Dalane – Suldal railway line

Dalane – Suldal

Route length:

1.1 km

15 kV, 16.7 Hz ~

	Sørlandsbanen from Grovane
362.10	Dalane (1939)
	Sørlandsbanen to Kristiansand
	to the depot
	Industrial track
	Riksvei 9 / Setesdalsveien
	Suldalsnuten	(approx. 150 m)
	Sørlandsbanen from Kristiansand
363.20	Suldal (1958)
	Sørlandsbanen to Sira

The railway line Dalane-Suldal , Norwegian Dalane-Suldallinjen , is a 1.1 kilometer long railway line in Fylke Agder in Norway . It serves as a bypass of the Kristiansand terminus .

Kristiansand has a terminus on Sørlandsbane . The line was built to allow trains to bypass this station without changing locomotives. The single-track line was temporarily opened to traffic between Kristiansand and Audnedal as early as 1943 . At first, from May 15, 1943, there were only holiday trains for the German Wehrmacht , further passenger trains with luggage transport were available from November 1943. The provisional train service to Sira began on December 17, 1943, and normal operations on the route began on March 1, 1944 .

Today the bypass is used for freight traffic .

literature

Bjerke, Thor and Holom, Finn, Banedata 2004, Norsk Jernbanemuseum & Norsk Jernbaneklubb, p. 248, ISBN 82-90286-28-7 ( online )