Hamar Station
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Hamar
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| Location |
Hamar Norway |
| Coordinates | 60°47′30″N 11°04′35″E / 60.7916°N 11.0763°E |
| Elevation | 127.0 m (416.7 ft) |
| Owned by | Norwegian National Rail Administration |
| Line(s) |
Dovre Line Røros Line |
| Distance | 126.26 km (78.45 mi) |
| Platforms | 3 (1 side, 2 island) |
| Tracks | 3 |
| Connections | Bus: Hedmark Trafikk |
| Construction | |
| Parking | 222 spaces |
| Bicycle facilities | Yes |
| Architect | Paul Due |
| History | |
| Opened | 23 June 1862 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 1,062,300 (annually) |
Hamar Station (Norwegian: Hamar stasjon) is a railway station of the Dovre Line and the Røros Line located in downtown Hamar, Norway. Located 126.26 kilometers (78.45 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it is served by long-distance and regional trains on the Dovre Line, as the terminus for regional trains on the Røros Line, all operated by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). A side platform and an island platform are in regular use. The station handled 1,062,300 passengers in 2008.
The station opened on 23 June 1862 as the western terminus of the narrow-gauge Hamar–Grundset Line, today the Røros Line. The first station building, in Swiss chalet style, was designed by Georg Andreas Bull. Increased traffic caused the construction of a second station building, designed by Balthazar Conrad Lange. It opened in 1880 with the first part of the Dovre Line, which connected Hamar to Oslo. The current station building is designed by Paul Due in historicism. It received major renovations in the 1970s and ahead of the 1994 Winter Olympics. The Dovre Line past Hamar will be upgraded to double track, and in conjunction with this the station is being considered moved.
Hamar was incorporated as a town in 1849 and by 1861 had a population of 1,700. Proposals for a railway from Hamar to Elverum were first launched in 1854. The goal was to provide train services across the valley ridge to Østerdalen, where Elverum acted as an important node. From Hamar, the a steam ship service was proposed across the lake of Mjøsa to Eidsvoll, where passengers and cargo could be hauled by train to the capital and coast. The plan was approved by Parliament on 3 September 1857. The necessity of transshipment to steam boat meant that the station had to be located on lakefront property. The place Gammelhusstranda was chosen, but gave the unusual result that the station was situated outside the city limits until a border change in 1878.
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