Horten Line

Horten Line
Skoppum Station was the terminus of the Horten Line, where it met the Vestfold Line
Overview
Native nameHortenlinjen
StatusDemolished
OwnerNorwegian National Rail Administration
Termini
Stations7
Service
TypeRailway
SystemNorwegian railway
History
Opened13 October 1881
Closed2002
Technical
Line length7.0 km (4.3 mi)
Number of tracksSingle
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Highest elevation39.0 m (128 ft)
Route map

99.54 km
Skoppum Station
39.0 m
Vestre Sande Station
(1929)
103.07 km
Borre Station
(1881)
25.9 m
Langgrunn Station
(1941)
Rørestrand Station
(1929)
Steinsnes Station
(1930)
106.51 km
Horten Station
(1881)
2.2 m
Horten Port

The Horten Line (Norwegian: Hortenlinjen) was a 7.0-kilometer (4.3 mi) branch railway line of the Vestfold Line which ran from Skoppum to Horten, Norway. The line opened as a narrow gauge line on 13 October 1881, the same day as the Vestfold Line. The latter had been proposed to run through Horten, but instead a branch line was chosen. The Horten Line converted to standard gauge in 1949 and electrified in 1957. Passenger transport ran until 1968 and freight trains until 2002. The line was demolished in 2009 and converted into a combined walking and bicycle path.[1] Skoppum Station and Borre Station have both been preserved as examples of Balthazar Lange's Swiss chalet style architecture.

  1. ^ Erlend, Garåsen. "Skinnelangs: Sykkeltur på Hortenlinjen". Skinnelangs. Retrieved 3 August 2024.