- Hamar Station
Infobox Norwegian station
name = Hamar
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locale = Hamar
municipality =Hamar
line =Dovrebanen Rørosbanen
distance = 126.26 km
elevation = 127.0 m
coordinates = coor dec|60.791615|11.076365
start = 1862
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platforms = 3
owner =Jernbaneverket
operator =Norges Statsbaner
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bus =Hedmark Trafikk |Hamar Station ( _no. Hamar stasjon) is a
railway station located in downtownHamar ,Norway onDovrebanen andRørosbanen . The station was opened in 1862 with the construction of thenarrow gauge railway between Hamar andEidsvoll . It is located 126.26 km from Oslo S and at 127.0 meters above sea level. [cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/jernbanenettet/stasjonssok/stasjonsoversikt/article.jhtml?articleID=1488771 |title=Hamer |author=Jernbaneverket |language=Norwegian]Lillehammer is served by express trains to
Trondheim and of the hourly regional trains toLillehammer ,Oslo andVestfold /Grenland . Rørosbanen trains toRøros terminate at Hamar; passengers fromØsterdalen must change at Hamar since Rørosbanen is unlike Dovrebanen not electrified. All trains are operated byNorges Statsbaner (NSB), while bus service is available byHedmark Trafikk .The
Norwegian Railway Museum is located at Hamar, not far from the station. [cite web |url=http://www.norsk-jernbanemuseum.no/ |title=Hvordan komme til museet? |author=Norwegian Railway Museum |language=Norwegian]History
The current station building is the third to house the station, after two wooden station buildings have been razed. The first building opened in 1862, a wooden structure by the architect
Georg Andreas Bull , followed in 1880 by a larger building byBalthazar Conrad Lange . Both were removed when the railway from Hamar toSel opened in 1896, replaced by the current structure in limestone byPaul Due , who also designed the restaurant building south of the station in 1897.Hamar Station is considered one of the most important works of Paul Due; monumental with a dignified center part with a large arch motive creating the compositor main element, both the facade towards the city and the tracks. The symmetrical composition is broken by a arch building element (a staircase) in the north. It is completed in a rich
Hanoverian style with elements fromNew Renaissance and the Middle Aes; dominating elements areNew Gothic , but alsoNew Romanticism is used. In the first story there are passenger- and employee functions, while the second floor was designed with two large apartments.The stations have had a large strategic role as
transportation hub in the district, serving three railways and proximity to the harbour, where cargo and passengers could continue on the lakeMjøsa by steamship. The railway constructors and iron foundryHamar Jernstøberi is located on the railway yard, just south of the station. There are more than 25 tracks, traditionally supporting freight handling; falling cargo amounts have led to a discussion as to the use of this, with suggestions to convert part of it to build-up land.New Hamar Station opened in 1993 for the
1994 Winter Olympics , after extensive rehabilitation after Paul Due's original blueprints; in addition a roof over the platform, walkway under the first track for the disabled were build, and the old cargo building south of the station was razed, being replaced with parking space and a bus terminal. [cite book |author=Hartmann, Mangset and Reisegg |title=Neste stasjon |publisher=Gyldendal Norsk Forlag |year=1997 |isbn=82-05-25294-7 |language=Norwegain] [cite book |first=Bjørn |last=Bækkelund |title=Hamars bygningshistorie; Hamar sentrum 1849-1930 |year=1949 |publisher=Espa |language=Norwegian] [cite web |url=http://www.artemisia.no/arc/historisk/hamar/hamar.stasjon.html |title=Hamar jernbanestasjon |author=Artemisia |language=Norwegian]References
External links
* [http://www.jernbaneverket.no/jernbanenettet/stasjonssok/stasjonsoversikt/article.jhtml?articleID=1488771 Jernbaneverket entry]
* [http://www.nsb.no/stations_gj/article25955-2769.html NSB entry]
* [http://forsk.njk.no/stdb/index.php?Stnr=3101&aut=&mod=st&sid=1233 Norsk Jernbaneklubb entry]Nsb next line
line =Dovrebanen
prestation = Stange
poststation = BrumunddalNsb next line
line =Rørosbanen
prestation = "Terminus"
poststation = IlsengNsb next express
trondheim = yes
pretrondheim = Oslo Airport
posttrondheim = LillehammerNsb next regional
prevestfold = Stange
postvestfold = Brumunddal
prerøroshamar= "Terminus"
postrøroshamar = Ilseng
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