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Narrow Gauge Railways In Norway
In Norway, a number of main lines were in the 19th century built with narrow gauge, , to save cost in a sparsely populated mountainous country. This included Norway's first own long-distance line, the Røros Line, connecting Oslo and Trondheim, 1877. Some secondary railways also had this gauge. These railways have been rebuilt to standard gauge or closed down. Some private railways had and one had . A few railways partly still are operated as museum railways, specifically the Thamshavn Line, Urskog–Høland Line and the Setesdal Line. The Trondheim Tramway The Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is the world's most northerly tramway system, following the closure and dismantling of the Arkhangelsk tramways in Russia. It consists of one 8.8-km-long line, the Gråkallen Line, running from St. Ol ... is also narrow gauge. List of narrow-gauge lines References {{Europe in topic, Narrow-gauge railways in Railway lines in Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pihl Holtaalen 1877
Pihl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Pihl (1756–1821), Norwegian clergyman, astronomer and architect *Alexander Pihl (1920–2009), Norwegian physician *Alma Pihl (1888–1976), Fabergé workmaster *Andreas Pihl (born 1973), Swedish ice hockey player *Carl Abraham Pihl (1825–1897), Norwegian civil engineer *Einar Pihl (1926/1927–2009), Swedish sprint canoeist *Gary Pihl (born 1950), American musician *Gösta Pihl (1907–1992), Swedish sport shooter *Helena Pihl (born 1955), Swedish sprinter *Hollie Pihl (1928–2018), American judge *Jüri Pihl (1954–2019), Estonian politician *Oskar Pihl (1890–1959), Finnish silversmith and Fabergé workmaster *Raimo Pihl (born 1949), Swedish decathlete *Robert O. Pihl (born 1939), American psychologist *Tove Pihl (1924–1987), Norwegian educator and politician See also *''Anna Pihl'', a Danish television series {{Surname Estonian-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames Swedish-language surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestfold Line
The Vestfold Line ( no, Vestfoldbanen) is a railway line which runs between Drammen and Eidanger in Norway. The line connects to the Drammen Line at the northern terminus at Drammen Station and continues as the Bratsberg Line past Skien Station. The line is exclusively used for passenger trains, which are provided by the Norwegian State Railways, which connect northwards to Oslo and south-westwards to Grenland. The section from Eidanger to Skien is often colloquially included in the Vestfold Line.The standard gauge line is electrified at and has twelve remaining stations. The Vestfold Line runs through the coastal region of Vestfold and serves major towns including Holmestrand, Tønsberg, Sandefjord and Larvik, as well as Sandefjord Airport, Torp. The section to Larvik Station was opened on 13 October 1881 and the remainder, including an extension to Skien Station, opened on 23 November 1882. The line was originally variously known as the Drammen–Skien Line (), the County Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grovane
Grovane is a village in Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the shores of the river Otra, about north of the large village of Vennesla. Railway The Sørlandsbanen railway line runs through the village stopping at Grovane Station. The station was historically a stop along the Setesdal Line. While the original Setesdal Line was a narrow-gauge railway, Sørlandsbanen was (and still is) a standard gauge railway. After the Sørlandsbanen was completed to Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ... in 1938, Grovane station became the terminus station for the Setesdal Line. Freight and passengers had to change trains for onward transport by Sørlandsbanen. Today, the Setesdal Line (first opened 1885, closed 1962) is a herit ... [...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] |
Nesttun–Os Line
The Nesttun–Os Line ( no, Nesttun–Osbanen) was a narrow gauge railway between Nesttun, now part of Bergen, and the community of Osøyro in Os, Hordaland, Os municipality, Norway. As the first private railway in Norway, it opened 1 June 1894, designed to connect Os to the Old Voss Line, Voss Line, allowing for passenger and freight transport to Bergen and Voss. Despite a boom caused by World War I, the railway was eventually driven out of business by competition from road transport, which provided faster service. On 2 September 1935, it became the first Norwegian railway to close, and most of the railway was dismantled the following year. Today, only short stretches of the railway and a few stations survive. Much of the former railway line is used as a bicycle path (rail trail), which makes revival of the Nesttun–Os Railway as a heritage railway very difficult. However, a 40 metre long railway stretch remains at Stend Station, the only unaltered remaining station, upon which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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