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Chronology Of Norwegian Railway Lines
The Norwegian railway network consisted, as of 2008, of of line. The Trunk Line opened as Norway's first mainline railway on 1 September 1854. List The following table gives a chronological overview of the mainline railway lines in Norway. It explicitly excludes tramway, light rail and metro lines, spurs and industrial lines. It contains the date the section opened,Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009): 44–45 the line the segment is currently considered part of, the name of the line at the time of the opening (if different from the current name). Some railways have simply changed name, while others have been merged with other lines. The table further gives the length of the line, the gauge and number of tracks (single, double or quadruple),Bjerke and Holom (1994): 10–12 all at the time the line opened. Many railway lines have since been shortened and some have been doubled and been through gauge conversion Gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport In Norway
The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,109 km of (standard gauge) track of which 2,644 km is Railway electrification system, electrified and 274 km double track. There are 697 tunnels and 2,760 bridges. The Norwegian Railway Directorate manages the railway network in Norway on behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Norway), Ministry of Transport and Communications. Bane NOR is a Statsforetak, state enterprise which builds and maintains all rail transport, railway tracks, while other companies operate them. These companies include Vy (transport operator), Vy and subsidiaries Vy Gjøvikbanen and CargoNet, Flytoget, Go-Ahead Norge, Go-Ahead, SJ Norge, Green Cargo, Grenland Rail and Hector Rail. Norway is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Norway is 76. History The first railway in Norway was the Hoved Line between Oslo and Eidsvoll and opened in 1854. The main purpose of the railway was to move lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randsfjorden Line
The Randsfjorden Line ( no, Randsfjordbanen) is an railway located in Viken county in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Hadeland in Innlandet county. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on the stretch are Norwegian State Railways express trains on the Bergen Line between Oslo and Bergen. Freight trains to Bergen go to Hønefoss via the Gjøvik Line. The railway is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration. The entire line is standard gauge, and the from Drammen to Hønefoss is electrified at . The remaining from Hønefoss to Randsfjorden is not electrified and currently disused. The line gets its name from the lake Randsfjorden. History On 11 June 1857, railway director Carl Abraham Pihl was demanded by a Royal Decree to instruct a terrain investigation of the area along the river Drammenselva from Drammen to Randsfjorden. He presented the results of the investigation on 31 May 1858, which concluded that the terrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koppang Station
Koppang Station ( no, Koppang stasjon) is a railway station located at Koppang in Stor-Elvdal, Norway on the Røros Line. It is located from Oslo Central Station at above mean sea level. Services are provided by the SJ Norge to Røros and Hamar. The station opened in 1875. Norsk Spisevognselskap operated the restaurant from 15 June to 1 October 1925, after which operation was reverted to the station master. After the Dovre Line opened, Koppang Station only had a marginal income from the restaurant operations. After the line was rebuilt to standard gauge, revenue from the restaurant increased, and from 1 January 1925 Spisevognselskapet again took over operations of the restaurant. The Norwegian National Rail Administration plans to install a modular set of sheds on all stations on the Røros Line. They therefore offered an architecture competition where they asked for bids to reuse style components from the station buildings, while retaining functional and modular design. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krøderen Station in Norway
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Krøderen Line
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Oslo West Station
Oslo West Station ( no, Oslo Vestbanestasjon) or Oslo V, is a former railway station located in Vika in Oslo, Norway. It was the terminus of the Drammen Line between 1872 and 1980, until the Oslo Tunnel opened. The station remained in use until 1989, when all traffic was moved to the new Oslo Central Station. Until its closure it was the main station for trains on the Sørland Line, the Drammen Line and the Vestfold Line. There was no passenger rail connection to Oslo Ø, the eastern station that served the eastern lines and trains to Bergen. The only connection was the Oslo Port Line that went partially through some of the most trafficked streets in Oslo. The station building was designed by architect Georg Andreas Bull in the then-fashionable Italiante style and built of plastered brickwork. The facade against City Hall Square is flanked by two low towers. Windows and doors are arched. After the station closed, the building was used by, among others, the Nobel Peace Center. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drammen Line
The Drammen Line ( no, Drammenbanen) is a railway line between Oslo and Drammen, Norway, which was opened on 7 October 1872. It serves all trains west of Oslo Central Station and is owned by Bane NOR. The line opened as a narrow gauge railway, and rebuilt to standard gauge between 1913 and 1922. The line was electrified in 1922, as the first line on the national network to be electrified. The Lieråsen Tunnel shortened the line in 1973, and in 1980 the Oslo Tunnel was built, allowing the line to connect to the new Oslo Central Station. The Asker Line runs parallel to the Drammen Line, mostly in tunnels. At Drammen, the Vestfold Line branches off to the south while the Bergen Line and the Sørlandet Line continue together to Hokksund along the Randsfjorden Line. The entire line has double track due to the heavy traffic on the line. The longest Norwegian railway bridge is just before Drammen where the line crosses the Drammen river. That bridge is 454 metres long. History Both D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kongsberg Station
Kongsberg Station ( no, Kongsberg stasjon) is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway, on the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminus of the L12 line from Oslo and Eidsvoll. History The first station at Kongsberg opened in 1871 when the branch line of the Randsfjord Line from Hokksund to Kongsberg was completed. The present station dates from 1917 with the construction of the Sørland Line and was drawn by Gudmund Hoel and N. W. Grimnes. The station was preserved by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage The Directorate for Cultural Heritage ( no, Riksantikvaren or ''Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning'') is a government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway. Subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environm ... in 1997. The restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap in on 1 November 1944. References {{end Railway stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokksund Station
Hokksund Station ( no, Hokksund stasjon) is located at the village of Hokksund in Øvre Eiker, Norway on the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by local trains between Kongsberg via Oslo to Eidsvoll operated by the Vy as well as express trains from Oslo to Bergen and Kristiansand. History The station was opened in 1866 as part of Randsfjorden Line The Randsfjorden Line ( no, Randsfjordbanen) is an railway located in Viken county in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Hadeland in Innlandet county. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on th .... In 1971 it became terminus of the branch line between Hokksund and Kongsberg. {{s-end Railway stations in Øvre Eiker Railway stations on the Randsfjorden Line Railway stations on the Sørlandet Line Railway stations opened in 1866 1866 establishments in Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sørlandet Line
The Sørlandet Line ( no, Sørlandsbanen) is a railway line between Drammen (though this is connected to Oslo by means of the Drammen Line) via Kristiansand to Stavanger. The line is long between Oslo and Stavanger. History The railway was constructed in several phases, the first section being opened in 1871 and the last not opened until 1944. While there was a continual construction work from Oslo westward as far as Moi, the Jæren Line from Egersund to Stavanger in Western Norway was opened in 1878. Up to 1913 the name used on plans and for the completed sections was the Vestlandet Line (''The West Country Line''). The Sørlandet Line was completed by the German occupation force during World War II. It was opened for regular traffic on 1 May 1944. The line was an important communications link for transportation of troops, as well as war material. Long stretches of the Sørlandet Line railway are set away from the coast, instead of on the more densely populated coastline. One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Station
Rena Station ( no, Rena stasjon) is a railway station located in Rena, Norway on the Røros Line. It is located from Oslo Central Station Oslo Central Station ( no, Oslo sentralstasjon, abbreviated ) is the main railway station in Oslo, and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system. It connects with Jernbanetorget station. It's the terminus of Dramme ... at above mean sea level. Services are provided by SJ Norge to Røros and Hamar. The station opened in 1871. The station restaurant was taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap on 1 October 1925 and was operated by the company until 31 December 1926. References Åmot Railway stations in Hedmark Railway stations on the Røros Line Railway stations opened in 1871 1871 establishments in Norway {{Norway-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randsfjord Station
Randsfjord Station ( no, Randsfjord stasjon) was a railway station at located on the west bank of the south of the lake of Randsfjorden in Jevnaker, Norway. Passengers could transfer to steamboat, steam ship for transport on Randsfjorden. History The station was opened in 1868 when it became the northern train station, terminus of Randsfjorden Line. In 1909, the Bergen Line was completed along with Roa–Hønefoss Line, that on the east side of Randselva built Jevnaker Station about one kilometer from Randsfjord Station. Since the through trains between Oslo and Bergen went through Jevnaker, and it was better located to Hadeland Glassverk and the sawmills, Jevnaker took most of the traffic. Passenger traffic to Randsfjord station was terminated on May 26, 1968; 100 years after the opening of the line. Since January 1, 1981 there has been no traffic on the line between Bergermoen and Randsfjord, with the tracks being removed in 1984. {{end Railway stations in Oppland Rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
