Ås Station
Railway station in Ås, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ås Station (Norwegian: Ås stasjon) is a railway station in Ås, Norway on the Østfold Line. The station was opened on 2 January 1879 and designed by Peter A. Blix in Swiss chalet style. The station was modernized in 1992, when the section between Ski and Moss was upgraded to double track and speeds up to 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). In 2006, a cultural meeting place comprising a café, concert hall and an art exhibition was established inside the station's building, initiated by the local organization "Galleri Texas" and to the governmental corporation Follo Futura. Galleri Texas and Follo Futura had been arguing a while over how the operating of the café should be, and in 2010, all the maintenance and operation of the meeting place were transferred entirely from Galleri Texas to Follo Futura, since Galleri Texas no longer were satisfied with Follo Futuras work. The station is served by commuter trains on the Line L21 of the Oslo Commuter Rail, running from Stabekk over Oslo to Moss. Ski Station and Vestby Station are the preceding and the following stations, respectively.
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General information | |
Location | Ås, Norway |
Coordinates | 59°39′47″N 10°47′40″E |
Elevation | 94.2 m (309 ft) amsl |
Owned by | Bane NOR |
Operated by | Vy |
Line(s) | Østfold Line |
Distance | 31.15 km (19.36 mi) |
Platforms | 2 |
Connections | Bus: 519, 562, 906,[1] 912,[2] 913, 914 and 915[3] |
Construction | |
Architect | Peter Andreas Blix |
History | |
Opened | 2 January 1879 |