Skien Station

{{Short description|Railway station in Skien, Norway}}

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| name = Skien

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| image = File:Jernbanestasjonen - Skien.jpg

| image_caption = Skien Station

| address = Skien, Skien

| country = Norway

| coordinates = {{coord|59|13|07|N|9|36|13|E|region:NO-08_type:railwaystation_source:kolossus-nowiki|display=title,inline}}

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| line = Bratsberg Line
Vestfold Line

| connections = Bus: Farte

| distance = {{convert|180.50|km|abbr=on}}

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| platform = 3

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| opened = 13 December 1917

| architect = Gudmund Hoel with Bjarne Friis Baastad and Ragnvald Utne

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| owned = Bane NOR

| operator = Vy

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Skien Station ({{langx|no|Skien stasjon}}) is a railway station located about one kilometer from downtown Skien in Telemark, Norway.{{cn|date=December 2017}}

The station serves as terminus for the regional trains on the Vestfold Line (Vestfoldbanen) from Oslo via Vestfold and for the local trains to Notodden on the Bratsberg Line. The station was opened in 1917 as part of the Bratsberg Line. Skien Station was built following designs by Gudmund Hoel with Bjarne Friis Baastad and Ragnvald Utne. {{cite web|url= https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Vestfoldbanen|title= Vestfoldbanen|publisher= lokalhistoriewiki.no|accessdate= December 1, 2017}}

{{cite web|url= https://nkl.snl.no/Gudmund_Hoel|title= Gudmund Hoel|publisher= Norsk kunstnerleksikon|author=Ingvild Pharo|accessdate= December 1, 2017}}

Following protest, the old Skien station (Skien gamle stasjon), which was located two kilometers further south, remained in operation from 1927 until 1963.{{cn|date=December 2017}}

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