Vestmarka Line

Vestmarka Line
Overview
Native name	Vestmarkabanen
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railway
Status	Abandonend
Locale	Eidskog
Termini	Skotterud Vestmarka
Operation
Opened	15 October 1918
Closed	1 June 1965
Owner	Norwegian State Railways
Operator(s)	Norwegian State Railways
Character	Passenger and freight
Technical
Line length	14.25 kilometres (9 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Electrification	No

Vestmarka Line

Grense Line from Kongsvinger

0.00 km

Skotterud(1865)

to Charlottenberg

Vrangselva

Repshus(1924)

3.80 km

Børgerud(1918)

Snesbøl(1924)

Taugbøl(1928)

6.59 km

Stangnes(1918)

Rastad(1924)

Rognlia(1924)

11.58 km

Buåa(1918)

Stangeskovene

Vestmarka Church(1924)

14.25 km

Vestmarka(1918)

The Vestmarka Line (Norwegian: Vestmarkabanen) is an abandoned railway between Skotterud and Vestmarka in Eidskog, Norway. The line was 14.3 kilometers long and opened on October 15, 1918. The line was the first railway in Norway to terminate passenger transport, on January 3, 1931. Freight transport between Buåa and Vestmarka was terminated on February 15, 1961 and the line completely terminated on June 1, 1965.

External links

Jernbane.net about Vestmarkabanen (Norwegian)

Railway lines in Norway

Mainline	Alna Asker Arendal Bergen Bratsberg Brevik Dovre Drammen Eastern Østfold Flåm Gardermoen Gjøvik Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Kongsvinger Loenga–Alnabru Meråker Nordland Ofoten Østfold Randsfjorden Rauma Roa–Hønefoss Røros Skøyen–Filipstad Solør Sørlandet Spikkestad Stavne–Leangen Tinnoset Trunk Vestfold

Urban	Bergen Light Rail Briskeby Ekeberg Common Tunnel Fløibanen Frogner Furuset Gamlebyen Grorud Grünerløkka–Torshov Gråkallen Holmenkollen Kjelsås Kolsås Lambertseter Lilleaker Røa Sinsen Skøyen Sognsvann Ring Ullevål Hageby Vika Østensjø

Proposed	Hurum Follo Fornebu Løren Northern Norway Polar Ringerike

Heritage	Krøderen Old Voss Rjukan Setesdal Thamshavn Urskog–Høland

Merged	Dunderland Jæren Hell–Sunnan Trondhjem–Støren Voss

Closed	Ålgård Elgeseter Flekkefjord Grimstad Hafslund Hardanger Hauerseter–Gardermoen Holmestrand–Hvittingfoss Horten Ila Kampen Korsvoll Kragerø Lade Lier Lillesand–Flaksvand Namsos Nesttun–Os Numedal Oslo Port Rodeløkka Røykenvik Sagene Simensbråten Singsaker Skreia Solbergfoss Sperillen Sulitjelma Tønsberg–Eidsfoss Valdres Vestbanen Vestmarka Vippetangen Vålerenga

Types	Electric High-speed Narrow-gauge Private

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