Drammenbanen

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Drammenbanen
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NSB BM69 local train units are used on Drammenbanen, here shown at Oslo S, the terminus of the line.
Info
Type Railway
Start station Oslo S
End station Drammen
No. of stations 17
Operation
Opened 1872
Owner Jernbaneverket
Operator(s) Norges Statsbaner
Flytoget
CargoNet
Rolling stock BM69, BM70, BM71, BM72, BM73
Technical
Line length 52.86 km
Track length 105.72 km
No. of tracks 2
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrified 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC

Drammenbanen is a 52.86 km long railway line between Oslo and Drammen which was opened on October 7 1872 as a 1067 mm narrow gauge railway, and rebuilt to standard gauge between 1913 and 1922 [1]. The line was electrified in 1922. It was the first line on the national network to be electrified, although Rjukanbanen operated by Norsk Hydro was electrified 11 years earlier.

At Drammen Vestfoldbanen branches off to the south while Bergensbanen and Sørlandsbanen continue together to Hokksund. The entire line has double track due to the heavy traffic on the line. The longest Norwegian railway bridge is just before Drammen where the line crosses the Drammen river. That bridge is 454 metres long.

The most significant shortening of the line came with the opening of the 10.7 km long Lier tunnel in 1973 [2]. Part of the old line is still operational as the Spikkestadlinjen branch line. Until the opening of Oslo Tunnel and Oslo Sentralstasjon, Drammenbanen ended at the western station in Oslo. In 2005 the new Askerbanen railway line opened from Asker to Sandvika, making it possible for regional- and express trains to bypass the slower local- and freight trains on Drammenbanen. Askerbanen will be expanded to Lysaker by 2011 and possibly to Skøyen some time after 2015.

Stations

References

Railway lines in Norway
Operational Arendalsbanen | Askerbanen | Bergensbanen | Bratsbergbanen | Dovrebanen | Drammenbanen | Gardermobanen | Gjøvikbanen | Hovedbanen | Indre Østfoldbanen | Kongsvingerbanen | Meråkerbanen | Nordlandsbanen | Ofotbanen | Randsfjordbanen | Raumabanen | Jevnakerbanen | Rørosbanen | Solørbanen | Sørlandsbanen | Vestfoldbanen | Østfoldbanen
Branch Alnabru-Loengalinjen | Alnabanen | Brevikbanen | Dalane-Suldallinjen | Flåmsbana | Hortenlinjen | Skøyen-Filipstadlinjen | Spikkestadlinjen | Stavnebanen
Urban Ekebergbanen | Fellestunnelen | Fløibanen | Furusetbanen | Grorudbanen | Gråkallbanen | Holmenkollbanen | Kjelsåsbanen | Kolsåsbanen | Lambertseterbanen | Lilleakerbanen | Røabanen | Sognsvannsbanen | T-baneringen | Østensjøbanen
Heritage Krøderbanen | Setesdalsbanen | Urskog-Hølandsbanen | Thamshavnbanen | Rjukanbanen | Valdresbanen | Nesttun-Osbanen | Gamle Vossebanen
Abandoned Flekkefjordbanen | Grimstadbanen | Hardangerbanen | Havnebanen | Holmestrand-Vittingfossbanen | Ladelinjen | Lierbanen | Lillesand-laksvandbanen | Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen | Namsoslinjen | Numedalsbanen | Setesdalsbanen | Singsakerlinjen | Sperillbanen | Sulitjelmabanen | Tinnosbanen | Treungenbanen | Tønsberg-Eidsfossbanen | Ålgårdbanen

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