Alnabru Station

Alnabru
Alnabru Station, c. 1922
Location	Oslo
Coordinates	59°55′45″N 10°50′11″E / 59.92917°N 10.83639°E / 59.92917; 10.83639Coordinates: 59°55′45″N 10°50′11″E / 59.92917°N 10.83639°E / 59.92917; 10.83639
Elevation	97.3 m (319 ft) AMSL
Owned by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Trunk Line Alna Line Loenga–Alnabru Line
Distance	6.50 km (4.04 mi) from Oslo S
Construction
Architect	Finn Ivar Andreas Knudsen
History
Opened	20 January 1902 (1902-01-20)
Closed	14 June 1971 (1971-06-14)
Electrified	1 January 1927

Alnabru Station (Norwegian: Alnabru stasjon) was a railway station on the Trunk Line located in the Alnabru neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. Situated 6.50 kilometers (4.04 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it was built primarily as a cargo handling station, although it also served passengers. The station building was designed by Finn Ivar Andreas Knudsen.

The station opened on 20 January 1902 at the same time as the Trunk Line received double track. It was named Alna until 1 May. The Alna Line was built as a branch of the Gjøvik Line, allowing cargo trains to run to Alnabru. The Loenga–Alnabru Line opened in 1907, connecting the Østfold Line to Alnabru. The station remained in service until 14 June 1971. It was thereafter demolished to make room for Alnabru Freight Terminal. The Trunk Line was moved around the terminal and Alna Station opened on it to serve commuter trains.

When the Trunk Line was completed in 1854 there was no station serving the Alnabru area. From the 1880s there was a growing industry in the area. The Norwegian Trunk Railway established a station named Alna close to the site of the later Alnabru Station on 24 March 1872. However, it was closed on 1 December 1873.

During the planning of the Gjøvik Line it became evident that there was not sufficient space at Christiania East Station (today Oslo Central Station) to handle all the cargo from the various lines which terminated there. Initially Bryn Station was considered as a cargo terminal, but it was soon assessed that the site lacked sufficient space to host a terminal. The Norwegian Trunk Railway bought a 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres) plot of land at Alna in October 1897, with the plans of building a classification yard and station there. In June 1899 it signed an agreement with the Ministry of Labour that the Trunk Line from Christiania to Lillestrøm would receive double track. There would also be built a separate freight line from the Østfold Line via Bryn to a site at Alna, what became the Loenga–Alnabru Line. There would also be built a branch from the Gjøvik Line to Alnabru, the Alna Line.