Gausel Station

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title: "Gausel Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-on-the-sørlandet-line", "railway-stations-in-stavanger", "1966-disestablishments-in-norway", "railway-stations-closed-in-1966", "railway-stations-in-norway-closed-in-the-20th-century", "railway-stations-in-norway-opened-in-2009", "railway-stations-in-norway-opened-in-1902"] description: "Railway station in Stavanger, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gausel_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Stavanger, Norway ::

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Field	Value
name	Gausel Station
image	Gausel holdeplass.JPG
address	Gausel, Stavanger
country	Norway
coordinates
line	Sørlandet Line
connections	Bus: Kolumbus lines 1, 2, 3, 6, 66, 67, 75
distance	589.75 km
platform	2
opened	1902–1966; 2009–
owned	Bane NOR
operator	Go-Ahead Norge
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Gausel Station () is a railway station in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located at Gausel in the city of Stavanger. Located 9 km from Stavanger Station, it is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail operated by Go-Ahead Norge by up to four hourly trains in each direction. The station is located along the double track section of the Sørlandet Line. The original station at Gausel was opened in 1902, and the station building was completed in 1908. This station was closed in 1966. The new station was opened on 16 November 2009 as part of the new double track from Stavanger to Sandnes. It is co-located with a Kolumbus bus stop, allowing transfer to several routes.

Facilities

The station is 589.75 km from Oslo Central Station and 9 km from Stavanger Station. Gausel Station is universally accessible, unstaffed and equipped with ticket machines. There is parking for 50 cars.

Service

The station is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail, operated by Go-Ahead. 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 11 minutes, to Sandnes Sentrum is 5 minutes, to Nærbø is 36 minutes and to Egersund is 56 minutes. NSB operates the line using Class 72 electric multiple units. Transfer to city bus is available 30 m away on National Road 44,

History

The original station was opened as a halt on 1 November 1904. The station building was completed in 1908. From 1 December 1918, Gausel was upgraded to a station. From 2 June 1957 the line became subject to centralized traffic control and the station unstaffed. The station was closed in 1966. In 2006, the Norwegian National Rail Administration started rebuilding the track between Stavanger and Sandnes to double track, and decided to build a new station at Gausel. The new line 16 November 2009, and from 14 December, the 15-minute headway was introduced between Stavanger and Sandnes, including stops at Gausel.

References

|line = Sørlandet Line |prestation = Jåttåvågen |poststation = Sandnes Sentrum |line = Jæren Commuter Rail |prestation = Jåttåvågen |poststation = Sandnes Sentrum

References

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