Høvik Station

Høvik
The now demolished station building from 1922
Location	Høvikssvingen, Høvik, Bærum Norway
Coordinates	59°54′2″N 10°34′50″E / 59.90056°N 10.58056°E / 59.90056; 10.58056Coordinates: 59°54′2″N 10°34′50″E / 59.90056°N 10.58056°E / 59.90056; 10.58056
Elevation	23.8 m (78 ft)
Owned by	Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operated by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Drammen Line
Distance	10.72 km (6.66 mi)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	5
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Georg Andreas Bull (1874) Ragnvald Utne (1922)
Other information
Fare zone	2V
History
Opened	1 May 1874 (1 May 1874)
Rebuilt	22 February 1922 14 December 2014
Electrified	30 August 1922
Traffic
Passengers (2008)	400 (daily)
Location
Høvik Location within Akershus

Høvik Station (Norwegian: Høvik stasjon) is a railway station of the Drammen Line situated at Høvik in Bærum, Norway. Located 10.72 kilometers (6.66 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it is served by line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. It is located in a residential area and has four regular hourly services operated by the Norwegian State Railways. The station features two accessible side platforms and an underpass. There are five tracks, three of which are used for turnaround, parking and splitting of trains.

The station, designed by Georg Andreas Bull, opened on 1 May 1874, two years after the line. It received major upgrade from 1917 to 1922, when an all-new station building and island platform were built, while the railway was doubled, electrified and gauge converted to standard gauge. This gave a thirty-minuted headway to Oslo and Sandvika. Høvik was manned until 1995. It received a new upgrade in 2013 and 2014, when the buildings were demolished and new tracks installed.

The Drammen Line past the site of Høvik Station opened as a narrow gauge railway on 7 October 1872. The railway station serving Høvik opened on 1 May 1974. It was the first railway station between Sandvika Station and Lysaker Station. The new means of transport allowed the Høvik area to develop as a suburban residential area allowing commuters to travel to the capital. The original station building was a standard design by Georg Andreas Bull used for most stations along the Drammen Line. In addition to a station building it featured a Narvesen kiosk. A spur to load cars with compost and garbage was installed in 1908. Bærum Municipality established a public library for Høvik in 1911. From their establishment to 1924 they were located next to the station building.