Ålgårdbanen
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| Type | Railway |
| System | Norwegian railway |
| Status | Abandoned |
| Terminals | Ganddal Ålgård |
| No. of stations | 10 |
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| Opened | December 20, 1924 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| Owner | Norges Statsbaner |
| Operator(s) | Norgoes Statsbaner |
| Character | Freight and passenger |
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| Line length | 12.24 km |
| No. of tracks | Single |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Electrification | 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC |
| Highest elevation | 94.0 m asl |
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Ålgårdbanen is an abandoned railway line between Ganddal and Ålgård in Jæren, Norway. The line is 12 kilometers long and a branch line of Jærbanen.
[edit] History
The line opened on December 20, 1924. It was originally intended to be the start of Sørlandsbanen towards Agder, following a route close to the current highway E39. But fate had other plans, even though Storting decided to build the Inner Line (Klungland - Bjerkreim - Vikeså - Ålgård) in 1923, by 1937 the same assembly had changed their minds and decided to build via Egersund, and passenger traffic on Ålgårdbanen was terminated in 1955 on the line that had taken 20 minutes to the end station. Most of the freight traffic disappeared in 1988 and the tracks at Ålgård Station were removed. Until 2001 only the three first kilometers of the line were used for transport of concrete structures, but then Jernbaneverket stopped allowing traffic on the line. At Figgjo Station, that has been converted to a museum one in summertime can rent a draisine and cycle to Ålgård.
