Lysaker Station (Norwegian: Lysaker stasjon) is Norway's third-largest railway station, located at Lysaker on the Drammen Line. It serves express, regional, local and Airport Express trains. The station opened in 1872, and is located 7.00 kilometres (4.35 mi) west of Oslo S at 7.5 metres (25 ft) elevation. In 2007-09 the owner and operator Norwegian National Rail Administration is renovating the station, but there is a controversy whether the station should remain in a curve.
The station is located between Skøyen, to the east, and Stabekk. When the new Asker Line is finished expanded to Lysaker in 2011, the station will be connected directly to Sandvika. All local and regional trains that operate west of Skøyen stop at the station, in addition to the Flytoget airport express trains to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. More than one thousand buses depart from Lysaker Station daily, and within 800 metres (2,600 ft) there are 20,000 jobs with additional 10–15,000 in development. Lysaker is the closest station to Fornebu, large parts of Eastern Bærum and some of Western Oslo.
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