- Source: Chronology of Norwegian railway lines
The Norwegian railway network consisted, as of 2008, of 4,114 kilometers (2,556 mi) of line. The Trunk Line opened as Norway's first mainline railway on 1 September 1854.
List
The following table gives a chronological overview of the mainline railway lines in Norway. It explicitly excludes tramway, light rail and metro lines, spurs and industrial lines. It contains the date the section opened, the line the segment is currently considered part of, the name of the line at the time of the opening (if different from the current name). Some railways have simply changed name, while others have been merged with other lines. The table further gives the length of the line, the gauge and number of tracks (single, double or quadruple), all at the time the line opened. Many railway lines have since been shortened and some have been doubled and been through gauge conversion. Standard gauge is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in), CAP gauge is 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and meter gauge is 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Railway which opened as private are marked, even though many were later nationalized. In later years, many new sections are major realignments, typically tunnels, which shorten an existing line.
References
Bibliography
Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1994). Glemte spor: boken om sidebanenes tragiske liv (in Norwegian). Oslo: Baneforlaget. ISBN 82-91448-00-0.
Bjerke, Thor (1994). Banedata '94 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk Jernbaneklubb. ISBN 82-90286-15-5.
Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009). "Railway Statistics 2008". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
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