Norway opens new Drammen station and Kobbervikdalen double track
- Location
- Drammen–Kobbervikdalen (Vestfold Line), Buskerud · 🇳🇴 Norway
- Project
- New Drammen Station and Drammen–Kobbervikdalen double track
- Investment
- approx. NOK 13 billion (approx. EUR 1.2 billion, 2025 prices); original 2019 control budget: NOK 12.7 billion
- Status
- Completed / in operation
The fully rebuilt Drammen Station (six new tracks, new platforms, raised 40 cm for flood protection) and the roughly 10 km new double-track section between Drammen and Kobbervikdalen on the Vestfold Line entered service in 2025, centred on the approximately 7 km Drammen Tunnel (6 km rock tunnel, 290 m soft-ground tunnel, 540 m concrete culvert). Scheduled train traffic began on 31 August 2025, followed by an official opening ceremony in Drammen on 18 September 2025. Bane NOR puts total cost at about NOK 13 billion (2025 prices) versus the 2019 control budget of NOK 12.7 billion; construction started in December 2019.
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