Sørlandsbanen

Oslo – Stavanger
Trains in Nelaug station
Route number :	L12 (Kongsberg – Eidsvoll)
Route length:	528 km
Gauge :	1067 mm / 1435 mm
Power system :	15 kV, 16.7 Hz  ~
Legend from Oslo S (1981, from 1854 to 1981 Oslo Ø ) 70.22 Hokksund (1866) 8.0 m Randsfjordbanen 75.79 Vestfossen (1871) 78.00 Flesaker (1891) 81.61 Darbu (1871) 85.76 Krekling (1874) Doughs Grosvold 92.59 Skollenborg (1871-2012) 98.39 Kongsberg, old train station (1871) 99.37 Kongsberg (1917) 161.9 m Numedalsbanen Numedalslågen 101.63 Sandsværmoen (1920) Bringsrudåsen (approx. 500 m) (approx. 300 m) 106.67 Saggrenda (1920) Kjerkebergåsen (approx. 800 m) 113.22 Meheia (1920) Skredbufjellet (approx. 1750 m) 125.01 Øysteinstul (1920) Ådalen (approx. 750 m) (approx. 450 m) Bratsbergbanen of Notodden 136.24 Hjuksebø (1917) (approx. 250 m) 140.85 Holtsås (1917-2004) 149.95 North Agutu (1917) 112.1 m Bratsbergbanen to Skien 148.30 Moen (1931) Saua 152.02 Akkerhaugen (1922) (approx. 600 m) 156.49 Gvarv (1922) Gvarvelva 158.02 Håtveit (1931) 163.44 Bø (1924) 69.6 m 165.00 Staurheim (1931) 167.55 Tjønnås (1925) 170.00 Kleppe (1931) 173.00 Svenseid (1925) Bandak - Norsjø Canal ( Telemark Canal ) 177.48 Lunde (1925) 77.1 m 181.26 Tyri (1927) Heimdalsfjellet (approx. 600 m) (approx. 300 m) Skardfjellet (approx. 800 m) 193.08 Nakksjø (1927) 199.60 Kjosen (1927) Halsheia (approx. 300 m) 202.77 Hansbuflaten (1948) Kjeåsheia (approx. 900 m) 204.96 Prestestranda ( Drangedal ) (1927) 75.7 m 208.45 North Garden (1957) 209.11 Eggevåg (1927) 211.30 Sønderå (1948) 220.76 Neslandsvatn (1927) 72.6 m Kragerøbanen 224.57 Brøsjø (1935) 228.50 Lyser Tørrgranmyrheia (approx. 300 m) Aplandsåsen (approx. 400 m) 237.05 Gjerstad (1935) 36.6 m Tollnes (approx. 300 m) 243.30 Grytinggrend (1935) 248.10 Skorstøl (1935) 255.05 Bjorvatn (1935) Siding to Høl 261.51 Vegårdshei (1935) 183 m 268.52 Espelandsmyr (1935) 272.63 Selåsvatn (1935) Grimeland Vimme Arendalsbanen 281.41 Nelaug (1910) 141.1 m Treungenbanen Nidelva (Agder) 284.74 Moripen (1938) 289.25 Helldalsmo (1938) 292.97 Grashei (1939) Skreidfjellet (approx. 350 m) 297.82 Hynnekleiv (1938) 301.89 Gauslå (1938) 306.03 Herefoss (1938) Uldal 313.69 Fidjetun (1938) 325.54 Oggevatn (1938), formerly personal stop 329.85 Connection to Voss Water 329.71 Vatnestrøm (1938), formerly a personal stop 335.87 Kvarehei (1938) Setesdalsbanen 345.25 Grovane (1895), formerly a personal stop 347.54 Vennesla Skole (1909) Siding to Hunsøya 350.16 Vennesla (1895) 43.1 m 352.43 Kvarstein (1898) Otra 355.52 Mosby (1895) Brannretsheia (approx. 450 m) 356.41 Aukland (1913) Hommeren (approx. 300 m) 357.67 Strai (1895) Svartupsa (approx. 400 m) 359.96 Langemyr (1989) 360.20 Langemyr new (1927) 362.10 Dalane (1939) Dalane – Suldal railway line (bypass) to Falconbridge Nikkelverk A / S to the harbour 365.29 Kristiansand ( 1895 ) 5.5 m 367.31 Krossen (1943) Dalane – Suldal railway line (bypass) 367.98 Suldal (1958) Bjorkjerråsen (approx. 1900 m) Nodekleiva (approx. 500 m) 375.29 Nodeland (1943) 25 m Gjervoldstadheia (approx. 350 m) Pinneskottunnelen (approx. 300 m) Ørkneheitunnelen (approx. 300 m) 385.06 Breland ( 1943 ) 176.9 m 387.90 Sjåvatn (1946) 390.10 Fossestøl (1944) 391.84 Skogtun (1952) 393.35 Høye (1943) Surtefjellan (approx. 300 m) 396.47 Øyslebø (1944) Skavlåsen (approx. 300 m) Hildehei (approx. 350 m) Tjomåsen (approx. 350 m) Borgåsen (approx. 600 m) Mandalselva Siding 400.38 Heddeland (1946) 402.02 Marnardal (1943) 38.3 m 405.62 Laudal (1946) 409.44 Leivoll (1943) Fidjeliane (approx. 450 m) (approx. 300 m) Siding 419.34 Audnedal (1943) 106.6 m Hægebostadtunnel (8500 m) 428.85 Snartemo (1943) 151.6 m Kvinesheitunnel (9065 m) 438.51 Kvineshei (1946) 440.60 Frivolous (1946) 442.19 Sandvatn (1943) Åmlandsheia (approx. 1600 m) 446.36 Storekvina (1943) 135.9 m Kvina Gyland tunnel (approx. 5800 m) 453.53 Gyland (1943) 123.1 m Heia (approx. 900 m) Bjørgeknuten (approx. 1,500 m) 461.48 Bjørkevoll (1943) Gråhei (approx. 3 200 m) Rough grooves (approx. 300 m) Landroknuten (approx. 850 m) Flekkefjordbanen 468.63 Sira (1943) 72.7 m see Flekkefjordbanen 525.56 Egersund (1944) 11.1 m see Jærbanen 598.70 Stavanger (1878) 5.3 m

The Sørlandsbane is a railway line in southern Norway ( Sørlandet ) that runs from Oslo via Kristiansand to Stavanger . The actual stretch of the Sørlandsbane branches off from the Randsfjordbane in Hokksund west of Drammen . It is 528 km long and electrified along its entire length. It leads through 189 tunnels and over 490 bridges. 121 kilometers of the route are approved for speeds over 100 km / h.

The Sørlandsbane includes sections of the Drammenbane , the Randsfjordbane , the Arendalsbane , the Setesdalsbane , the Jærbane and the Flekkefjordbane . All these sections were built in the original overall route layout in narrow gauge with a gauge of 1067 mm and later switched to standard gauge.

Traffic takeover by Go-Ahead

Following a tender, Go-Ahead took over traffic on the route with the start of Trafikkpakke Sør (Sørlandsbanen, Jærbanen and Arendalsbanen) in December 2019.

history

Kristiansand terminus

The construction of the line took many decades: Oslo – Kongsberg was built in 1872, Kongsberg – Kristiansand between 1920 and 1938 and Egersund – Stavanger in 1878. The last section, Kristiansand-Sira, was not completed until March 1943 after twenty years of construction.

Sections

• Oslo V – Drammen, Drammenbanen , opened on October 7, 1872, gauge 1067 mm, standard gauge from 1920
• Drammen – Hokksund, Randsfjordbanen , opened on November 15, 1866, gauge 1067 mm, standard gauge from 1909
• Hokksund– Kongsberg , originally a branch line of the Randsfjordbanen , opened on November 9, 1871, gauge 1067 mm, standard gauge from 1909
• actual Sørlandsbanen (the name was determined by a decision of the Storting in 1913 , previously the route was called Vestlandsbanen in the planning phase and when construction began )
  • Nordagutu –Gvarv, opened on December 18, 1922
  • Gvarv –Bø, opened on December 1, 1924
  • Bø –Lunde, opened on December 15, 1925
  • Lunde - Neslandsvatn (- Kragerø ) opened on December 1, 1927
  • Nelaug - Grovane , opened June 22, 1938
  • Kristiansand - Sira - Tronviken , opened on March 1, 1943
• Grovane – Kristiansand, Setesdalbanen , gauge 1067 mm, standard gauge from May 14, 1938
• Neslandsvatn – Nelaug (- Arendal ), Arendalsbanen , opened on November 10, 1935
• Tronviken – Moi– Egersund , Flekkefjordbanen , gauge 1067 mm, standard gauge from May 1, 1944
• Egersund – Stavanger, Jærbanen , opened in 1878, gauge 1067 mm, standard gauge from May 1, 1944

The entire line was completed under the German occupation during the Second World War and opened for normal operation on May 1, 1944. The route was important for the transport of troops and war material. The railway runs over long stretches through areas far from the coast and not along the more densely populated coast, although some of the coastal towns were developed through branch lines.

literature

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NSB timetable changes from December 9, 2012
2. ↑ Nytt sidespor tatt i bruk. In: WordPress.com. June 15, 2017, accessed June 16, 2020 (Norwegian). 

Web links

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

• Oslo S - Kristiansand - Stavanger S, Sørlandsbanen. Bane NOR SF, accessed May 29, 2018 (Norwegian). 
• Stasjonsdatabasen (STDB) Sørlandsbanen Lunde-Grovane. Norsk Jernbaneklubb, accessed June 16, 2020 (Norwegian).