Hardanger Line

Infobox rail line
name = Hardanger Line
nativename = Hardangerbanen


caption = NSB BM64 at Granvin
type = Railway
system = Norwegian railway
status = Abandoned
start = Voss Station
end = Granvin Station
stations =
open = 1935
close = 1989
owner = Norwegian State Railways
operator = Norwegian State Railways
character = Passenger and freight
stock =
linelength = convert|27.5|km|mi|abbr=on
tracklength =
notrack = Single
gauge = RailGauge|sg
el = 15 kV AC
speed =
elevation = |

The Hardanger Line ( _no. Hardangerbanen) was a 27.5 km railway branch line between Voss and Granvin in Hardanger, Norway, connecting Voss to the sea and Hardangerfjord.

History

The decision to build the railway was made in 1919, though the railway was not opened until 30 March 1935; the first railway in the country to open with electric traction. The entire life of the line NSB used three type 64 electric multiple units built in 1934; trains that didn't serve on any other line save Flåmsbana. The passenger transport on the line was canceled on 1 June 1985 and the freight traffic in 1989.cite book |first=Nils Carl |last=Aspenberg |authorlink=Nils Carl Aspenberg |title=Elektrolok i Norge |year=2001 |publisher=Baneforlaget |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |isbn=82-91448-42-6] The first 3.39 km of the line between Voss and Palmafoss freight terminal are kept as a freight line. Most of the rest of line is a bicycle path.

References

External links

* [http://www.jernbane.net/norge/langslinjen/hardangerbana/index.asp Jernbane.net pictures from Hardangerbanen] no icon