Kongsvinger Line

Infobox rail line
name = Kongsvinger Line
nativename = Kongsvingerbanen


caption =
type = Railway
system = Norwegian railway
status =
start = Lillestrøm Station
end = Charlottenberg Station
stations = 20
open = 1862
close =
owner = Norwegian National Rail Administration
operator = Norges Statsbaner
CargoNet
character = Commuter trains
Freight
stock = BM 69
linelength = 115 km
tracklength =
notrack = Single
gauge = RailGauge|sg
el = 15 kV AC
speed =
elevation =

Kongsvingerbanen|

The Kongsvinger Line ( _no. Kongsvingerbanen) is a railway line between the towns of Lillestrøm and Kongsvinger in Norway and onwards to Charlottenberg in Sweden. The railway was opened on 3 October 1862 and is Norway's second standard gauge line (after the Hoved Line). It was electrified in 1951. The line is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.

The line

At Kongsvinger there is a junction, the main line turns south and continues to Charlottenberg in Sweden, while another line, the Solør Line—now closed for passenger traffic—runs northwards to Elverum. The entire stretch between Kongsvinger and Charlottenberg, is 115 km long.

At Sørumsand, an old narrow gauge heritage railway called Tertitten operates during the summer.

Passenger service on the Kongsvinger Line is operated mostly by electric multiple unit commuter trains which run between Oslo and Årnes, with a few trains continuing to Kongsvinger. Passenger service across the border was once frequent and operated by Linx to Stockholm and Kungspilen to Karlstad. However poor business caused these companies to cease operations after 2004. During 2005 and 2006, passenger service between Oslo and Stockholm still existed, but not on a daily basis. Starting 7 January 2007 the Swedish national rail company SJ reinstated daily traffic on the route, although the train journeys are 90 minutes longer than Linx provided. [ [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1587792.ece Expensive and slow, but clean] Aftenposten, January 4, 2007 (in Norwegian)]

tations

*Lillestrøm
*Tuen
*Nerdum
*Fetsund
*Svingen
*Guttersrud
*Sørumsand
*Blaker
*Rånåsfoss
*Auli
*Haga
*Bodung
*Årnes
*Seterstøa
*Disenå
*Skarnes
*Sanderud
*Galterud
*Kongsvinger
*Charlottenberg

External links

* [http://www.jernbaneverket.no/jernbanenettet/stasjonsoversikt/kongsvingerbanen/ Norwegian National Rail Administration's list of stations on the Kongsvinger Line] (in Norwegian)
* [http://www.jernbaneverket.no/english/forTravellers/index.jhtml?intSecId=1151412 Norwegian National Rail Administration's list of stations on the Kongsvinger Line] (in English, but lacks station descriptions)