Oslo Port Line

Oslo Port Line
Oslo Port Line
	standard gauge
Electrification	No

Oslo Port Line

Legend

Skøyen–Filipstad Line
(originally Drammen Line)

end point from 1935

Filipstadkaia

Filipstad

Akers mechanical shops

2.2

end point until 1935

track in public streets

Oslo West

Festningen

1.5

Vippetangen

(1907)

branch to
Langkaia & Tollbukaia

Havnelageret

Oslo East

0.0

end point until 1967

Østfold Line

Loenga

end point from 1967

km

The Oslo Port Line (

standard gauge

single track, but not electrified.

The line enabled trains to travel between the two train stations, but the line was located in the streets, making it a delicate task and stopping traffic in the

City Hall Square, the plaza in front of Oslo City Hall.^[1] The railway also connected to the port in Oslo, and using the new line it was possible to transfer cargo directly from the railway to ships. Only a few freight trains per day used the line and no passenger trains. Passengers who wanted to transfer between the two stations had to find alternate means of transportation. The line was opened on 13 November 1907,^[2] but closed in 1983, after the Oslo Tunnel between Skøyen and the new Oslo Central Station

was opened in 1980.

References

^ City of Oslo (1998). "Rådhusplassen Byens festplass?" (in Norwegian).
^ Jernbaneverket (2006). "Jernbanestatistikk 2005" (PDF) (in Norwegian).

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[1] City of Oslo (1998). "Rådhusplassen Byens festplass?" (in Norwegian).

[2] Jernbaneverket (2006). "Jernbanestatistikk 2005" (PDF) (in Norwegian).

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