East Railway Station

Gate in Youngstorget, Norway

East Railway Station (Østbanestasjonen), Oslo Ø, Jernbanetorget1, Norway’s former main railway station. The first station was built in 1854. The West Railway Station (Vestbanestasjonen) was built in 1872. Since 1980, Oslo Sentralstasjon is the centre for railway traffic. The first Norwegian railway line – Hovedbanen– was established between Christiania and Eidsvoll in 1854. Various sites were proposed for the station. Some people wished locate it on Youngstorget because of the trading there, others at Grünerløkka. Another proposal was to locate it at Vaterlandsbru. Most people felt that the station ought to have as central position and one as close to the harbour as possible, and it was situated on the left side of the river Akerselva, on a site belonging to Christiania Glasmagasin, on the corner of Lille Strandgade and Lille Tomtegade (Jernbanegata). After winning a competition, the architects Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno were commissioned to design the building. A long, narrow two-storey building of red brick was completed in 1854. It had an open arcade along the entire ground floor of the building. In the middle of the facade was a tower with a clock. Behind this there lay a long, low covered platform area with skylights and a gable with a large window out towards the square Jernbanetorget. In 1861, the arcade was bricked in. When the Østfoldbanenline was to

Type:
Gate

Where:
Youngstorget, Norway

Coordinates:
59.91°N, 10.75°E

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