Blommenholm Station

Blommenholm
A Class 70 train passing through Blommenholm Station
Location	Stasjonsveien 10, Blommenholm, Bærum Norway
Coordinates	59°53′50″N 10°33′18″E / 59.89722°N 10.55500°E / 59.89722; 10.55500Coordinates: 59°53′50″N 10°33′18″E / 59.89722°N 10.55500°E / 59.89722; 10.55500
Elevation	24.0 m (78.7 ft)
Owned by	Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operated by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Drammen Line
Distance	12.23 km (7.60 mi)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	83 places
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Architect	Eivind Gleditsch
Other information
Fare zone	2V
History
Opened	10 May 1910 (10 May 1910)
Rebuilt	1919
Electrified	30 August 1922
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	600 (daily)
Location
Blommenholm Location within Akershus

Blommenholm Station (Norwegian: Blommenholm stasjon) is a railway station of the Drammen Line situated at Blommenholm in Bærum, Norway. Located 12.23 kilometres (7.60 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it is served by line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. It is located in a primarily residential area and has four regular hourly services operated by the Norwegian State Railways. The station features an island platform accessible from the station building on the south side.

The station opened on 10 May 1910, following the construction of housing in the vicinity. It received major upgrade from 1917 to 1922, when an all-new station building and the railway was doubled, electrified and gauge converted to standard gauge. This gave a thirty-minuted headway to Oslo and Sandvika. Blommenholm was manned until 1969 and previously featured a post office.

The Drammen Line past the site of Blommenholm Station opened as a narrow gauge railway on 7 October 1872. During the planning of the Drammen Line there was a disagreement of the route through Blommenholm. The owner of the eponymous farm wanted the tracks to run on the north side of his farm, but this demand was not met.

Demands for a station were put forward by Christian Homan. He had bought the farm of Blommenholm with the intent of selling the land for residential development. The new residents at first used Sandvika Station and Høvik Station. However, the roads were poor and it was not uncommon to ski to the station during the winter. To ensure better means of transport for his new residential area, Homan started working to convince the Norwegian State Railways that they should build a station to serve Blommenholm. Homan offered free land and 25,000 Norwegian krone and the railway company agreed to build the station in what became the first major case for the new residents' association.