Drammen Line

Drammen Line
NSB Class 69 local train units are used on the Drammen Line, here shown at Oslo S, the terminus of the line.
Overview
Native nameDrammenbanen
OwnerBane NOR
Termini
Stations17
Service
TypeRailway
Operator(s)Vy
Flytoget
CargoNet
Rolling stockClass 69, Class 70, Class 71, Class 72, Class 73
History
Opened7 October 1872
Technical
Line length52.86 km (32.85 mi)
Number of tracksDouble
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Old gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Operating speedMax. 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph)
Route map

Year or
length in m
0.27
Oslo Central
1854
3,632
1.40
Nationaltheatret
1980
2.29
Elisenberg
(1980)
(0.00)
Oslo West
1872–
1989 
(1.58)
Filipstad
1989
(1.90)
Skarpsno
1882
3.00
freight line to Skøyen
3.38
Skøyen
1872
4.31
Bestun
1884
6.02
Lysaker
1872
2011
7.30
Myra
1931
7.96
Stabekk
1884
8.74
Strand
1931
9.74
Høvik
1874
10.40
Ramstad
1931
11.27
Blommenholm
1910
13.19
Sandvika
1872
planned
2005
14.42
Jong
1959
14.84
Slependen
1873
Billingstad tunnel
372
16.72
Billingstad
1919
Åstad tunnel
106
Solhaug tunnel
253
Solstad tunnel
52
55
19.25
Hvalstad
1872
Hvalstad tunnel
183
29
Hvalstad tunnel
144
20.32
Vakås
1957
21.37
Høn
1930
Asker tunnel
410
23.16
Asker
1872
10,723
Lier
1973
Lierstranda
lumber terminal
Brakerøya
1873
Holmen Bridge
over Drammenselva
546
Holmen Port
Holmen Bridge
over Drammenselva
451
Tollbukaia
Drammen
1866
Year or
length in m

The Drammen Line (Norwegian: Drammenbanen) is a 52.86-kilometre (32.85 mi) railway line between Oslo and Drammen, Norway, which was opened on 7 October 1872. It serves all trains west of Oslo Central Station and is owned by Bane NOR.

The line opened as a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway, and rebuilt to standard gauge between 1913 and 1922.[1] The line was electrified in 1922, as the first line on the national network to be electrified. The Lieråsen Tunnel shortened the line in 1973, and in 1980 the Oslo Tunnel was built, allowing the line to connect to the new Oslo Central Station. The Asker Line runs parallel to the Drammen Line, mostly in tunnels.

At Drammen, the Vestfold Line branches off to the south while the Bergen Line and the Sørlandet Line continue together to Hokksund along the Randsfjorden Line. 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.

  1. ^ "Historie" [Timeline]. Norwegian Railway Museum (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 November 2005.