Grimstadbanen

Rise-Grimstad
Grimstad railway station around 1920
Route length:	22.19 km
Gauge :	up to 1935: 1067 mm 1435 mm
Legend Arendal-Treungenbanen from Nelaug 22.19 Rise (station: 23 Nov 1908–26 November 1983) Arendal-Treungenbanen to Arendal 21.10 to the Nidelva 19.90 Nokkhaugen (April 1, 1928) 19.33 Løddesøl 18.20 Stene (April 1, 1928) 16.74 Lindtveit (1907–1921 Lindtvedt , from 1908 Hp) 55  moh. 15.50 Tykkeris (April 1, 1928, between 1938 and April 1941 Solstad ) 14.82 Rykene (1907-1922 Rygene ) 36  moh. 14.22 Nidelva (36 m) 14.16 Stru bru ( opened as Krokveien in 1939 , renamed in 1940) 13.20 Tørra (April 1, 1928) 12.41 Lia (1907–1921 Lien , from May 15, 1928 Hp) 18  moh. 10.00 Bringsvær (April 1, 1928–1942) 9.19 Spedalen (from May 15, 1928 Hp) 47  moh. 8.16 Fjære 48  moh. 5.55 Rosholt (1939) 4.50 Naudenes (1908) 3.59 from Resvika (1.25 km, for loading wood, until 1938) 3.45 Roresand (1907–1921 Gjærbrønden , from May 15, 1928 Hp) 54  moh. 2.18 Lillesandvei (1939) 1.07 Grosvei (1939) 0.36 Grimstad (56 m) 0.00 Grimstad 1.7  moh. Grimstad jernbanekai

Grimstadbanen was a single-track, non-electrified railway line between Rise and Grimstad in the Norwegian province of Agder . It was opened in 1907 as a private narrow-gauge railway. Operations ceased in 1961.

history

The Grimstadbane was built in Kapspur and opened on September 16, 1907 as a private railway of the Grimstad-Frohlandsbanen (GFB) .

A turntable and a locomotive shed were built as technical facilities in Rise and Grimstad .

From November 23, 1908, it had a connection in Rise to the state-built railroad between Arendal and Froland and was thus a branch line of this line, first called Treungenbanen , later called Arendalsbanen . The Grimstadbane was taken over by the Norges Statsbaner on January 24, 1912 .

In 1936, one year after the subsequent Treungenbanen in Rise, the Grimstadtbane was also converted to standard gauge. Mainly lumber and ore were transported on this branch line, in addition to passenger traffic.

With the cessation of passenger traffic on September 1, 1961, the line was closed. Parts are now used as a bike path.

literature

• Thor Bjerke, Finn Holom: Banedata 2004 . Data from infrastructures to the railroad in Norway. Ed .: Jernbaneverket, Norsk Jernbanemuseum and Norsk Jernbaneklubb Forskningsavdelingen. NJK Forskningsavdelingen, Hamar / Oslo 2004, ISBN 82-90286-28-7 , p. 264 (Norwegian).
• Roy Owen: Norwegian Railways - from Stephenson to high-speed . Balholm Press, Hitchin 1996, ISBN 0-9528069-0-8 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data of the former Rise train station
2. ↑ Lindtvedt station
3. ^ Station Rygene
4. ^ Lien station
5. ↑ station Gjærbrønden
6. ↑ Station description of Rise with a short story about the Grimstadbanen (Norwegian). Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved September 9, 2015 .