page_title: Ljan Station
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Ljan Station / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Bildet er hentet fra Nasjonalbibliotekets bildesamling Ljan,Ljan stasjon, Oslo, Oslo
context_page_description: Ljan Station is a railway station on the Østfold Line. It is located in the Ljan neighborhood in the Nordstrand borough of Oslo, Norway. Situated 7.15 kilometers from Oslo Central Station, it features two side platforms. Hauketo is served by the Line L2 of the Norwegian State Railways's Oslo Commuter Rail, providing two services each hour.
  The station was one of the original stations on the Østfold Line, and opened on 2 January 1879. The original station was designed by Peter Andreas Blix. Commuter trains started running to Ljan in 1883, and had for many years the station as their terminus. The line through Ljan was moved during the 1920 and converted to double track. Ljan Station received a new station building in 1923, designed in Neoclassic by Gerhard Fischer, including an underpass with entrances. The station is listed as a cultural heritage site.
context_section_description: Ljan Station is situated 7.15 kilometers (4.44 mi) from Oslo Central Station, at an elevation of 51 meters (167 ft) above mean sea level. The Østfold Line past Ljan is double track and electrified, with the station partially located in a curve. The station has two side platforms. Track 1, closest to the station, has a 180-meter (590 ft) platform, while Track 2's is 218 metres (715 ft). They are 65 and 57 centimeters (26 and 22 in) tall, respectively. There is an underpass under the tracks, with original Neoclassical entrances. There is bicycle and car parking, but no ticket vending machine.
  The two-story, brick station building was designed by Gerhard Fischer. As it was a single order, the station has a Neoclassical design which does not have any similar buildings elsewhere on the railway network, in part due to the short-lived popularity of the style in Norway. The station is listed as a cultural heritage. Prior to receiving the project, Fischer had recently been in Italy and brought home inspiration from there. The station's two-story part is rectangular and almost symmetrical. The single-story annexes on both sides break with the symmetry. In its original layout the ground floor featured a waiting room, ticket office, post office and a cargo facility. The upper story was originally a station master's residence. The station building measures 210 square meters (2,300 sq ft).
  On the road side of the station there is a preserved Neoclassical brick superstructure which covers the stairs down to the underpass. There is a smaller superstructure on the other platform. The upper floor of the former housed the signaling control until the installation of centralized traffic control. Both of these structures are also preserved. There is also a disused wooden cargo building at the station.
caption: The station still largely has the same layout and structures as in 1923
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