Vestmarkabanen

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Vestmarkabanen
Info
Type Railway
System Norwegian railway
Status Abandonend
Locale Eidskog
Terminals Skotterud
Vestmarka
Operation
Opened October 15, 1918
Closed June 1, 1965
Owner Norges Statsbaner
Operator(s) Norges Statsbaner
Character Passenger and freight
Technical
Line length 14.25 kilometres (9 mi)
No. of tracks Single
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrification No
Vestmarkabanen
STR
Grensebanen from Kongsvinger
eBHF
0.00 km Skotterud (1865)
xABZlf
to Charlottenberg
exWBRÜCKE
Vrangselva
exHST
Repshus (1924)
exDST
3.80 km Børgerud (1918)
exHST
Snesbøl (1924)
exHST
Taugbøl (1928)
exDST
6.59 km Stangnes (1918)
exTUNNEL2
exHST
Rastad (1924)
exHST
Rognlia (1924)
exBS2rf exBS2lf
exSTR exDST
11.58 km Buåa (1918)
exKDSe exSTR
Stangeskovene
exHST
Vestmarka Church (1924)
exKBFe
14.25 km Vestmarka (1918)

Vestmarkabanen is an abandoned railway between Skotterud and Vestmarka in Eidskog, Norway. The line was 14.3 kilometers long and opened on October 15, 1918. The line was the first railway in Norway to terminate passenger transport, on January 3, 1931. Freight transport between Buåa and Vestmarka was terminated on February 15, 1961 and the line completely terminated on June 1, 1965.

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