Vakås Station
Vakås Station is a railway station on the Drammen Line located at Vakås in Asker, Norway. Situated 21.23 kilometers from Oslo Central Station, it consists of an island platform and serves the L1 line of the Oslo Commuter Rail operated by Vy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway stop
- Description: railway halt in Asker, Norway
- Also known as: “Vakas” and “Vakås railway halt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hofstad skole and Holmen Turnhall.
Hofstad skole
School
Photo: Far min, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hofstad skole is a school, which is situated 350 metres southeast of Vakås Station.
Holmen Turnhall
Sports venue
Photo: Ssu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holmen Turnhall is a sports venue, which is situated 1 km northeast of Vakås Station.
Skaugumsåsen
Peak
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skaugumsåsen is a mountain in Asker in the county of Akershus, in southeastern Norway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skaugum and Nesbru.
Skaugum
Hamlet
Photo: Sondrekv, Public domain.
Skaugum is an estate, manor house and the official residence of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The estate is located in Asker, 19 km southwest of Oslo, by the foot of the mountain Skaugumsåsen.
Vakås Station
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Asker, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.8497° or 59° 50′ 59″ northLongitude
10.46692° or 10° 28′ 1″ eastElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
9FFGRFX8+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1471000208OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stopGeoNames ID
7909741Wikidata ID
Q1530876
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Polish—“Vakås Station” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vakås Station”
- Dutch: “Station Vakas”
- Dutch: “Station Vakås”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة ڤاكوس”
- French: “gare de Vakås”
- French: “Gare de Vakås”
- French: “Vakås stasjon”
- French: “Vakås”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vakås holdeplass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vakås haldeplass”
- Norwegian: “Vakås holdeplass”
- Polish: “Vakås”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vakås Station”. Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 3.0.