page_title: Nordstrand Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Nordstrand Station / History
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Bildet er hentet fra Nasjonalbibliotekets bildesamling Nordstrand,Nordstrand stasjon, Oslo, Oslo
context_page_description: Nordstrand Station is a railway station on the Østfold Line. It is located in the Nordstrand borough of Oslo, Norway. Situated 5.95 kilometers from Oslo Central Station, it features an island platform. Nordstrand is served by the Line L2 of the Oslo Commuter Rail, providing two services each hour.
  The station opened on 31 May 1880, a year after the Østfold Line. The station allowed the area to be opened up for residences and commuting. As traffic grew, a station building was erected around 1895. The station and line past the station was upgraded during the 1920. The station has been unmanned since 1970. It was the site of the Nordstrand Accident on 3 October 1993.
context_section_description: Nordstrand did not receive a railway station when the Østfold Line opened on 2 January 1879. Instead passengers had to walk to Bekkelaget Station or Ljan Station. Later that year a commuter rail service started to Bekkelaget, and was extended to Ljan in 1880. In conjunction with this a simple halt was established at Nordstrand. An innovation in Norway, it consisted a single platform which allowed passengers to embark and disembark. The station opened on 31 May 1880. A more extensive commuter rail program was introduced in 1883.
   The station was upgraded and manned from 1884.
  The arrival of the railway placed Nordstrand comfortably within commuting distance of the capital. It therefore became a popular site to build houses. Several of the farms in the area sold off otherwise unproductive lots with good views and a short walk to the station. Much of the sales were carried out by speculators who bought farmland and sold them onward to settlers. Throughout the 1890s the population increased, leading to a steady increase in the number of commuter trains to Lian. They originally used 14 minutes to Christiania East Station. A post office was opened at the station in 1891.
  The station building was designed by Paul Due and was completed around 1895. During the single-track era the railway did not divide the area in two in the same way as it did later. Passengers could board or disembark on both sides of the train. There were no level crossings, although there was an underpass south of the station. As part of an effort to increase the capacity on the commuter section, the line past Nordstrand was converted to double track from 1 June 1924. Ahead of this the main station building was expanded with an annex which featured a post office. An interlocking system became operational from 20 January 1927. This was followed up by electrification on 9 December 1936.
  The station became unmanned from 1970. The station building was subsequently rebuilt and converted into apartments. The station exterior was clad in fiber cement in the hopes of eliminating maintenance. NSB considered closing the station in 1987 to speed up train times for travelers from further south, but the proposal never materialized. The station was largely left to decay and by the early 1990s was in poor condition. NSB then removed the fiber cement and renovated the building.
  The Nordstrand Accident took place on 3 October 1993. An uncontrolled NS Class 6400 shunter crashed into an NSB Class 69 commuter train which was standing still at the station. Five people died in the collision.
caption: The station during the single track era
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