The Hægebostad Tunnel () is the fifth longest railway

tunnel A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is located in the municipalities of

Lyngdal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen ...

and

Hægebostad Hægebostad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tingvatn. Other villages in Hægebostad include Eiken, Haddeland, an ...

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county. The long tunnel runs between Audnedal Station and

Snartemo Station Snartemo Station () is a railway station of the Sørlandet Line situated in the village of Snartemo in Hægebostad municipality in Agder county, Norway. Located from Oslo Central Station, the station is situated on a embankment between the Hæge ...

on the

Sørlandet Line The Sørlandet Line () 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 ...

. It was opened in 1943 when the Sørlandet Line was extended west all the way to

Moi Station Moi Station () is a railway station located at the village of Moi in the municipality of Lund in Rogaland county, Norway. The station is located along the Sørlandet Line. The station is served by regional trains operated by Go-Ahead Norge to th ...

. The tunnel runs through the mountains virtually the entire distance between the stations of Audnedal and Snartemo. The tunnel has a 0.2% horizontal gradient and goes straight except for a curve at entrance on the Audnedal side.

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Railway tunnels in Agder Tunnels on the Sørlandet Line 1943 establishments in Norway Tunnels completed in 1943 {{norway-tunnel-stub