| Ringerike Line | |
|---|---|
 Draft of Ringeriksbanen from 2016. Simplified version of the route adopted by the Storting. | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | Ringeriksbanen |
| Status | Planned construction start 2022 |
| Owner | Bane NOR |
| Locale | Ringerike, Norway |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 3 (Tolpinrud station is not included in the approved centrally prepared zoning plan) |
| Service | |
| Type | Railway |
| System | Norwegian railway network |
| History | |
| Opened | 2029 (planned)[1] |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 40 kilometres (25 mi) |
| Number of tracks | Double |
| Character | Mixed |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
| Operating speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) |
The Ringerike Line (Norwegian: Ringeriksbanen or Ringeriksbana) is a proposed 40-kilometre (25 mi) extension of the Bergen Line from Jong, Sandvika to Hønefoss, Norway. In 2022, the project was postponed; the government has no commitment to any timeframe (as of Q4 2022).[2][3]
The proposed line would reduce travel from Oslo to Bergen by 60 kilometres (37 mi) and 50 minutes.[4] Currently trains from the Bergen Line to Oslo must run via Drammen on the Randsfjord Line and the Drammen Line, or via Roa on the Roa–Hønefoss Line and the Gjøvik Line.[5]
The project was presented as part of the original proposal of the Bergen Line when approved by Parliament in 1894, but due to the narrow gauge on the Drammen Line at the time, a temporary solution via Roa was chosen instead. Later proposals have been launched, and parliament has voted over it in 1954, 1978, 1984 and 1992; only the last being passed, but not followed up by funding, and Bane NOR has not allocated any date to start construction; detailed plans have however been produced.[6]
- ^ "Ringeriksbanen og E16 - fellesprosjektet - Bane NOR".
- ^ https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/ringerike-kommune-har-investert-milliarder-_-vil-saksoke-staten-for-loftebrudd-om-ringeriksbanen-1.16153380 [Feels hoodwinked – now the municipality wants to sue the government]. NRK.no. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/ringeriksbanen-1.12032548. NRK.no. Retrieved 2022-10-27. "28. februar kl. 10:31 Ringeriksbanen og ny E16 utsettes nok en gang"
- ^ Jernbaneverket (31 August 2007). "Ringeriksbanen" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 27 April 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ^ Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1999). Fra Roa til Bergen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Oslo: Baneforlaget.
- ^ Rødland, Kjartan (1999). Bergensbanen - livsnerven over høyfjellet (in Norwegian Bokmål). Bergen: Alma Mater. pp. 98–102.