Drammen Line

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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 name	Drammenbanen
Owner	Bane NOR
Termini	Oslo S Drammen
Stations	17
Service
Type	Railway
Operator(s)	Vy Flytoget CargoNet
Rolling stock	Class 69, Class 70, Class 71, Class 72, Class 73
History
Opened	7 October 1872
Technical
Line length	52.86 km (32.85 mi)
Number of tracks	Double
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Old gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed	Max. 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph)
Route map Legend km Year or length in m Trunk Line to Eidsvoll 0.27 Oslo Central 1854 Oslo Tunnel 3,632 1.40 Nationaltheatret 1980 2.29 Elisenberg (1980) (0.00) Oslo West 1872– 1989  (1.58) Filipstad 1989 (1.90) Skarpsno 1882 Skøyen–Filipstad Line 3.00 freight line to Skøyen 3.38 Skøyen 1872 Asker Line 4.31 Bestun  Oslo 1884 County boundary 6.02 Lysaker  Akershus 1872 Asker Line 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 Ringerike Line planned Asker Line 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 Spikkestad Line Lieråsen Tunnel 10,723  Akershus former Drammen Line Lier  Buskerud 1973 Lierstranda lumber terminal Brakerøya 1873 Holmen Bridge over Drammenselva 546 Holmen Port Holmen Bridge over Drammenselva 451 Tollbukaia Drammen 1866 Vestfold Line Sørlandet Line km Year or length in m This diagram: view talk edit

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] In 1922, it became 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.