Tinnoset Line

Tinnoset Line
Norwegian: Tinnosbanen
The railway ferry MF Storegut at Tinnoset
Commercial operations
Built by	Norsk Hydro
Original gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Original electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Preserved operations
Preserved gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Preserved electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Commercial history
Opened	9 August 1909
Closed to passengers	1985
Closed	1 January 1991
Preservation history
1997	Ownership of track transferred to Stiftelsen Rjukanbanen
Route map Legend km Rjukan Line to Rjukan Mæl Lake Tinn 175.12 Tinnoset 1909- 1991 170.45 Gransherad 1909- 1991 167.39 Rugholt 1947- 1991 Gaupesprang 164.09 Årlifoss 1914- 1991 ca. 250 m 158.70 Grønvollfoss 1909- 1991 155.67 Storemo 1945- 1991 Tinne 152.47 Håve 1951- 1991 151.02 Lisleherad 1909- 1991 ca. 250 m 149.95 Notodden New 1919- 2004 ca. 300 m 147.25 Lienvegen 1957- 2004 145.72 Notodden Old 1909- 1919 Bratsberg Line to Notodden│to Nordagutu

The Tinnoset Line (Norwegian: Tinnosbanen) was a 30-kilometer (19 mi) long Norwegian railway line that went from Tinnoset to Notodden in Telemark county. The railway was part of the transport chain used to transport fertilizer from Norsk Hydro's factory in Rjukan to the port in Skien. The railway opened in 1909 and was closed when the plant closed in 1991. The railway is sometimes mistakenly believed to be part of the Rjukan Line.

The railways started in the north at the mouth of Lake Tinn where the railway ferries arrived from Mæl. The railway continued south from Notodden along the Bratsberg Line. The transport chain from Rjukan to Skien consisted of four sections:

• The Rjukan Line, railway line from Rjukan to Mæl, 16 km (9.9 mi)
• Tinnsjø railway ferry from Mæl to Tinnoset, 30 km (19 mi)
• The Tinnoset Line from Tinnoset to Notodden, 34 km (21 mi)
• Telemark Canal from Notodden to Skien, 54 km (34 mi) with barge
• In 1919 the canal was replaced with the Bratsberg Line from Notodden to Skien.^[1]