Treungen Line

Closing of the Treungen Line

During the 1950s, iron ore and lumber were the main use for the upper section of the line. By 1960, there were two or three weekly pure ore trains in addition to hopper cars in ordinary freight trains. A new lumber crane was installed at Treungen in 1962, with Hunsfoss Fabrikker stating they would be sending an additional 18 tonnes (18 long tons; 20 short tons) of lumber. In 1964, a five-year contract was signed with the mine for 44,000 tonnes (43,000 long tons; 49,000 short tons) of ore per year, but the following year the mine closed. The same year, only 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons; 1,100 short tons) of lumber were being sent by the line. There was a 23 percent drop in passenger traffic between 1962 and 1965, to 45,300 people, and the line lost NOK 700,000 that year. During the last years, the upper part of the line had three daily services with Class 87 trains and three weekly freight trains hauled by Di 2.