Skarpsno Station

Skarpsno
The remnants of Skarpsno Station, May 2009
Location	Skarpsno, Oslo Norway
Coordinates	59°54′54″N 10°41′56″E / 59.91500°N 10.69889°E / 59.91500; 10.69889Coordinates: 59°54′54″N 10°41′56″E / 59.91500°N 10.69889°E / 59.91500; 10.69889
Owned by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Drammen Line (1882–1980) Skøyen–Filipstad Line (1980–89)
Distance	1.90 km (1.18 mi)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Architect	Eivind Gleditsch
History
Opened	15 May 1882 (15 May 1882)
Closed	28 May 1989 (28 May 1989)
Rebuilt	1917
Electrified	30 August 1922
Location
Skarpsno Location within Oslo

Skarpsno Station (Norwegian: Skarpsno stasjon) was a railway station situated at Skarpsno in Oslo, Norway. The station was located 1.90 kilometres (1.18 mi) from Oslo West Station (Oslo V) along what was initially the Drammen Line and now is the Skøyen–Filipstad Line. Skarpsno was a local station served by the Oslo Commuter Rail and featured an island platform on an elevated segment.

The station opened on 15 May 1882, ten years after the Drammen Line was taken into use. It received a new station building and platform in 1917, designed by Eivind Gleditsch. The station was manned until 1968. The Oslo Tunnel opened in 1980, rerouting most traffic away from Oslo V. Both stations closed on 28 May 1989 and the station was demolished in 1993. For a while it had a ferry services to Bygdøy.

The plans from 1868 for the Drammen Line called for it to run along Frognerkilen to Pipervika, where it would terminate at Oslo West Station. A consequence of this was that the line would run straight through a fashionable residential area. For the residents, this caused the railway to hinder access to the waterfront, although they were permitted access through level crossings with gates. The Drammen Line opened on 7 October 1872, but Skarpsno Station was not opened until 15 May 1882. During the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition a 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi) branch line was built from Skarpsno to Frogner, which carried a mixture of trains and trams.

The line from Sandvika to Oslo was substantially upgraded between 1917 and 1922. The freight handling was moved from Oslo V to Filipstad and on 26 January 1916 a separate railway line opened from Skarpsno to there. Like many of the stations on the section, Skarpsno was rebuilt as an elevated railway. The tracks were raised, allowing the level crossings to be removed and the roads to run through underpasses. This involved the station being rebuilt so it received an island platform. Eivind Gleditsch at NSB Arktitektkontor designed a new station building, which opened in 1917.