23 November 1908 (to Froland) 17 December 1910 (to Åmli) 14 December 1913 (to Treungen)
Technical
Line length
37 km (23 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Passenger
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Old gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Highest elevation
141.1 m (463 ft)
Route map
Legend
km
336.08
Treungen Station
(1913)
Heimdalsvegen
(1941)
330.61
Tjønnefoss Station
(1913)
Ilekleiv
(1930)
Høgefoss Bridge
(41 m)
Lomsdalen
(1935)
Nes
(1935)
Espebu
(58 m)
324.34
Gaukås Station
(1913)
Bjorevja
(1947)
318.88
Øy Station
(1913)
Liskjeringa
(1949)
313.42
Sandå Station
(1913)
Bjørnebakk
(1936)
308.93
Seljås Station
(1913)
Epletveit
(1948)
Ferjesundet
(1952)
303.15
Åmli Station
(1910)
298.66
Vallekilen Station
(1910)
Kløvfjell
(186 m)
Kløvfjell
(1955)
Kauneberget
(1911)
Måmoen
(1928)
292.89
Suplandsfoss
(1944)
290.69
Simonstadhaugen
(1955)
Nidarå Trelast
289.69
Simonstad Station
(1910)
Fiskådal
(71 m)
Øynes
(1949)
282.50
Nelaug Old Station
(1910)
Sørland Line from Kristiansand
281.41
Nelaug Station
(1910/1935)
141.1 m amsl
Sørland Line to Drammen
283.16
Vimmekilen
285.54
Flaten Station
(1910)
140.4 m amsl
286.66
Flatefoss
287.22
Kilane
288.85
Haugsjå
(1910)
290.71
Bøylefossbru
(1911)
105 m amsl
290.75
Bøylefoss Bridge (across Nidelva)
(73 m)
290.83
Bøylefoss
(71 m)
293.28
Bøylestad Station
(1910)
75.0 m amsl
294.72
Langeid
295.85
Eivindstad farm
297.39
Eivindstad
299.51
Froland Station
(1908)
48.0 m amsl
300.07
Nidelva
(108 m)
301.06
Horvenes
301.16
Hurvenes
(42 m)
301.79
Hurv
302.50
Blakstad Station
(1989)
15.0 m amsl
302.86
Blakstad Bridge Station
303.51
Blakstad Old Station
(1908)
46 m amsl
305.40
Messel
307.44
Rise Station
(1907)
44.8 m amsl
Grimstad Line
309.77
Rossedalen
(1911)
312.52
Bråstad Station
(1908)
38.9 m amsl
314.69
Stoa
315.26
Solbergvatn
316.23
Torbjørnsbu
(1911)
316.42
Barbu
(871 m)
Track to depot
317.63
Arendal Station
(1908)
7.6 m amsl
Arendal Port
The Arendal Line (Norwegian: Arendalsbanen) is a 45-kilometer (28 mi) long railway line between Arendal and Simonstad in Norway. At Nelaug, 37 kilometers (23 mi) north of Arendal, the line intersects with the Sørland Line. The southern section is electrified and provides a feeder passenger service. The line originally ran 90 kilometers (56 mi) north from Arendal to Treungen and the lake Nisser, but the upper-most part has been removed. The line is owned by the Bane NOR and operated by Go-Ahead Norge using Class 69 trains.
Originally named the Arendal–Åmli Line, the first part of the line, from Arendal to Froland, opened on 23 November 1908. The line was extended to Åmli on 17 December 1910 and to Treungen on 14 December 1913, and was named the Arendal–Treungen Line. The line also had a branch, the Grimstad Line built 1907, from Rise to Grimstad. At this time this was the only railway at any of its stations, as the Sørland Line was not built in this region yet. Originally the line was 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge; in 1935, the Sørland Line was extended to Nelaug, and the section to Arendal rebuilt to standard gauge to allow the Sørland Line to have a temporary terminus in Arendal. The line became a branch again in 1938 and in 1946 the upper section, received standard gauge. The southern section was gradually named the Arendal Line, while the northern section became the Treungen Line. The latter was closed in 1967, following the closing of a mine which had used it for iron ore and a reduction in lumber transport. The section south of Nelaug was electrified in 1995.
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