Horten Line
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Skoppum Station is the terminus of the Horten Line, where it meets the Vestfold Line.
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| Native name | Hortenlinjen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Norwegian railway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Demolished | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Skoppum Station Horten Station |
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| Stations | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 13 October 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Norwegian National Rail Administration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 7.0 km (4.3 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of tracks | Single | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | 15 kV 16 2⁄3 Hz AC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest elevation | 39.0 m (128 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Horten Line (Norwegian: Hortenlinjen) was a 7.0-kilometer (4.3 mi) branch railway line of the Vestfold Line which ran from Skoppum to Horten, Norway. The line opened as a narrow gauge line on 13 October 1881, the same day as the Vestfold Line. The latter had been proposed to run through Horten, but instead a branch line was chosen. The Horten Line converted to standard gauge in 1949 and electrified in 1957. Passenger transport ran until 1968 and freight trains until 2002. The line was demolished in 2009. Skoppum Station and Borre Station have both been preserved as examples of Balthazar Lange's Swiss chalet style architecture.
The Horten Line was a branch of the Vestfold Line which ran 7.0 kilometers (4.3 mi) from Skoppum Station to Horten Station, which is entirely located within the current municipality of Horten. The line was since 1949 standard gauge and from 1957 electrified at 15 kV 16 2⁄3 Hz AC. The line had seven stations, of which three were originally manned stations with passing loops. The line has a continual gradient down from Skoppum Station, which reaches a maximum of 1.88 percent.
Skoppum Station is located 99.54 kilometers (61.85 mi) from Oslo West Station at an elevation of 39.0 meters (128 ft) above mean sea level (AMSL). It passed Vestre Sande Station after 1.68 kilometers (1.04 mi) before reaching Borre Station, located 3.53 kilometers (2.19 mi) from Skoppum and at 25.9 meters (85 ft) AMSL. It continues past three more halts, Langgrunn, Rørestrand and Steinsnes, before reaching Horten Station, located at 2.2 meters (7 ft 3 in) AMSL. In Horten there was a branch to the port.
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