Brekstad–Valset Ferry

Infobox Ferry route
name = Brekstad–Valset Ferry
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caption = Valset
crosses = Trondheimfjord
route = Norwegian National Highway 710
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carries = Automobiles and passengers
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quays = Brekstad
Valset
operator = Tide Sjø
authority = Norwegian Public Roads Administration
ferries = MF "Ørland"
ferrytype = Double-ended
traveltime = 20 min
headway = 60 min
frequency = 17 / day
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ridershipday = 400 (2007)
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vehiclesday = 407 (2007)
length = convert|5.6|km|mi
opened = 1977
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The Brekstad–Valset Ferry is a automobile ferry on Norwegian National Highway 710 that connects the peninsula of Fosen at Brekstad across the Trondheimfjord to Valset. The convert|5.6|km|mi passage is performed with the double-ended ferries MF "Ørland" and operated by Tide Sjø making 17 crossings in each direction each day taking 20 minutes. [cite web |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urlpdf&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition%3A&blobheadervalue1=attachment%3Bfilename%3Dpdf_Statens_vegvesen.pdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=SVVvedlegg&blobwhere=1210075240176&ssbinary=true |title=Ferjestatistikk 2007 |author=Norwegian Public Roads Administration |date=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-09 |language=Norwegian]

The ferry route started in 1977, [cite web |url=http://www.adressa.no/tema/villeveier/article359491.ece |title=Ferjene i Midt-Norge |author=Adresseavisen |date=2004-12-02 |accessdate=2008-07-09 |language=Norwegian] and was operated by Fosen Trafikklag until 2007, when it lost the public service obligation contract to Tide Sjø.. [cite web |url=http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/midtnorge/article497904.ece |title=- Fosen tapte to ferjeruter |author=Adresseavisen |date=2005-04-27 |accessdate=2008-07-09 |language=Norwegian]

References

External links

* [http://www.tide.no/uploads/documents/ruter/2008_Sjo/2008-05-01_Trondelag/2008-05-01_Brekstad%e2%80%93Valset.pdf Schedules]

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structure=Crossings
place=Trondheimfjord
bridge=Brekstad–Valset Ferry
bridge signs=Riksvei|710
upstream=Flakk–Rørvik Ferry
upstream signs=Riksvei|715
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