Mariero Station

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Mariero Station is a railway station located at Mariero in Stavanger, Norway. Located from Stavanger Station, it is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail operated by the Norwegian State Railways by up to four hourly trains in each direction. The station is located along the double track section of the Sørland Line, and was opened on 16 November 2009. It is co-located with a Kolumbus bus stop, allowing transfer to many routes.FacilitiesThe station is from Oslo Central Station and from Stavanger Station. Paradis Station is universally accessible, unstaffed and equipped with ticket machines. It has 20 free parking places. The station is located right on the waterfront, and located in a mixed residential and commercial area. It is the station between Sandnes and Stavanger with the least usage. The station is located one minutes walk from Lyse Energi's head office, and ten minutes walk from Hetland Upper Secondary School.ServiceThe station is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail, operated by the Norwegian State Railways. During regular operating hours on weekday, NSB operates four trains in each direction each hour. All northbound trains run to Stavanger Station, where they terminate. All four southbound trains operate to at least Sandnes Station, and two more continue to Nærbø Station and one runs to Egersund Station. Travel time to Stavanger is 5 minutes, to Sandnes Sentrum is 11 minutes, to Nærbø is 42 minutes and to Egersund is 1 hour and 2 minutes. NSB operates the line using Class 72 electric multiple units. Transfer to city bus is available away on National Road 44, which serves Kolumbus buses.