Holtsås is a village in
Sauherad
Sauherad is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Midt-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Akkerhaugen. The municipality borders Kongsberg, Skien, Nom ...
municipality,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It is located between
Hjuksebø
Hjuksebø is a village in Sauherad municipality, Norway. It is located between Notodden and Nordagutu, just south of Hjuksevelta.
Hjuksebø used to have a train station on the Sørlandet Line. The Hjuksebø train disaster occurred between Hju ...
and
Nordagutu
Nordagutu is a village in the municipality of Midt-Telemark, Norway. Its population (SSB 2005) is 367.
Nordagutu train station is a part of the Bratsberg Line, and it serves as a junction between the Vestfold Line and Sørlandet Line
The Sørl ...
.
Holtsås used to have a train station on the
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 cons ...
. The
Hjuksebø train disaster
Hjuksebø is a village in Sauherad municipality, Norway. It is located between Notodden and Nordagutu, just south of Hjuksevelta.
Hjuksebø used to have a train station on the Sørlandet Line. The Hjuksebø train disaster occurred between Hju ...
occurred between Hjuksebø and Holtsås on 15 November 1950, and was Norway's worst railway accident in peacetime until the
Tretten train disaster in 1975.
Villages in Vestfold og Telemark
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