Kongsvingerbanen
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| Kongsvingerbanen | |
| Info | |
|---|---|
| Type | Railway |
| System | Norwegian railway |
| Start station | Lillestrøm Station |
| End station | Charlottenberg Station |
| No. of stations | 20 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1862 |
| Owner | Jernbaneverket |
| Operator(s) | Norges Statsbaner CargoNet |
| Character | Commuter trains Freight |
| Rolling stock | BM 69 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 115 km |
| No. of tracks | 1 |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Electrified | 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC |
Kongsvingerbanen is a railway line between the towns of Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger in Norway and onwards to Charlottenberg in Sweden. The railway was opened on October 3, 1862 and is Norway's oldest standard gauge line. The line was electrified in 1951.
[edit] The line
At Kongsvinger there is a junction, the main line turns south and continues to Charlottenberg in Sweden, while another line, Solørbanen, now closed for passenger traffic, runs northwards to Elverum. The entire stretch between Kongsvinger and Charlottenberg, is 115 km long.
At Sørumsand, an old narrow gauge heritage railway called Tertitten operates during the summer.
Passenger service on Kongsvingerbanen is operated mostly by electric multiple unit commuter trains which run between Oslo and Årnes, with a few trains continuing to Kongsvinger. Passenger service across the border was once frequent and operated by Linx to Stockholm and Kungspilen to Karlstad. However poor business caused these companies to cease operations after 2004. During 2005 and 2006 passenger service between Oslo and Stockholm still existed, but not on a daily basis. Starting January 7, 2007 the Swedish national rail company SJ AB reinstated daily traffic on the route, although the train journeys are 90 minutes longer than Linx provided.[1]
[edit] Stations
- Lillestrøm
- Tuen
- Nerdum
- Fetsund
- Svingen
- Guttersrud
- Sørumsand
- Blaker
- Rånåsfoss
- Auli
- Haga
- Bodung
- Årnes
- Seterstøa
- Disenå
- Skarnes
- Sanderud
- Galterud
- Kongsvinger
- Charlottenberg
[edit] External links
- Jernbaneverket's list of stations on Kongsvingerbanen (in Norwegian)
- Jernbaneverket's list of stations on Kongsvingerbanen (in English, but lacks station descriptions)
- ^ Expensive and slow, but clean Aftenposten, January 4, 2007 (in Norwegian)
