Porsgrunn Station

Railway station in Porsgrunn, Norway

Porsgrunn

General information
Location| Jernbanegt. 16, 3914 Porsgrunn,
Norway
Coordinates| 59°8′20.75″N 9°39′33.71″E﻿ / ﻿59.1390972°N 9.6593639°E﻿ / 59.1390972; 9.6593639
Elevation| 5.7 m (19 ft) AMSL
Owned by| Bane NOR
Operated by| Vy
Line(s)| Vestfold Line
Connections| Bus: Farte
Construction
Architect| Balthazar Lange (previous building)
History
Opened| 24 November 1882

Porsgrunn Station (Norwegian: Porsgrunn stasjon) is a railway station serving Porsgrunn, Norway. It serves regional trains on Vestfold Line and local trains on Bratsberg Line, all operated by Vy. The station building is located beside a bus terminal.[citation needed]

## History

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A railway between Drammen and Larvik was opened in 1881.[1] An extension from Larvik to Skien, including a station in Porsgrunn, was opened to the public on 24 November 1882[2] by Prime Minister Christian August Selmer and Minister of the Interior Christian Jensen.[3] The previous day, they had ridden the line on the Royal Train and four other carriages. At Porsgrunn Station, a luncheon was arranged by the municipal council. Though King Oscar II was not present, he did receive a telegram from Porsgrunn informing of the festivities at the station.[4] After a series of negotiations between railway companies in 1913, the new Bratsberg Line connecting Notodden to Porsgrunn opened to the public on 17 December 1917.[5]: 253–254

The original station building was drawn by either Balthazar Lange or Peter Andreas Blix.[6] Like the other buildings on the line, it was made of wood[4] and was similar to the buildings on the Østfold Line.[7] A new station building was opened on 9 October 1960,[8] but the old building remained in use for signalling control.[9] Its demolition was planned for the following year,[10] but this was delayed until 1962.[11] The station became unmanned in 2002.[12]

## References

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1. ^ Beier, Aasmund; Bosheim, Brynjulf; Bache Bystrøm, Harald (1988). "Porsgrunn Jernbanestasjon 1883-85". Gamle Porsgrunnsbilder utgitt av Porsgrund Historielag Serie 1 (in Norwegian Bokmål). p. 14\. ISBN 8290068182.
2. ^ "Laurvik-Skiens-Banen" [Laurvik-Skien Line]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Vol. 15, no. 137\. 21 November 1882. p. 4\. "Laurvik-Skiens-Banen aabnes for almindelig Trafik den 24de November." [The Laurvik-Skine line opens for public trafic on the 24 November.]
3. ^ "Laurvik-Skiens Banen" [Laurvik-Skien Line]. Kongsberg Adresse (in Norwegian). Vol. 41, no. 140\. 28 November 1882. p. 2\. "Laurvik-Skiens Banen blev [...] aabnet [...] af Statminister Selmer og Chefen for Indredepartementet Statsraad Jensen." [The Laurvik-Skien Line was [...] opened [...] by Prime Minister Selmer and Minister of the Interior Jensen]
4. ^ a b "Laurvik-Skiens Banens Aabning" [The Opening of the Laurvik-Skien Line]. Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). Vol. 64, no. 326b. 25 November 1882. p. 1.
5. ^ Saxegaard, Martin E. N. (1930). "Jernbanene". Drammens Tekniske Forenings Jubileumsskrift 1880-1930 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Drammens tekniske forening. pp. 241–260.
6. ^ Omvik, Arne (15 July 1996). "- Representerer verdifulle kulturminner" [Represent valuable cultural sites]. Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Vol. 135, no. 159\. p. 4\. "Stasjonshusene i de tre byene Sandefjord, Holmestrand og Porsgrunn er sannsynligvis tegnet av Balthazar Lange, [...], men muligens kan arkitekt Peter A. Blix, [...], ha gjort forarbeider med trebygningene før han fratrådte sin stilling som jernbanearkitekt" [The station houses in the three cities of Sandefjord, Holmestrand and Porsgrunn were likely drawn by Balthazar Lange, [...], but architect Peter A. Blix, [...], could have done preliminary work with the wooden structures before he resigned from his position as rail architect]
7. ^ Hartmann, Eivind; Mangset, Øistein; Reisegg, Øyvind (1997). "Grevskapsbanen (Vestfoldbanen) med sidelinjer". Neste stasjon [Next Station]. Gyldendal. pp. 146–149. ISBN 82-05-25294-7.
8. ^ "Porsgrunn nye jernbanestasjon tas i bruk søndag" [New Railway Station in Porsgrunn Put to Use Sunday]. Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian Bokmål). No. 232/1960. 7 October 1960. p. 1.
9. ^ "Sett og hørt i Porsgrunn" [Seen and Heard in Porsgrunn]. Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian Bokmål). No. 38/1962. 14 February 1962. p. 2\. "Helt klart til rivning av stasjonsbygningen er det likevel ikke, så lenge det gamle stillverket ennå er i bruk." [The station building is not not entirely ready for demolition yet, as long as the old signalling control is still in use.]
10. ^ "Den nye stasjon i Porsgrunn tas i bruk om en måned eller to" [New Station in Use in a Month or Two]. Porsgrunns Dagblad. No. 194/1960. 24 August 1960. p. 3\. "Den gamle stasjonsbygning blir ikke revet i sin helhet før til neste år" [The old station building will not be demolished in its entirety until next year]
11. ^ "Sett og hørt i Porsgrunn" [Seen and Heard in Porsgrunn]. Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian Bokmål). No. 172/1962. 30 July 1962. p. 3\. "Rivingen av den gamle stasjonsbygningen i Porsgrunn er nå fullført." [The demolition of the old station building in Porsgrunn is now complete.]
12. ^ Kolve, André R. (30 October 2002). "Ubemannet stasjon skaper lange køer" [Unmanned Station Creating Long Queues]. Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian Bokmål). No. 209/2002. p. 4.

## External links

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* Jernbaneverket's entry for Porsgrunn Station (in Norwegian)

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