Mariero Station

Mariero Station
Location	Mariero, Stavanger Norway
Coordinates	58°56′04″N 5°45′12″E / 58.93455°N 5.75331°ECoordinates: 58°56′04″N 5°45′12″E / 58.93455°N 5.75331°E
Owned by	Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operated by	Norwegian State Railways
Line(s)	Sørlandet Line
Distance	594.70 km (369.53 mi)
Platforms	2
Connections	Bus: Kolumbus
History
Opened	1901

Mariero Station (Norwegian: Mariero holdeplass) is a railway station located at Mariero in Stavanger, Norway. Located 4.13 kilometres (2.57 mi) 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.

Facilities

The station is 594.57 kilometres (369.45 mi) from Oslo Central Station and 4.13 kilometres (2.57 mi) from Stavanger Station.^[1] Paradis Station is universally accessible, unstaffed and equipped with ticket machines. It has 20 free parking places.^[2] 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.^[3]

Service

The 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.^[4] NSB operates the line using Class 72 electric multiple units.^[5] Transfer to city bus is available 800 metres (2,600 ft) away on National Road 44,^[1] which serves Kolumbus buses.^[6]

History

The line past Paradis was built as part of the Jæren Line and opened in 1878. The old station at Mariero opened in 1901 and was classified as a halt. It was upgraded to a station, and thus staffed and became a passing loop from 15 September 1922. From 15 January 1945, the passing loop was deactivated, but again activated in 1950. From 2 June 1957, the Jæren Line received centralized traffic control and the station was no longer staffed.^[7] In 2006 the Norwegian National Rail Administration started rebuilding the track between Stavanger and Sandnes to double track, which involved moving the station slightly to the south.^[8] The new line and station were opened on 16 November 2009 and from 14 December, the 15-minute headway was introduced between Stavanger and Sandnes.^[9]

References

1. "Paradis" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Rail Administration. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
2. "Paradis" (in Norwegian). Norwegian State Railways. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
3. Olsen, Knut Gjerset (13 November 2009). "Slik blir dobbeltsporet" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
4. "Egersund – Stavanger S" (PDF). Norwegian State Railways. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
5. Bø, Trond (9 August 2002). "To års ventetid over – nye pendlertog på vei til Oslo". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 3.
6. "Dagrutekart for Nord-Jæren". Kolumbus. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
7. "Mariero" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
8. "To spor Sandnes – Stavanger" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Rail Administration. October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
9. "Første heilskaplege bane sidan Gardermobanen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Rail Administration. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.

Preceding station	Line			Following station
Hillevåg	Sørlandet Line			Jåttåvågen
Preceding station	Local trains			Following station
Paradis		Jæren Commuter Rail		Jåttåvågen