Sagvåg–Siggjarvåg Ferry
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The Sagvåg–Siggjarvåg Ferry was an
automobile ferry Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
which connected the island communities of
Bømlo Bømlo is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svortland. Other villages in Bømlo inclu ...
and
Stord Stord is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since it has such a variety of landscapes: coastline, fjords, forests, agricultural ...
. The route was operated by
Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (HSD), founded in 1880, was one of Norway's largest privately held public transportation providers. Its bus operation HSD Buss AS was founded in 1999, and serviced 15 million passengers annually in large ...
(HSD) and ran between Siggjarvåg on Bømlo to
Sagvåg Sagvåg is a village in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwest coast of the island of Stord, about west of the town of Leirvik. The Stord Airport, Sørstokken lies about northwest of Sagvåg. ...
on Stord. In 2000 the ferry transported 254,325 vehicles and 534,259 passengers.Hauge (2001): 131 The route was started by Ole Folgerø Holm and Halvard Halderaker with the ferry ''Peik'' between Sagvåg and
Rubbestadneset Rubbestadneset is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on a peninsula on the eastern side of the island of Bømlo, about east of the municipal centre of Svortland. The Stokksundet strait lies to ...
. The following year, a stop at Siggjarvåg was included. With a new ferry, ''Aspøy'', in 1957, the ferry could take a single car. This ferry remained in use until 1960. From 1 November 1962, the route was taken over by HSD, and the following year a new quay was built at Siggjarvåg. The last ferry to operate was MF ''Ølen'', which had a capacity for 73 cars and 310 passengers. The ferry was terminated on 30 April 2001 with the opening of the
Triangle Link The Triangle Link ( no, Trekantsambandet) is a fixed link with three branches that connects the islands of Stord and Bømlo to each other and to the mainland at Sveio, Norway. It consists of the underwater Bømlafjord Tunnel from Sveio to th ...
.


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;Bibliography * ;Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Sagvag-Siggjarvag Ferry Car ferry lines in Vestland Bømlo Stord