Grorud Station

Grorud
Location	Grorud, Oslo Norway
Coordinates	59°56′59″N 10°53′15″E / 59.94972°N 10.88750°E / 59.94972; 10.88750Coordinates: 59°56′59″N 10°53′15″E / 59.94972°N 10.88750°E / 59.94972; 10.88750
Elevation	127.0 m (416.7 ft)
Operated by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Trunk Line
Distance	10.50 km (6.52 mi)
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	80 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Architect	Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno (1854)
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 September 1854 (1854-09-01)
Rebuilt	1865
Location
Grorud Location within Akershus

Grorud Station (Norwegian: Grorud stasjon) is a railway station on the Trunk Line located in the Grorud borough of Oslo, Norway. Situated 10.50 kilometers (6.52 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it consists of three tracks with a side platforms and an island platform. Grorud is served by the L1 line of the Norwegian State Railways's Oslo Commuter Rail.

The station was opened on 1 September 1854 and is one of Norway's nine first stations. The original building, designed by Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno, burned down in 1862. It was replaced by the current station in Swiss chalet style, which was completed in 1865.

Grorud was selected as one of nine original station which was built for Norway's first railway, the Trunk Line. Grorud was selected both because it was at about half-way between Christiania and Lillestrøm Station, but also because it had many large farms and sawmills in its vicinity. Construction began in 1851. It opened on 1 September 1854, jointly as the oldest railway station in Norway. The station was named for the farm in the area. The original station building was designed by Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno, in the same general design as the station at Frogner, Kløften and Dahl.

The station had a major impact on the Grorud area, which at the time was entirely rural. Travel time was forty minutes to Christiania East Station and made transport to the capital easy. The area gradually grew as a population center. The railway line physically divided Groruddalen into two sections, which after the railway line came became known as Grorud and Furuset. Originally the only level crossing of the line between Grorud and Furuset was situated at the station.