Det store jernbanekompromisset

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Det store jernbanekompromisset ( German  large railway compromise or large railway agreement ) was a transport policy decision that was made in Storting , Norway in 1894 .

In 1894, at the instigation of the Chairman of the Transport Committee in Parliament and later Prime Minister Jørgen Løvland , the Norwegian Parliament made a far-reaching decision on the future development of the country's railway network. Det store jernbanekompromisset contained the guidelines for the further expansion of the Norwegian route network for the following years. Løvland took the view that the state was responsible for building and operating the infrastructure , both for geographical, social and military reasons. This was the beginning of state-run railway construction, as a result of which long-distance railway lines were built in Norway and railway construction resumed in the 1890s after the standstill in the 1880s. Parliament made 80 million kroner available for these measures .

An example of a route resulting from this decision is the Flekkefjordbane , which became part of the Vestlandsbane , which in 1913 was named Sørlandsbanen by Storting .

The construction of the Bergensbane and its branch lines was also based on this decision. The construction of the line took 15 years and was not completed until 1909. It was the continuation of the Bergen – Voss railway line, which began in 1875 and was built until 1882 . The mayor of the city of Bergen , MP and later Prime Minister Christian Michelsen played a major role in this construction .

The Arendal – Åmlibane , later called Treungenbanen , fell under this guideline. This route should connect the coast with the inland, in the same way as the Setesdalsbane . It was also decided to build the private Grimstadbane (also known as Frolandsbanen ). This was first completed with the terminus Rise before the state Treungenbane reached the station.

The Roa – Hønefoss (Jevnakerbanen) railway was also built as the original part of the Bergen Railway after the decision of 1894. It was an important link between Gjøvikbanen and the new Bergen Railway when it later passed through Drammen .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of Jørgen Løvland (norw.)
  2. ↑ Jernbanen på Østlandet. In: banenor.no. Retrieved March 14, 2019 (Norwegian).
  3. ↑ Jernbanetrafikkens historie at Samferdsel i Oppland (norw.) ( Memento from March 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ History of Bergen (norw.) ( Memento from July 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Biography of Christian Michelsen (norw.)
  6. ↑ Grimstadbanen near Fjære historielag (norw.)
  7. ↑ Picture presentation for the 100th anniversary of the Grindvoll train station (norw.). Archived from the original on September 20, 2013 ; accessed on August 30, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Bergensbanen vart slektsledds storverk (norw.)

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