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Bratsberg Line
Diesel Y1 railcar at Skien Station.
Overview
Native name
Bratsbergbanen
Owner
Bane NOR
Termini
Notodden
Eidanger
Stations
5
Service
Type
Railway
System
Norwegian railway network
Operator(s)
Vy
Rolling stock
Class 69
History
Opened
4 December 1916
Technical
Line length
74 kilometres (46 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Operating speed
Max. 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph)
Route map
Legend
Notodden Station
Tinnos Line to Tinnoset
141.57 km
Tinnegrend
(1918–2004)
139.85 km
Tveitan
(1939–2004)
Hjukse Bridge
(164 m)
138.53 km
Trykkerud
(1939–2004)
Sørland Line from Kongsberg
136.24 km
Hjuksebø
(1917)
156.7 m
140.85 km
Holtsås
(1917–2004)
126.3 m
Sunde grustak
149.95 km
Nordagutu Station
(1917)
112.1 m
Sørland Line to Bø
150.15 km
Dalsvatn
(1920–2004)
156.09 km
Valebø
(1917–2004)
161.2 m
163.90 km
Valeseter
(1931)
168.42 km
Nisterud Station
(1919)
Lia
(1931)
175.95 km
Hoppestad
(1920–2004)
180.50 km
Skien Station
(1917)
43,5 m
Skien Old Station
182.66 km
Follestad Station
(1918)
183.84 km
Eikonrød
(1916)
185.95 km
Bøle
(1883)
Norsk Hydro
Godssenter Grenland
186.80 km
Borgestad
(1916–2006)
187.10 km
Borgestadholmen
(1883)
188.84 km
Osebakken
(1883)
190.12 km
Porsgrunn Station
(1882)
sidespor til Norsk Hydro
Herøya Tunnel
(1,838 m)
Norsk Hydro, Herøya
new line Larvik–Porsgrunn, planned
192.60 km
Eidanger Station
(1882)
Brevik Line
Vestfold Line
The Bratsberg Line (Norwegian: Bratsbergbanen) is a 74-kilometre long (46 mi) railway line between Eidanger and Notodden in Telemark county, Norway. It opened in 1917, connecting the Tinnos Line, the Sørland Line and the Vestfold Line; allowing Norsk Hydro to transport fertilizer from their plant at Rjukan to the port in Skien. Since 1991 only passenger trains are operated, using Class 69 stock by Vy.
The railway is single track and features Norway's tallest railway bridge, Hjukse Bridge at 65 metres (213 ft). It is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration
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