Hortenlinjen

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Hortenlinjen
Skoppum Station is the terminus of Hortenlinjen where it meets Vestfoldbanen
Info
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railway
Status	Abandoned
Terminals	Skoppum Horten
No. of stations	7
Operation
Opened	1881
Closed	2002
Owner	Jernbaneverket
Operator(s)	CargoNet
Character	Freight
Rolling stock	El 14
Technical
Line length	7 km
No. of tracks	Single
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrification	15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
Highest elevation	39.0 m asl

Hortenlinjen
Legend Vestfoldbanen from Drammen 99.54 km Skoppum Station 39.0 m asl to Tønsberg Vestre Sande (1929) 103.07 km Borre Station (1881) 25.9 m asl Langgrunn (1941) Rørestrand (1929) Steinsnes (1930) 106.51 km Horten Station (1881) 2.2 m asl Horten Port (Dypvannskaia)

Hortenlinjen is a 7 kilometer branch railway line of Vestfoldbanen from Skoppum to Horten. It is currently disused thought the crossings are still operational.

[edit] History

The line was officially opened on October 13, 1881 as a narrow gauge railway (1067 mm). In 1949 it was rebuilt, along with the rest of Vestfoldbanen, to standard gauge, and electrified in 1957 at 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC. Passenger traffic was terminated on May 28, 1967 while freight traffic terminated in January 2002. In 2007 it was decided that the line is to be closed and converted to a bicycle path.

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