Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 52, 2015

Breland Station (Breland stasjon) is a railway station of the Sørlandet Line situated at Breland in Marnardal, Norway. Located 385.10 km from Oslo Central Station, it is served by a singlelong-distance train in each direction, operated by the Norwegian State Railways, to serve commuter traffic to and from Kristiansand. The station has two platforms and a passing loop, although the main platform is only 46 m long. The station was opened on 17 December 1943 as part of the segment of the Sørlandet Line between Kristiasand and Sira. The line past the station was electrified in 1946 and the station automated in 1969. The following year the station became unmanned and the station building was demolished in 1987. The Norwegian National Rail Administration has decided to close the station in 2019, as it only served 2,200 annual passengers in 2008