Hardangerbanen

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Info
Hardangerbanen
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railway
Status	Abandoned
Start station	Voss
End station	Granvin
Operation
Opened	1935
Closed	1989
Owner	Norges Statsbaner
Operator(s)	Norges Statsbaner
Character	Passenger and freight
Technical
Line length	27.5 km
No. of tracks	1
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrified	15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC

Hardangerbanen or the Hardanger Line was a 27.5 km railway branch line between Voss and Granvin in Hardanger connecting Voss to the sea and Hardangerfjord.

[edit] History

The desicion to build the railway was made in 1919, though the railway was not opened until March 30, 1935. The passenger transport on the line was canceled on June 1, 1985 and the freight traffic on 1989. The first 3.39 km of the line between Voss and Palmafoss freight terminal are kept as a freight line. Most of the rest of line is a bicycle path.

[edit] Stations

Haugamoen
Palmafoss
Kinne
Mønshaug
Bjørgum
Dalsleitet
Flatlandsmo
Skjervet
Såkvitno
Nesheim
Selland
Kollanes
Granvin

[edit] External links

Jernbane.net pictures from Hardangerbanen (Norwegian)

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