Slitu Station

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title: "Slitu Station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["indre-østfold-municipality", "railway-stations-in-østfold", "railway-stations-on-the-østfold-line", "railway-stations-in-norway-opened-in-1882"] description: "Railway station in Eidsberg, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitu_Station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Railway station in Eidsberg, Norway ::

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Field	Value
name	Slitu
image	Slitu stasjon 1.jpg
address	Tenorveien 145, 1859 Slitu, Eidsberg
country	Norway
coordinates
map_type	Norway Østfold#Norway
elevation	131.8 m AMSL
line	Eastern Østfold Line
connections	Bus service
distance	59.33 km
platform	1 side platform
parking	30 spaces
bicycle	Yes
opened
architect	Balthazar Lange
accessible	No
owned	Bane NOR
operator	Vy
passengers	7,000 (embarking and disembarking per annum)
pass_year	2012
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Slitu Station () is a railway station of the Eastern Østfold Line situated 2 km south of Slitu in Eidsberg, Norway. Situated 59.33 km from Oslo Central Station (Oslo S), it is served hourly by the L22 service of the Oslo Commuter Rail.

The station, which originally provided a passing loop, was designed by Balthazar Lange and opened on 24 November 1882. The passing loop was demolished in 1969 and the station unstaffed. It mostly serves as a park and ride station for commuters from Trøgstad.

History

Discussion of a railway through Eidsberg was first debated in the municipal council on 5 January 1867. The municipality approved a grant of 20,000 Norwegian speciedaler on 25 January 1873. After it was decided in 1873 that the Østfold Line was to be built, the main route controversy regarding the Eastern Line was whether it should run via Mysen, or take a straight line from Askim to Rakkestad. The railway engineers originally favored a bypass, but this was overruled by Parliament on 4 June 1874. Eidsberg was granted three stations. While there was much spectacle about the location of the other two, Mysen and Eidsberg, there was little debate about the location of Slitu. The station and line opened on 24 November 1882, although temporary traffic had taken place since July.

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A post office was opened at the station in 1883. The arrival of the railway made it possible to sell fresh milk in the capital. Slitu developed as one of the largest milk stations along the line, sending three to four full cars of milk each day. In addition to western parts of Eidsberg, Slitu served farms in Trøgstad. The caused the need for better roads and in 1890 and 1891 a new 4.5 km road was built to Trøgstad. An interlocking system was installed at the station on 18 May 1962. This was in use until 17 March 1969, when the passing loop was removed. The station subsequently became unstaffed.

With the platform too short for new NSB Class 72 trains, the Norwegian National Rail Administration was required to lengthen the platform or close the station by 2015. They estimated the costs at 13 million Norwegian kroner. Slitu had limited patronage, with only 28 average daily boarding and disembarking passengers in 2008. This compared for instance with almost 800 at Mysen Station. Four station were therefore closed down on the line, including the next one westwards, Askim Næringspark Station. This had a marked positive effect on ridership at Slitu, with the parking lot filling up and having to be expanded.

Facilities

Slitu Station situated on the Eastern Østfold Line, 35.02 km from Ski Station and 59.33 km from Oslo S, at an elevation of 131.8 m above mean sea level.

Slitu Station is located about 2 km south of is namesake village. Only 40 people live within a one-kilometer (half-mile) radius of the station, although 666 live within 2 km.

The station was designed by Balthazar Lange, who had the responsibility for all stations along the Eastern Østfold Line. The wooden building is a third-class station and has the same design as many other stations on the line, Kråkstad, Tomter, Mysen, Eidsberg, Gautestad and Ise.

Service

Slitu is served with hourly L22 trains operated by Vy's Oslo Commuter Rail. Travel time is 5 minutes to Mysen, 5 minutes to Askim, 36 minutes to Ski and 50 minutes to Oslo S. The trains continue onward along the Drammen Line terminating at Skøyen Station. The station had 7,000 daily boarding and disembarking passengers in 2012, or 28 per day in 2008.

References

Bibliography

|line = Eastern Østfold Line |prestation = Askim |preclosed = Sulerud |poststation = Mysen |postclosed = Sletner |line22 = yes |prespan22 = 1 |postspan22 = 1 |pre22 = Askim |post22 = Mysen

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