Havnebanen

The port railway in front of Akershus Fortress

Route length:

2.2 km

		Skøyen – Filipstadlinjen from Skøyen , (originally Drammenbanen )
		to Oslo Sentralstasjon
		Skarpsno

		Filipstadkai
	2.20	Filipstad
		Akers mekaniske verksted , Tjuvholmen


		The track lay in the public street space
		Oslo V

		Festningen

	1.50	Vippetangen (from 1907 to around 1920 narrow-gauge reloading point)
		to Langkai and Tollbukai
		Havnelageret
		Oslo Ø (freight yard)
		from Oslo Sentralstasjon


	0.00	Loenga
		Hovedbanen to Lillestrøm
		Østfoldbanen to Ski

Havnebanen (dt. The port railway ) was a 2.2 kilometer long railway line in the Norwegian city of Oslo . Loenga station on the east and Filipstad station on the west are the endpoints of the route.

history

Map of the Havnebanen , 1936

Oslo Port Line connected the railway station Oslo V the Skøyen-Filipstadlinje , originally for Drammenbane heard with Oslo Ø . The line opened on November 13, 1907 and was the only connection between the western and eastern rail networks .

The port railway was primarily a freight train route that was only used sporadically to transport passengers. The freight trains were many years with steam locomotives and later diesel locomotives of the type NSB Di 2 transported.

The freight trains on the port route were known in the cityscape, because they blocked all vehicle traffic on the town hall square during their journey over the three level crossings. After the opening of the Oslotunnel , the port railway was no longer needed. It was shut down in 1983, and most of the tracks were removed in the same year. Part of the route was used for a park in front of the fortress walls, in which a memorial for the Jews deported in World War II was erected.

Worth mentioning

Freight trains in front of Oslo City Hall were included in the plot of two films by the Norwegian Olsen Gang.

Tunnel in front of Akershus Fortress 2006

Individual evidence

^ Vippetangen train station and train station

Web links

Commons : Havnebanen - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Vippetangen train station and train station