text: oslo airport station oslo airport station ( norwegian : oslo lufthavn stasjon ) , also known as gardermoen station , is a railway station located in the airport terminal building of oslo airport , gardermoen in norway . located on the gardermoen line , it is served by the airport express trains , express trains to trondheim and oslo , regional trains to lillehammer and skien ( via oslo ) and commuter trains to eidsvoll and kongsberg ( via oslo ) . the station is located 48 kilometres ( 30 mi ) from oslo central station . the station is manned , and there is a single bus route , and several coach services , to and from the airport . it opened in 1998 , along with the new airport . during 2000 – 2001 , there were several derailments at the station . south of the station is a terminal for unloading freight trains carrying aviation fuel . location gardermoen is at kilometer marker 51 . 85 ( 32 . 22 mi ) from oslo s , but the actual distance is only 48 . 07 km ( 29 . 87 mi ) . this is because the distance markers follow the slightly longer hoved line between oslo and lillestrøm . the station is built directly below the airport terminal , and access is obtained via escalators or elevators located in the airport 's arrival hall . north of the station , the tracks run in a tunnel below the terminal and runway area . the tracks on platform 2 and 3 only have connection southwards ; north of the station they are only connected to a short turning track . aviation fuel is transported to the airport by train . cargonet hauls a daily train load of fuel from , with an unloading terminal just south of the passenger station . they are the only freight trains to use the gardermoen line . services norwegian state railways ( nsb ) and the airport express train are the only companies that operate to the station . the outer side platforms ( 1 and 4 ) serve nsb trains , while the two inner island platforms ( 2 and 3 ) serve the airport express trains . the station is manned , from 07 : 00 to 22 : 00 on weekdays , with reduced opening hours on weekends . the platform ( but not necessarily the trains ) are wheelchair accessible , and an escort service for disabled persons can be . baggage trolleys are available , and a wide selection of services , including cafes , kiosks , banks and police , are available at the airport terminal , as are taxis . a single local bus route , ruter no . 855 , also serves the airport from kløfta , jessheim and maura . there are many coaches from all parts of the country that also serve the airport , as well as coach services to oslo operated by and sas ground services . airport express train the flytoget airport express train services operate six times per hour . three run directly to oslo central station ( oslo s ) in nineteen minutes and terminate there ; the other three services make an additional stop at lillestrøm station , then continue beyond oslo central towards drammen station , a total of eight stops . total travel time to drammen is 60 minutes . in 2007 , the airport express train had 5 . 35 million passengers . norwegian state railways the oslo commuter rail operated by nsb , provides one service in each direction each hour — line 450 from kongsberg station via oslo central to eidsvoll station . nsb also provides one regional service in each direction per hour towards skien station ( via oslo central ) and lillehammer station . on the dovre line to trondheim central station , five daily express trains are also offered , including one nsb night train . northbound trains use track 1 , while southbound trains use track 4 . history the decision to build the station , railway and airport was taken by the parliament on 8 october 1992 . nsb gardermobanen , a subsidiary of the norwegian state railways , was created to build the line and station , as well as operate the flytoget airport express train services . construction of the station was performed in parallel with the construction of the airport , and the station is built in the same style as the rest of the airport , in postmodernist concrete and wood . the station was taken into use on 27 september 1998 , and public services commenced along with the opening of the airport on 8 october 1998 . in 2001 , as part of a reorganization of nsb gardermobanen , the ownership of the station was transferred to the norwegian national rail administration . incidents in 2000 – 01 , the airport express train experienced three derailments with empty trains at gardermoen ; one caused by the engineer falling asleep and two by the train passing a red light . no more such accidents occurred after automatic train control was installed in 2001 .