Jernbanestasjon

[Alaun]

A really fancy railstation build into a big rock.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Interesting: they already had a highway tunnel running through that hill. I wonder if that road section is abandoned and used for trains instead?

[pluton]

Does the train run through the rock?  Are the tracks below street level?

[Alaun]

There is still the road along the seaside and the highway runs up at higher altidue as I recall from about 2002. As you can see from the entrance picture, there was some older tunnel construction.

[Alaun]

There are two train tracks, separated by the wall, no street.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

There is still the road along the seaside and the highway runs up at higher altidue as I recall from about 2002. As you can see from the entrance picture, there was some older tunnel construction.

The railway used to run at the foot of the hill immediately behind the settlement proper. The road followed in a tunnel just inside that. They rerouted the major highway further inland a number of years ago.

I'll have to read up what the actual implemented changes are here as the railway station looks brand new.

Update: really brand new, opened for traffic mid December, 2016. And my oh my was the project expensive. Almost 10⁹ USD at current exchange rate. There are 4 tracks (in the station range) so trains can pass at 250 km/hour. The tunnel itself is quite modest by our standards, a mere 12.3 km long. They did *not* recycle the old road tunnel, by the way.

Next time I plan on driving southwards, I'll drop by to have a look myself. Thanks, Werner, for bringing this to our attention.

[Frank Fremerey]

A bold design. I love picture #2 and #3 especially, they show the quality of the architects well.

[John Geerts]

Fascinating.  Looks completely deserted as if it never opened.

[Jakov Minić]

Werner, you should have made a selfie stating how crowded it is

[armando_m]

Werner, you should have made a selfie stating how crowded it is

 

[Alaun]

Ah, no need for a selfie at all

[Alaun]

A view into the tunnel

[rosko]

Very intriguing place indeed !

The title of your thread is ''Jerbanestasjon'', but on the front of the building it is written ''Holmestrand stasjon'' which I could find in Googlemaps.

Anyway, that is a huge project !

[Bjørn Rørslett]

... The title of your thread is ''Jerbanestasjon'', but on the front of the building it is written ''Holmestrand stasjon'' which I could find in Googlemaps.

The Norwegian word jernbanestasjon ('railway station') is a generic term, so the sign shown in the first post merely directs to some (nearby) unspecific station. The small town is Holmestrand thus aptly its railway station is Holmestrand stasjon. Despite massive beliefs to the contrary, Norwegian is actually quite a logic language

[Alaun]

.. and the literal translation would be "Iron Train Station"   (similar to the German "Eisenbahn")

And by the way, thanks all for the comments!