Kongsberg
Location
Place	Kongsberg
Municipality	Kongsberg
Line(s)	Sørlandsbanen
Distance	99. This article is about the Norwegian town For the industrial corporation named Kongsberg see Kongsberg Gruppen (with links to subsidiary firms. 37 km
Elevation	161. 9 m
Service
Opened	1917
Platforms	2
Owner	Jernbaneverket
Line operator(s)	Norges Statsbaner
Connections

Kongsberg is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway located on Sørlandsbanen. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Norges Statsbaner commonly know as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways is a Norwegian transport company |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains This article is about the Norwegian town For the industrial corporation named Kongsberg see Kongsberg Gruppen (with links to subsidiary firms. is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminus of the local trains from Oslo and Eidsvoll. (formerly "Christianssand" is a city and municipality, and the capital of the county of Vest-Agder, Norway and of the geographical |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway.

History

The first station at Kongsberg opened in 1871 when the branch line of Randsfjordbanen from Hokksund to Kongsberg was completed. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route usually a main line. Hokksund is a town in the municipality of Øvre Eiker in the county of Buskerud in Norway. The present station dates from 1917 with the construction of Sørlandsbanen and was drawn by Gudmund Hoel and N. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year W. Grimnes. The station was preserved by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997. The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren or Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning) is a government agency responsible for the management Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar

A local NSB BM72 train at Kongsberg Station