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Skøyen–Filipstad Line

Skøyen–Filipstad Line
Overview
Type Railway
System Norwegian Railway
Termini Skøyen
Filipstad
Operation
Opened 1872
Owner Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operator(s) CargoNet
Character Freight
Technical
Line length 2 km (1.2 mi)
Number of tracks Double
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
Electrification 15 kV ​16 23 Hz AC
Route map
Oslo Port Line (removed)
0.00 km Oslo V(1872 - 1989)
1.58 km Filipstad(1989)
Filipstadkaia
1.58 km Skarpsno(1882-1989)
Drammen Line from Oslo S
3.38 km Skøyen(1872)
to Lysaker

The Skøyen–Filipstad Line (Norwegian: Skøyen–Filipstadlinjen) is a 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) long railway line between Skøyen and Filipstad in Oslo, Norway. It is used for freight trains to Oslo Port.

The line was built as part of the Drammen Line that opened in 1872, as a narrow gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) railway. It was rebuilt to standard gauge in 1922 and at the same time electrified. Later the line was rebuilt to double track. The line consisted of the last two kilometers of the Drammen Line that terminated at Oslo West Station (Oslo V). In 1980, the Oslo Tunnel between Skøyen and Oslo Central Station opened and Oslo V was closed. The last stretch of the Drammen Line was then transferred to a pure freight line.



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