Setesdalsbanen

Kristiansand – Byglandsfjord
Setesdalsbanen map
Route length:	78.33 km Grovane – Røyknes museum railway about 8 km
Gauge :	1067 mm Kristiansand – Grovane from May 14, 1938: 1435 mm
Operating points and routes
Legend 78.33 Byglandsfjord (1896) 78.20 Byglandsfjord steam saw Agder shopping center 77.36 Vassenden (1920, 4.5 m) 76.90 Vassenden (1930) 75.76 Standarfossen industrial connection 75.52 Reguleringsdammen 74.06 Side track, laid out by the Wehrmacht in WWII 73.91 Syrtveit 73.90 Syrtveit (1896) 71.35 Follestø (1933) 70.32 Stenbekken bro (1923, 4 m) 68.71 Flatebygd (1914) 68.22 Odåen (1896, 4 m) 67.93 Industrial connection 66.93 Evje (1896) 66.36 A / S Evje Raffineringsverk 65.66 Fosvik gravel pit 65.00 Evjemoen (1928) 65.00 Barracks Evjemoen 63.70 Bjoråveien (1930) 62.94 Hornnes bro (1896, 137.5 m) 62.59 Hornnes (1896) 61.71 Voile bro (1896, 17 m) 59.90 Hestvåg (1930) 59.57 Industrial connection Hestvåg 57.59 Hanås (1928) 56.59 Hanåsbekken bro (1896, 4 m) 56.21 Moisund sawmill 56.10 Moibekken bro (1896, 4 m) 55.82 Moisund (1896) 54.20 Slettefett (1932) 53.10 Hornekilen bro (1895, 20 m) 52.22 Hornesund (1896) 50.95 Errekilen bro (1895, 18.8 m) 49.37 Hornskilen bro (1929, 9.2 m) 49.35 Eldsneset (1928) 47.23 Kiledalen (1928) 45.82 Kiledalsbekken bro (1918, 6.3 m) 43.97 Hægeland (1895) 43.97 Kile gravel pit 43.26 Hægeland bro (1911, 19 m) 40.70 Øvre Gåseflå (1930) Bro (1895, 2.5 m) 39.11 Gåseflå (1895) 38.96 Gåseflå tunnel II (1895, 9.2 m) 38.91 Gåseflå tunnel I (1895, 25.4 m) 38.70 Nedre Gåseflå 37.00 Slemdal tunnel (1895, 86.4 m) 36.81 Homevassevja tunnel (1895, 83.6 m) 34.50 Iveland (1895) 32.83 Beinestvedt 32.76 Beinestvedtkilen bro (1920, 5 m) 32.60 Beinestvedt tunnel (1920, 25 m) 29.90 Nomeland tunnel (1920, 207 m) 29.78 Nomeland (1928) 29.78 Industrial connection Nomeland nye 29.12 Røyknes tunnel II (1920, 40 m) 28.93 Røyknes tunnel I (1920, 80 m) 28.58 Industrial connection Nomeland 28.52 Langåen (1911, 8 m) 28.38 Røyknes (end of the museum railway) (1895) 26.89 Industrial connection Otterdal 26.07 Beihøldalen (1996) 25.69 Beihølen Dam 24.90 Løyning tunnel (1895, 123 m) 23.32 Kringsjå 1930 23.10 Paulen 22.91 Paulen Gård (1964) 22.75 Paulen (1983) 22.27 Paulen bro (1895, 50.1 m) 20.96 Grovane hp. (1969) 20.85 Siding store bu 20.56 Rugåna (1911, 9.17 m) Sørlandsbanen to Hokksund 20.41 Grovane (start of the museum railway) (1895) 20.10 Grovane sawmill 20.10 Grovene gravel pit 19.52 Egelandsaa (1895, 2.5 m) 19.52 Egelandsaa 19.35 Veråsveien (1934) 18.10 Vennesla (1909) 17.07 Graslia (1926) 14.08 Hunsfoss tunnel II (1895, 35 m) 13.89 Hunsfoss tunnel I (1895, 12 m) 16.40 Hunsfoss (1927) 16.10 Tjovemoen (1927) 15.92 Hunsfos factory keepers 15.58 Vigeland Brug 15.42 Vikeland (1895) 14.84 Goli (1927) 14.58 Lunden (1927) 14.28 Nyland (1927) 14.08 Ås tunnel (1895, 70 m) 13.89 Nederste Åbel tunnel (1895, 120 m) 13.07 Industrial connection Kvarstein 13.07 Kvarstein (1898) 12.71 Kvarstein gravel pit 12.54 Ravnåsveien (1927) 11.92 Kvarstein tunnel (1895, 30.1 m) 11.68 Kvarstein bru (1895, 191.6 m) 11.32 Kvarstein Grinn (1927) 11.00 Øvre Mosby (1937) 10.75 Røistad (1927) 10.37 Høllen (1927) 10.17 Høyebekken (1895, 9 m) 9.97 Mosby (1895) 9.37 Mosby tunnel II (1895, 45 m) 9.18 Mosby tunnel I (1895, 80 m) 9.17 Sagbekken bro (1895, 9.1 m) 9.02 Aukland (1913) 7.40 Solsletta (1927) 7.28 Storebekk (1895, 3 m) 7.11 Strai (1895) Compassionate 5.60 Strai Cementstøberi (1927) 4.82 Langemyr (1927) 4.01 Dalane (1903, former station) 3.91 Bro over bekk II (1895, 2 m) 3.48 Bro over bekk I (1895, 3 m) Dalane – Suldal railway line (bypass) 2.20 Krossen (1936) 1.60 Solvang (1927) 1.60 Klappane gravel pit 1.21 Industrial connection mill 1.07 Natmansbekken bro II (1895, 9.2 m) 1.04 Grimsbroen (1936) 0.44 Natmansbekken bro I (1895, 5.7 m) to Falconbridge Nikkelverk A / S to the harbour 0.0 Kristiansand (1895) 5.5 m Sørlandsbanen to Sira

Museum train on the Setesdalsbane at Paulen bro , 23 July 2003

The Setesdalsbane is a narrow-gauge railway line in Norway that originally ran between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord in Setesdal . The route was 78 km long. It was built in the Cape Gauge ( gauge 1067 mm). Part of the route (20 km) was re-gauged in 1938, most of it closed in 1962, and a small part (8 km) was preserved as a museum railway. This train is a tourist attraction in Sørlandet .

history

The Setesdalsbane was opened between Kristiansand and Hægeland on November 26th, 1895, the remaining route to Byglandsfjord followed on November 27th, 1896. The stations along the line were Mosby , Vennesla , Grovane , Iveland and Hægeland , among others . One of the first traffic managers on the line was the Norwegian railway engineer Lars Lysgaard from 1896 .

The railway line was part of the transport system in Setesdal. The railway station in Byglandsfjord was the end of the line. From there, travelers could take the steamship Bjoren (now a tourist attraction) to Bygland and on to Ose . From Ose there was first a connection with horses to the upper valley, later a public bus went. When the road around Fånefjell was built, the bus ran along the fjord to Byglandsfjord.

The Byglandsfjord station is today Heritage ( Norwegian culture Minne ).

Re-gauging

In the course of the construction of the Sørlandsbane , Grovane became the new terminus for the Setesdalsbane . The remaining 20 kilometers of the route to Kristiansand were converted to standard gauge and reopened on May 14, 1938.

Shutdown

The Setesdalsbane was closed on September 1, 1962 and the line between Byglandsfjord and Beihølen was dismantled.

Grovane – Røyknes Museum Railway

The six-kilometer stretch between Beihølen and Grovane was preserved thanks to the efforts of the members of the Setesdalsbanens Hobbyklubb , founded in 1964 . The association organized the operation as a museum railway . A stretch of two kilometers to Røyknes was restored and reopened on September 5, 2004. The trains are now traveling the eight kilometer stretch between Grovane and Røyknes. Setesdalbanen has been a separate department of the Vest-Agder Museum IKS since January 1st, 2006 .

Museum vehicles

Four steam locomotives from the years between 1894 and 1902 have been preserved, as well as a number of passenger and freight cars .

Two locomotives in Røyknes, May 9, 2004

Narrow gauge steam locomotives

• Type XXI No. 1, built by Dübs and Company in 1894 . The locomotive is not in operation.
• Type XXI No. 2, built by Dübs and Company in 1894. The locomotive is parked defective.
• Type XXI No. 5, built in 1901 by Thunes mekaniske selling . The locomotive is operational.
• Type XXII No. 6, built in 1902 by Thunes mekaniske Verksted. The locomotive is operational.

Narrow gauge diesel locomotives

• SJ Z4t No. 227, built by Kalmar Verkstads AB in 1950 and bought by Statens Järnvägar in 1976 .
• SJ Z4t No. 307, built in 1952 by Kalmar Verkstads AB and bought by SJ in 1981.

Standard gauge diesel locomotives

These locomotives are required for shunting operations on the site, which is partially equipped with a three-rail track.

• Skd 206 No. 39, built in 1938 as Sk 1 by Norsk Maskin Industri .
• Skd 206 No. 44, built in 1938 as Sk 1 by Norsk Maskin Industri.

literature

• Roy Owen: Norwegian Railways - from Stephenson to high-speed . Balholm Press, Hitchin 1996, ISBN 0-9528069-0-8 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In Norwegian , the ending "-en" for nouns is a definite article . Therefore, the correct designation in German texts is either “Setesdalsbanen” or “die Setesdalsbane”.
2. ↑ Bristende samarbeid kan gi tomme skinner på Setesdalsbanen. In: nrk.no Sørlandet. September 27, 2011, accessed April 14, 2014 (Norwegian).  
3. ↑ Setesdalmuseet - SS Bjoren. In: Setesdalmuseet. Retrieved June 23, 2020 (Norwegian). 
4. ↑ Setesdalsbanen. In: Vest-Agder-museet. Retrieved April 14, 2014 (Norwegian). 

Web links

• Setesdalsbanen (Vest-Agder Museum)
• Timetable 2014. Accessed May 2, 2014 (Norwegian). 
• Setesdalsbanens Venners nettsider
• Setesdalbanen i openstreetmap.org