<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Sandefjord International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Following the end of the Second World War and Norway's subsequent membership in NATO, it became strategically important to build several new air stations in the country. This was based on a United States analysis from 1951, carried out by General Robert K. Taylor, which intended to station three wings, each of 75 aircraft, in Denmark and Norway. Each wing would have about 3,000 permanently stationed American personnel. Norwegian policy prohibited permanent stationing of foreign military personnel on Norwegian soil, but allowed the United States to build air stations that would be suitable for refueling before attacking targets within Eastern Europe.</p>
<p class="blog-para">There were two main strategies that NATO intended to use that would require a new military air station in Southern Norway. The first was the "polar strategy", which involved NATO aircraft flying nuclear weapons into the Soviet Union. This would require refueling stations in Norway, but only about twenty permanently stationed personnel. The second was to station aircraft to allow a flanking maneuver if Soviet troops were to attack Central Europe.</p>
<p class="blog-para">During the planning of high-speed upgrade of the line, plans called to move the line to create a station integrated in the airport terminal, as had been done with Oslo Airport Station and Trondheim Airport Station. However, as the construction of a new Vestfold Line was put on hold, an intermediate solution was found to reopen R&aring;stad Station, and offer a shuttle bus to the airport. On 16 May 2007, Vestfold County Municipality announced that they would forward the investment costs of NOK 7 million for the new station, with a payback from the National Rail Administration by 2012.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Ground Transportation Sandefjord International Airport</h2>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Rail: </strong>Sandefjord Airport Station is located on the Vestfold Line, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the airport. It is served by regional trains that operate between Lillehammer&mdash;via Oslo Airport and Oslo Central Station&mdash;and Skien. There are hourly trains in each direction, supplemented by rush-hour trains. Travel time to Oslo is 1 hour 48 minutes, and to Oslo Airport it is 2 hours 23 minutes. A shuttle bus meets all trains during the opening hours of the airport, and a bus trip takes four minutes to the airport terminal. The shuttle bus leaves the airport ten minutes before each train's scheduled departure. The bus is operated by NSB and is included in the price of the train ticket. There are 42 bus departures each day.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Coach:</strong> Torp-Ekspressen is a coach service operated by Unibuss Ekspress to Oslo connecting with all Ryanair's and Wizz Air's flights. Travel time is 1 hour and 50 minutes. Telemarkekspressen, a NOR-WAY Bussekspress service operated by Telemark Bilruter, offers coach services to Telemark, including Skien, Porsgrunn, Ulefoss, B&oslash; and Seljord. The Vy express service S&oslash;rlandsekspressen operates from a halt on the E18 (not from the airport terminal) to several cities along the South Coast to Kristiansand. From &Oslash;stfold, the service Flyb&aring;ten Express &Oslash;stfold&ndash;Vestfold operates a coach on the Moss&ndash;Horten Ferry to Torp. This involves a change of coach in T&oslash;nsberg. During winter, there are occasional buses that connect to ski resorts in Gol, Geilo and Hemsedal</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car: </strong>Sandefjord Airport is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) off the European Route E18. Travel distance to Sandefjord is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and to Oslo is 110 kilometres (68 mi). The distance to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is 167 kilometres (104 mi), and to Moss Airport, Rygge is 63 kilometres (39 mi) (via the Moss&ndash;Horten Ferry).
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