Gyland Station
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Gyland | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Gyland, Flekkefjord Norway | ||||
| Coordinates | 58°23′3.74″N 6°50′14.49″E / 58.3843722°N 6.8373583°E | ||||
| Elevation | 123.1 m (404 ft) AMSL | ||||
| Owned by | Bane NOR | ||||
| Operated by | Go-Ahead Norge | ||||
| Line(s) | Sørlandet Line | ||||
| Distance | 453.53 km (281.81 mi) | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | 30 spaces | ||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
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| Station code | GYL | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 17 December 1943 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2008 | 13,800 | ||||
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Gyland Station (Norwegian: Gyland stasjon) is a railway station of the Sørlandet Line situated at Gyland in Flekkefjord, Norway. Located 453.53 kilometers (281.81 mi) from Oslo Central Station, it is served by long-distance trains operated by Go-Ahead Norge. In addition to intercity services to Oslo and Stavanger, the eight daily trains in each direction serve as a commuter link to Kristiansand, located 70 minutes away.
The station was opened on 17 December 1943 as part of the segment of the Sørlandet Line between Kristiasand and Sira. The line past the station was electrified from 18 February 1944. It received a station building designed by Gudmund Hoel. The station received centralized traffic control in 1969 and has been unstaffed since 1986. Gyland served 13,800 passengers in 2008.
Gyland Station was built during the Second World War under the German-administrated expansion of the Sørlandet Line west of Kristiansand. It was originally proposed to be named Storeness, but this was changed to Gyland by the time the station opened in 1943. It served what was then the municipality of Gyland. Irregular revenue traffic commenced on the line on 17 December 1943 and the station became operative from the same day. Electric traction was introduced on 18 February 1944, ahead of ordinary traffic commencing on 1 March 1944.[1]
The cargo annex was extended in 1950.[2] An interlocking system became operational on 10 June 1969, allowing the station to become remotely controlled from 19 August 1969. The station became unstaffed from 1 June 1986.[1]
The short platforms have caused the Norwegian Railway Authority to demand that they be lengthened with 2019, or the station closed. The National Rail Administration determined in 2009 that Gyland would be one of eighteen prioritized stations which would have their platforms lengthened and heightened the same year. The work was completed in early 2010.[3]
