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Kristiansandis a city, municipality and the county capital of Vest-Agder county in Southern Norway. Kristiansand municipality is the 6th largest in Norway with a population of 80,109 as of 1 January 2009...
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StavangerStavanger is a railway station located in downtown Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway and the terminus of Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by regional trains to Kristiansand and commuter train to Egersund.-History:...
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Norges StatsbanerNorges Statsbaner, commonly known as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways, is a Norwegian transport company. Owned by the Government of Norway, NSB is the largest passenger railway company and, through the subsidiary Nettbuss, bus company in Norway. Its former cargo division has been spun off in...
CargoNetCargoNet AS is the primary operator of freight trains on the Norwegian railway system. It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It is owned by NSB and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo...
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BM73NSB Class 73 is a four car electric multiple unit operated by Norway's main passenger railway company, Norges Statsbaner , on long-haul and regional journeys. It is similar to the originally three-car BM71 EMUs operated by Flytoget, but also incorporates tilting passenger cabins, something...
,
El 18NSB El 18 is the main electric locomotive used by Norges Statsbaner hauling all locomotive-based express trains in Norway. The 22 units delivered in 1996-97 are based on SBB Re 460, built by ADtranz and numbered 18 2241 to 18 2262.-History:...
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Kongsberg StationKongsberg is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway located on Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminus of the local trains from Oslo and Eidsvoll.-History:...
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Kongsbergis a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....
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HokksundDrammen is a railway station located in downtown Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. The station is the terminus of both the Randsfjord Line, the Drammen Line and the Vestfold Line...
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StavangerStavanger is a railway station located in downtown Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway and the terminus of Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by regional trains to Kristiansand and commuter train to Egersund.-History:...
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Norges StatsbanerNorges Statsbaner, commonly known as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways, is a Norwegian transport company. Owned by the Government of Norway, NSB is the largest passenger railway company and, through the subsidiary Nettbuss, bus company in Norway. Its former cargo division has been spun off in...
CargoNetCargoNet AS is the primary operator of freight trains on the Norwegian railway system. It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It is owned by NSB and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo...
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BM73NSB Class 73 is a four car electric multiple unit operated by Norway's main passenger railway company, Norges Statsbaner , on long-haul and regional journeys. It is similar to the originally three-car BM71 EMUs operated by Flytoget, but also incorporates tilting passenger cabins, something...
,
El 18NSB El 18 is the main electric locomotive used by Norges Statsbaner hauling all locomotive-based express trains in Norway. The 22 units delivered in 1996-97 are based on SBB Re 460, built by ADtranz and numbered 18 2241 to 18 2262.-History:...
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Kongsberg StationKongsberg is a railway station located in downtown Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway located on Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by express trains to Kristiansand and is the terminus of the local trains from Oslo and Eidsvoll.-History:...
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Kongsbergis a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....
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StavangerStavanger is a railway station located in downtown Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway and the terminus of Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by regional trains to Kristiansand and commuter train to Egersund.-History:...
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Norges StatsbanerNorges Statsbaner, commonly known as NSB or the Norwegian State Railways, is a Norwegian transport company. Owned by the Government of Norway, NSB is the largest passenger railway company and, through the subsidiary Nettbuss, bus company in Norway. Its former cargo division has been spun off in...
CargoNetCargoNet AS is the primary operator of freight trains on the Norwegian railway system. It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It is owned by NSB and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo...
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BM73NSB Class 73 is a four car electric multiple unit operated by Norway's main passenger railway company, Norges Statsbaner , on long-haul and regional journeys. It is similar to the originally three-car BM71 EMUs operated by Flytoget, but also incorporates tilting passenger cabins, something...
,
El 18NSB El 18 is the main electric locomotive used by Norges Statsbaner hauling all locomotive-based express trains in Norway. The 22 units delivered in 1996-97 are based on SBB Re 460, built by ADtranz and numbered 18 2241 to 18 2262.-History:...
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StavangerStavanger is a railway station located in downtown Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway and the terminus of Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by regional trains to Kristiansand and commuter train to Egersund.-History:...
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CargoNetCargoNet AS is the primary operator of freight trains on the Norwegian railway system. It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company. NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of 2002. It is owned by NSB and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo...
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,
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The
Sørland Line ({{lang-no|Sørlandsbanen}}) is a railway line between
Drammenis a city and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Drammen.The municipality of Drammen was established on 1 January 1838...
(though this is connected to
Oslois the capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the town was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish–Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania . Oslo, then an alternative name, became official again in 1925...
by means of the Drammen Line) via
Kristiansandis a city, municipality and the county capital of Vest-Agder county in Southern Norway. Kristiansand municipality is the 6th largest in Norway with a population of 80,109 as of 1 January 2009...
to
Stavangeris a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Stavanger was established as a municipality 1 January 1838...
. The line is 545 km long between Oslo and Stavanger.
History
The railway was constructed in many phases, the first bit being opened in 1871 and the last bit not opened until 1944. While there was a continual construction effort from Oslo westward until
MoiMoi is the administrative centre of the Lund municipality, in Rogaland county in Norway. It has a population of about 2000. Moi lies next to Lundevatnet, one of the deepest lakes in Norway.-Industry:...
, the Jær Line from
EgersundEgersund is a coastal town in the municipality of Eigersund in the county of Rogaland, Norway. The municipality has 13,418 inhabitants, of whom 9,528 live in the town. The town has an area of 6.0 km²....
to
Stavangeris a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Stavanger was established as a municipality 1 January 1838...
in Western Norway was opened in 1878. Until 1913 name occurring in plans and in built sections was
Vestland Line (
The West Country Line).
Sørlandsbanen was completed by the
German occupation forceThe occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany started with the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940 and ended on May 8, 1945, after the capitulation of German forces in Europe. Throughout this period, Norway was continuously occupied by German military forces...
during
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. It was opened for regular traffic on 1 May 1944. The line was an important communications line for transportation of troops, as well as war material. Long stretches of the Sørland Line railway are away from the coast, instead of the more densely populated
coastThe coast is defined as where the land meets the sea. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides. The term "coastal zone" can be used instead, which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs...
line. One reason for this was to protect the line from invading forces, and also to prevent the line being bombarded by
navy shipsA naval ship is a ship used for combat purposes, commonly by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated from civilian ships by construction and purpose...
.
On 15 November 1950 the
Hjuksebø train disasterThe Hjuksebø train disaster was a rail accident on the railway Sørlandsbanen on 15 November 1950 between the stations of Hjuksebø and Holtsås in the Sauherad municipality in Telemark, Norway. With fourteen deaths resulting from the crash, this was Norway's worst railway accident in peacetime until...
killed 14 people in a collision between an express train and runaway freight cars.
Subsections
Among the stretches which the Sørland Line can be divided into are:
- Oslo–Drammen is the Drammen Line, completed in 1872.
- Drammen–Kongsberg
is a town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located at the southern end of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsberg....
was opened in 1871.
- Kongsberg–Bø
Bø may refer to the following locations in Norway:*Bø, Nordland, a municipality in Nordland*Bø, Telemark, a municipality in Telemark*Bø, Hordaland, a former municipality in Hordaland*Bø, Andøy in Andøy municipality, Nordland...
was opened in 1924.
- Lunde
Lunde is any one of several small towns in Denmark:* One southwest of the town of Otterup on the island of Funen* One near the west coast of the Jutland peninsula, between the towns of Ølgod and Varde...
–Neslandsvatn (Kragerøis a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø....
) was opened in 1927.
- Neslandsvatn–Nelaug
Nelaug is a village in the south of the Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. The population in 2005 was 158. The village lies east of the Nelaug lake, which is regulated by a hydro-electric power plant. The most notable feature in the village is the railway station, Nelaug Station, which is the...
(Arendalis a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. The town is the administrative center the municipality and of Aust-Agder county. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet...
) was opened in 1935.
- Nelaug
Nelaug is a village in the south of the Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. The population in 2005 was 158. The village lies east of the Nelaug lake, which is regulated by a hydro-electric power plant. The most notable feature in the village is the railway station, Nelaug Station, which is the...
–Kristiansand was opened in 1938.
- Kristiansand–Moi
Moi is the administrative centre of the Lund municipality, in Rogaland county in Norway. It has a population of about 2000. Moi lies next to Lundevatnet, one of the deepest lakes in Norway.-Industry:...
was opened in 1944.
- Moi (Flekkefjord)–Egersund was opened in 1904.
- Egersund
Egersund is a coastal town in the municipality of Eigersund in the county of Rogaland, Norway. The municipality has 13,418 inhabitants, of whom 9,528 live in the town. The town has an area of 6.0 km²....
–Stavanger is the Jær Line, and was opened in 1878.
Branch lines
Sørlandsbanen has one operational
branch lineA branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line...
, the Arendal Line, which runs between
NelaugNelaug is a village in the south of the Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway. The population in 2005 was 158. The village lies east of the Nelaug lake, which is regulated by a hydro-electric power plant. The most notable feature in the village is the railway station, Nelaug Station, which is the...
and
Arendalis a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. The town is the administrative center the municipality and of Aust-Agder county. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet...
. Another branch line, the
Flekkefjord LineThe Flekkefjord Line is a abandoned branch line to the Sørland Line. It ran between Sira and Flekkefjord in Vest-Agder, Norway. The only current activity on the line is tourist draisines. The station buildings along the line were designed by the architect Paul Armin Due; these have all been...
, from
SiraSira is a village located within the municipality of Flekkefjord in south-western Norway. The village is located at the border of the counties Vest-Agder and Rogaland, along European route E39 and the railway Sørlandsbanen. The village is served by Sira Station....
to
Flekkefjordis a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.The town of Flekkefjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The rural municipalities of Bakke, Gyland, Hidra, and Nes were merged with Flekkefjord on 1 January 1965.Flekkefjord is the westernmost town of the...
, was once part of the main line. Upon completion of the Sørland Line in 1944, it was turned into a branch line, and it was closed in 1990. Other branch lines which are closed are the Numedal Line between Kongsberg and
RødbergRødberg is the administrative centre of Nore og Uvdal municipality, Norway. Its population is 468.It was once a railway station, being the terminal station of the now-defunct Numedalsbanen....
(in
Nore og UvdalNore og Uvdal is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rødberg....
), the Setesdal Line and the Kragerø Line between
NeslandsvatnNeslandsvatn is a small village in Drangedal with a population of 262. It is also a station on Sørlandsbanen. It is a popular skiing and snowboarding area....
and
Kragerøis a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø....
.
Kristiansand StationKristiansand is a railway station located in downtown Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway located on Sørlandsbanen. The station is served by express trains to Oslo and regional trains to Stavanger. Kristiansand Station is a cul-de-sac station, requiring all trains to change direction at the station...
is designed as a
terminal stationTerminal Station is a 1953 film English language film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
. Therefore, trains from Stavanger towards Oslo reverse direction when leaving Kristiansand.
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