Harestua Station

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Harestua Station is a railway station on the Gjøvik Line at Harestua in Lunner, Norway. Situated at 45.5km from Oslo Central Station, it consists of a side platform along a section of single track. It is served by line L1 of the Oslo Commuter Rail and regional trains on line R30, both operated by NSB Gjøvikbanen, each operating every two hours.The station opened about 200m to the north on 3 June 1984 and was originally named Furumo. In 2012 work started on building a new station, which would replace both the old Furumo Station and the old Harestua Station. The new Furumo Station opened on 9 December 2012 and took the name Harestua on 15 December 2013.HistoryThe Gjøvik Line through Lunner opened on 20 December 1900. The southern part of the municipality was originally served by Harestua Station, a station situated at 44.03km from Oslo. The Furumo area started receiving new single dwelling residential construction through the 1960s. With the construction of Furumo II and III, it became common for people to commute to the capital. The largest project was Furumo IV, where construction commenced in 1978. This was instrumental for NSB to decide to establish a second station at Harestua, to serve the new residential area. Furumo Station opened on 3 June 1984. The same day Viubråten Station, situated 1.4km to the north, was closed. The original location of Furumo Station was at 45.74km from Oslo S, and was in a curve.