Bergen Station (Norwegian: Bergen stasjon) is the main railway station in the city of Bergen, Norway. It is a terminal station on the Bergen Line, and serves trains from Oslo as well as the Bergen Commuter Rail from Arna, Voss and Myrdal. It is located on the east side of the city centre and has four platforms. The station was opened in 1913, four years after the Bergen Line itself opened; it replaced a former main station[specify] that was located further west.
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.jpg) Front facade of Bergen station, 2019 | |||||||
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| Location | Bergen Norway | ||||||
| Coordinates | 60°23′25″N 5°19′59″E / 60.39028°N 5.33306°E | ||||||
| Owned by | Bane NOR | ||||||
| Operated by | Vy Tog | ||||||
| Line(s) | Bergen Line | ||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||
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| Construction | |||||||
| Architect | Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland | ||||||
| Architectural style | National Romantic style | ||||||
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| Station code | BRG [1] | ||||||
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| Opened | 1913 | ||||||
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Architecture
editThe station building is one of the grandest in Norway. The architect, Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland, designed it in the National Romantic style. He also designed Gamlehaugen, and the stone buildings at Bryggen. The building has been protected against non-trivial modifications since 2003.[2]
History
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Having been established in 1921, Norsk Spisevognselskap attempted to find a suitable location for a restaurant in Bergen. There was at the time a small restaurant in the station building, but there was not sufficient space for storage of food. Because of high real estate prices in the area, Norsk Spisevognselskap instead established a kiosk at the station on 1 May 1922.
The same year, 1922, the company contemplated establishing a hotel near the railway station. The plan materialised in the construction of Hotel Terminus, which was owned in part by NSB, in part by Spisevognselskapet and in part by other parties.
On 2 April 1937, Spisevognselskapet established a restaurant in the station.[3]
Gallery
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NSB El 18 class electric locomotive no 2249 awaits departure from Bergen station with an Oslo S-bound express train
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References
edit- ^ "Grafiske togruter fastlagt for rutetermin R18". Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ Order to protect Bergen Railway Station Archived November 6, 2005, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Just, Carl (1949). A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap 1919–1949 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Spisevognselskap. pp. 58–60. OCLC 40310643.
External links
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(Bergen stasjon).
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Following station | ||
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| terminus | Bergen Line | Arna | ||
| Preceding station | Express trains | Following station | ||
| terminus | F4 | Bergen–Oslo S | Arna | |
| Preceding station | Local trains | Following station | ||
| terminus | Bergen Commuter Rail | Arna | ||