Trengereid Station

Trengereid
Trengereid
	Trengereid station. The entrance to the mainline tunnel can be seen in the background.
General information
Location	Arna, Bergen; Norway
Coordinates	60°25′58″N 5°38′13″E
Elevation	15.7 m
Owned by	Bane NOR
Operated by	Vy Tog
Line(s)	Bergen Line
Platforms	2
Construction
Architect	Balthazar Lange
History
Opened	1883
Location
	Trengereid Location within Hordaland

Trengereid is a local stop on the Bergen Line. It is located far east in Bergen, Norway, in the Arna borough on the shore of the fjord Sørfjord. The station is between Takvam and Bogegrend stations, at an elevation of 15.7 metres (52 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Dated 1883-90

A NSB BM69 train at Trengereid.

The station was opened when the Bergen-Voss railway line Vossebanen was opened in 1883.

To the south of the station, up on the mountain slope, is the small Trengereid residential neighborhood. Below the station, facing the fjord on the north are the old Trengereid factories, service buildings and docking facilities.

The station is served by all local trains running between Voss and Bergen's main railway station, but express trains do not stop here.

The track layout at Trengereid is somewhat unusual. Originally, the station had only a single track, the topography at the site, with a steep slope to the south and a body of water to the north, made it difficult to add a second track. The line eastwards went in a curve around the mountain shelf. In 1955 a second track was added at the station by building a tunnel on the east side of the station, this became the main line.[1] The station has two platforms, but only the platform next to the tunnel, where trains can stop without blocking the single track part of the platform, is in use for embarking and disembarking. The station building was designed by Balthazar Lange.

References

Nasjonal verneplan for kulturminner i jernbanen Recommendations for the National preservation plan for railway stations in Norway, excerpt, March 23, 2004 (in Norwegian)

External links

Jernbaneverket's entry on Trengereid
Map of station area (gulesider.no)

Preceding station			Following station
Takvam	Bergen Line		Bogegrend
Preceding station	Local trains		Following station
Takvam		Bergen Commuter Rail	Bogegrend

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[1] Nasjonal verneplan for kulturminner i jernbanen Recommendations for the National preservation plan for railway stations in Norway, excerpt, March 23, 2004 (in Norwegian)