned byBane NOR
Operated byVy
Line(s)Østfold Line
Follo Line
Eastern Østfold Line
Distance24.31 km (15.11 mi)
ConnectionsBus: Ruter
Other information
Station codeSKI
History
Opened1879

Ski Station (Norwegian: Ski stasjon) is a railway station located in Ski, Norway. It is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Oslo Central Station on the Østfold Line, at the point where the railway splits in two into an eastern and western line. It also serves as the terminal station of the Follo Line.

The station is served by all passenger trains on the Østfold Line and Follo Line. This includes regional services to Halden Station and Gothenburg Central Station, as well as Oslo Commuter Rail services to Moss Station and Mysen Station. Ski is also the terminal station for a commuter train service to Oslo that stops at all stations on the Østfold Line.[1]

The restaurant at the station was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 January 1921, but leased to private operators. After an agreement with Norwegian State Railways, Spisevognselskapet renovated the restaurant and took over operations again on 1 January 1924. It was closed on 14 April 1946.[2]

New station

Oslo Commuter Rail Class 69 units at the Ski Station in 2007, before the station was rebuilt

In the mid 1990s, the Østfold Line between Ski to Moss was upgraded to a double-track and 160-kilometre-per-hour (99 mph) operation. Plans to build a new parallel double track from Ski to Oslo, the Follo Line, were proposed by the Norwegian National Rail Administration. The first stage of this involved building a new station at Ski.[3] The new station includes six platforms.[4] Parts of the new station were opened in August 2020,[5] and the entire station was opened in August 2022.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Ski Station". Norwegian National Rail Administration. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ^ Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. p. 70. OCLC 40310643.
  3. ^ Endal, Torbjørn (8 May 2010). "Tok første spadetak for ny Ski stasjon". Østlandets blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  4. ^ Byggestart på Ski stasjon (in Norwegian)
  5. ^ "Bane NOR ønsker velkommen til Ski stasjon vest - Bane NOR". www.banenor.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Bane NOR. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Stor milepæl: Hele nye Ski stasjon er åpnet for trafikk. - Bane NOR". www.banenor.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
Preceding station Following station
Langhus Østfold Line Ås
Oslo S Follo Line —
— Eastern Østfold Line Kråkstad
Drømtorp
Preceding station Regional trains Following station
Oslo S RE20 Oslo S–Halden-Gothenburg   Moss
Preceding station Local trains Following station
Langhus L2 Stabekk–Oslo S–Ski   —
Vevelstad L2 Oslo S–Kolbotn  
Holmlia R21 Oslo S–Moss   Ås
Kolbotn R22 Oslo S–Mysen   Kråkstad
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