Blommenholm Station

The Drammen Line past the site of Blommenholm Station opened as a narrow gauge railway on 7 October 1872.Bjerke & Holom: 189 During the planning of the Drammen Line there was a disagreement of the route through Blommenholm. The owner of the eponymous farm wanted the tracks to run on the north side of his farm, but this demand was not met.Lindemann: 66

Demands for a station were put forward by Christian Homan. He had bought the farm of Blommenholm with the intent of selling the land for residential development.Løken: 153 The new residents at first used Sandvika Station and Høvik Station. However, the roads were poor and it was not uncommon to ski to the station during the winter. To ensure better means of transport for his new residential area, Homan started working to convince the Norwegian State Railways that they should build a station to serve Blommenholm. Homan offered free land and 25,000 Norwegian krone and the railway company agreed to build the station in what became the first major case for the new residents' association.Løken: 154

The original station building opened on 10 May 1910. The station, situated on the north side, only had a single track and narrow gauge. Originally, there were only three trains per day per direction which stopped at Blommenholm. However, they would only stop intermediately at Høvik before running directly to Oslo West Station.

The line from Sandvika to Oslo was substantially upgraded between 1917 and 1922. From 27 February 1917 standard gauge traffic was carried out on the northern track. A southern track was then built, which was used by narrow gauge trains. However, both were dual gauge. All-standard gauge operations commenced on 9 February 1920, although the dual gauge was not removed until 1922. Electric traction started operation on 30 August 1922.Bjerke & Holom: 196 From 1922 a half-hour headway was introduced on the local trains between Sandvika and Oslo West Station.Wisting: 63 An interlocking system was installed on 18 October 1924.Bjerke & Holom: 192

The upgrades also resulted in new station buildings on the double-tracked sections, which were designed by NSB Arktitektkontor.Hartmann: 85 The architect for the station was Eivind Gleditsch.{{cite web |url=http://www.ableksikon.no/Blommenholm_stasjon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503034627/http://www.ableksikon.no/Blommenholm_stasjon |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2014 |title=Blommenholm stasjon |date=24 February 2011 |work=Asker og Bærums Leksikon |publisher=Budstikka |language=Norwegian |accessdate=30 April 2014 }} These were the first stations in Norway designed for double-track operations and were designed in Baroque Revival architecture. As the others it featured an island platform. The old station building was demolished and a new and larger station building was built in 1919.Bjerke & Holom: 193 It featured a station master's residence, a kiosk and a post office.Lindemann: 67 During the late 1920s NSB installed advertisement boards at the station. This caused protests from the residents' association and NSB decided to remove them in 1929.Løken: 127

Blommenholm was downgraded to a halt on 1 February 1969 and was subsequently no longer staffed. A major upgrade to the service came in 1973. New Class 69 trains were put into service. Along with the closing of some stations, it allowed travel time to Oslo to drop from 22 to 12 minutes. During this period the station was repeatedly subject to vandalism, especially the breaking of the windows. In 1983 NSB went to the step of rebuilding the platform building so it became a shed without windows.Lindemann: 67 The line past Blommenholm received centralized traffic control and automatic train stop on 3 December 1992.

The opening of the Bærum Tunnel, the second phase of the Asker Line, 26 August 2011, meant that express and regional trains bypassed Høvik Station altogether and run directly from Lysaker to Sandvika. Subsequently, the Drammen Line between Lysaker and Sandvika was upgraded.{{cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Prosjekter/Prosjekter/Hovik-stasjon/Prosjektartikler/Dette-er-Hovik-stasjon/ |title=Dette er Høvik stasjon |last=Nordli |first=Olav |date=28 February 2013 |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |language=Norwegian |accessdate=1 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032607/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Prosjekter/Prosjekter/Hovik-stasjon/Prosjektartikler/Dette-er-Hovik-stasjon/ |archivedate=2 May 2014 }} While this involved a full replacement of the superstructure and renovations of Høvik Station and Stabekk Station, there was not sufficient funding to complete Blommenholm. Therefore, unlike the other two stations, Blommenholm did not receive universally accessible platforms. However, the underpass was modernized.{{cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Prosjekter/Prosjekter/Hovik-stasjon/Prosjektartikler/Tilgjengelighet-ved-Blommenholm-stasjon/ |title=Rehabilitering ved Blommenholm stasjon |last=Elden |first=Gro |date=14 April 2014 |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502211532/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Prosjekter/Prosjekter/Hovik-stasjon/Prosjektartikler/Tilgjengelighet-ved-Blommenholm-stasjon/ |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead }} To carry out efficient construction work, the segment of track was closed and all trains diverted via the Bærum Tunnel from 7 April 2013 to 13 December 2014. The upgrades freed up track capacity allowing the number of trains to increase from two to four per direction per hour.{{cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Prosjekter/Prosjekter/Hovik-stasjon/Prosjektartikler/Skanska-gjor-jobben-pa-Hovik/ |title=Skanska gjør jobben på Høvik |last=Nordli |first=Olav |date=20 March 2013 |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |language=Norwegian |accessdate=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002951/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Prosjekter/Prosjekter/Hovik-stasjon/Prosjektartikler/Skanska-gjor-jobben-pa-Hovik/# |archive-date=2014-05-02 |url-status=dead }}

Høvik Station is situated on the Drammen Line, {{convert|11.27|km}} from Oslo Central Station at an elevation of {{convert|24.0|m}}. The station features a station building on the south side of the tracks. Trains are served from an island platform, which is connected so Stasjonsveien via an underpass through the station building. Neither access to the station building nor the platform is in accordance with the principles of universal accessibility. The platform is about {{convert|50|cm}} tall and slightly curved. There is parking in conjunction with the station building, with capacity for 83 vehicles.{{cite web |url=https://www.baerum.kommune.no/Documents/Vei%20og%20trafikk/Rapport%20UU_Blommenholm%20stasjon.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502211457/https://www.baerum.kommune.no/Documents/Vei%20og%20trafikk/Rapport%20UU_Blommenholm%20stasjon.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2014 |title=Universell utforming av Blommenhold stasjon |publisher=Asplan Viak |date=26 June 2009 |format=PDF |language=Norwegian |accessdate=1 May 2014 }}

Vy serves Høvik with line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail. L1 calls at all stations, running from Spikkestad Station along the Spikkestad Line to Asker Station and past Blommenholm to Oslo Central Station. It then continues along the Trunk Line to Lillestrøm Station. Blommenholm has four trains per direction per hour.{{cite web |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/2012/Flere-tog-og-nye-ruter-fra-9desember/ |title=Togrutekart for Østlandet |date=3 December 2012 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |access-date=2 May 2014 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017203630/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/Nyheter/Nyhetsarkiv/2012/Flere-tog-og-nye-ruter-fra-9desember/ |url-status=dead }}

Blommenholm is situated in what is mostly a residential area. However, there is one major working place in the vicinity: Det Norske Veritas. There is provided a shuttle bus service from Blommenholm Station to this facility. The station had about 600 passengers per day in 2008.{{cite web |publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration |title=Stasjonsstrukturprosjektet: Asker- og Drammenbanen |date=1 March 2012 |language=Norwegian |url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/2012/Utredninger/Stasjonsstruktur/Delrapprot-stasjonsstruktur-Asker--og-Drammenbanen |pages=6–8 |format=PDF}}

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