Grong – Namsos railway line

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Grong – Namsos
The Namsosbahn runs along the Namsen River here.
The Namsosbahn runs along the Namsen River here.
Course book range : 35 (1970)
Route length: 51 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope : 1.25  ‰
Minimum radius : 250 m
Operating points and routes
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Nordlandsbanen to Bodø
Station, station
 219.54 Grong 50.9 m
   
 Nordlandsbanen from Trondheim
   
 220.42 Sanddøla (54 m)
   
 221.21 Røttesdal Viaduct (112 m)
   
 221.21 Solheim bru ( E6 ) only since 1993 (46 m)
   
 222.85 Dun 50.4 m
   
 225.84 Sjemsfull 32.4 m
   
 228.91 Jørem 31.4 m
   
 231.53 Øyheim 26.7 m
   
 235.78 Øyslettan 13.7 m
   
 236.40 Namsen (210 m)
   
 Fylkesvei 760 (about 8 m) 64.49 °  N , 12.03 °  E
   
 238.62 Heknbakk 22.9 m
   
 240.94 Siding to Skogmo (from 1983) served until 2005
   
 241.76 Skogmo 26.7 m
   
 242.72 Namsen (100 m)
   
 243.46 Himo (from 1936)
   
 245.12 Overhalla 22.4 m
   
 245.94 Reina (60 m)
   
 246.61 Barlia 20.5 m
   
 249.42 Øysful 42.9 m
   
 251.98 Myrmo 29.1 m
   
 254.65 Halvardsmo (from 1962)
   
 255.17 Sidings to Skage (from 1983)
   
 256.44 Skage 18.4 m
   
 258.05 Myrelven (65 m)
   
 258.53 Bergeng tunnel (150 m)
   
 259.50 Brudalsøytunnel (29 m)
   
 260.09 Grytøya (from 1936) 5.4 m
   
 260.80 Vikatunnel (46 m)
   
 262.96 Kvatninga (until 1935 Meosen , Hp. From 1935, Kr.gl. 1938 removed) 4.9 m
   
 263.97 Meosen (50 m)
   
 264.01 Meosen (from 1934, until 1935 Trætvika )
   
 267.56 Høyknes 3.9 m
   
 269.67 Angelskjæret (1963–1978)
   
 269.79 Hønhaugen I (69 m)
   
 269.99 Hønhaugen II (84 m)
   
 Tiendholmen industrial area
   
 270.14 Namsos (1981-2002) 3 m
   
 271.15 Namsos gamle (until 1981) 2.8 m
   
 pier

The Grong – Namsos ( Norwegian Namsosbanen ) railway is a single-track, non-electrified railway line in Norway . The 51-kilometer standard-gauge route leads from Grong to Namsos in Fylke Trøndelag . It is also known as Namsoslinjen ( German  Namsos line ). The line was opened in 1933, passenger traffic has been inactive since 1977, and regular operations have ceased in 2012.

history

The first ideas of a railway connection from Namsos go back to 1875 when a railway commission proposed a route to Grong as part of a future Nordlandsbane . These plans were in the idea stage until a connection to a domestic railway line was in prospect. Only in 1908 was the route from Sunnan to Grong approved by parliament. Now it was time to turn these ideas into concrete plans.

The construction of a line between Grong and Namsos was decided in a debate in Storting, Norway on June 2, 1913. The definitive planning of the route was only started in autumn 1922. This was completed on September 11, 1923 and approved by the NSB management, on December 23, 1923 it was finally approved.

Construction began in 1927 with the construction of a bridge. As early as 1928 the plan was redimensioned and it was decided not to build the line with rails weighing 35 kg per meter , but to use used, lighter ones weighing 28 kg. The laying of the rails began in Grong in 1930, and Namsos was reached in June 1933. Most of the employees were in the summer of 1932, when 530 workers were working on the route. The line was provisionally opened on November 1, 1933; regular operation was only possible from July 1, 1934.

traffic

In 1970 three daily train pairs were still running on the route, which only stopped as scheduled in Overhalla. All other intermediate stations were served as a demand stop. Diesel multiple units were used on all trains.

Passenger traffic ceased on January 1, 1978. In Namsos, the old train station was closed in 1981 and a new train station built for freight traffic only. The route changed after the Hønhaugen II tunnel .

The service of the entire route with freight trains ended on January 10, 1999. Thereafter there were regular trains between Grong and the rail siding at Skogmo, which was opened in 1983. Since 2005, freight traffic has been suspended on the entire route, which has been closed to rail traffic since 2012. The reason for this is that the bridge over Fylkesvei 760 near the hamlet of Melhus (before Skogmo) has been removed.

Future prospects

The campsite in Namsos offers trolley tours on the Skage – Namsos section.

literature

  • Thor Bjerke, Tore Haugen, Finn Holom, Ove Tovås: Banedata 2013, Data om infrastructures til jernbanene i Norge. Norsk Jernbaneklubb, Hamar / Oslo 2013, ISBN 978-82-90286-35-9 , pp. 174-176.
  • Roy Own: Norwegian Railways, from Stephenson to high-speed. Balholm Press, 1996, ISBN 0-9528069-0-8 , Chapter 27, pp. 151-153.

Web links

Commons : Namsosbans  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Videos

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of Central European Railway Administrations (ed.): Station directory of the European railways . (formerly Dr. Koch's station directory). Barthol & Co., Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1939. Svein Magne Olsen: Namsosbanen. In: Nebysamlingene. Retrieved May 25, 2015 .
  2. ↑ The name Namsosbanen has been used since January 6, 2008, before that it was Namsoslinjen
  3. ^ Norwegian Railways p. 151
  4. ↑ Rutebok for Norge No. 8 (valid from November 1, 1970), page 96
  5. ↑ Banedata 2013 p. 174
  6. ↑ Namsosbans. Draisine tour to Skage. www.dressin.no, accessed May 25, 2015 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Namsos Camping. Retrieved May 28, 2015 (Norwegian).