Østfoldbanen
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Østfold Line

Vestby Station
Info
Type Railway
System Norwegian railway
Termini Oslo S
Kornsjø
No. of stations 24
Operation
Opened 1879
Owner Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operator(s) Norges Statsbaner
CargoNet
Character Freight and passenger
Rolling stock Type 73 B-series (regional)
Type 69, Type 72 (local)
Technical
Line length 170 km
Track length 233 km
No. of tracks Single or double
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrification 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
Route map

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BHF
0,27 km Oslo S (1854)
HST
5,95 km Nordstrand (1880)
HST
7,18 km Ljan (1879)
HST
8,68 km Hauketo (1925)
BHF
9,85 km Holmlia (1988)
HST
11,35 km Rosenholm (1988)
STR exLUECKE
Follobanen1 from Oslo S, planned
BHF exBHF
12,86 km Kolbotn, Kolbotn nye (1895)
HST exLUECKE
14,05 km Solbråtan (1939)
BHF exLUECKE
15,78 km Myrvoll (1919)
HST exLUECKE
17,36 km Greverud (1939)
BHF exLUECKE
18,25 km Oppegård (1879)
eABZrg exSTRrf
Follobanen, planned
HST
20,12 km Vevelstad (1985)
exSTRrg eABZrf
Follobanen, planned
exLUECKE BHF
20,51 km Langhus (1989)
exSTRlf eABZlg
Follobanen, planned
BHF
24,29 km Ski (1879)
BS2rf BS2lf
STR HST
1,53 km Drømtorp (1932)
STR BHF
5,78 km Kråkstad (1882)
STR HST
7,68 km Langli (1932)
STR HST
9,68 km Skotbu (1908)
STR BHF
12,89 km Tomter (1882)
STR HST
17,48 km Knapstad (1912)
STR BHF
20,32 km Spydeberg (1882)
STR HST
25,30 km Langnes (1932)
STR BHF
29,10 km Askim (1882)
STR HST
31,02 km Askim Næringspark (1994)
STR HST
35,02 km Slitu (1882)
STR BHF
39,47 km Mysen (1882)
STR HST
44,32 km Eidsberg (1882)
STR HST
49,14 km Heia (1896)
STR BHF
54,31 km Rakkestad (1882)
BHF STR
31,00 km Ås (1879)
BHF STR
38,00 km Vestby (1879)
HST STR
45,20 km Sonsveien
BHF STR
53,84 km Kambo (1898)
BHF STR
60,16 km Moss (1879)
BHF STR
69,28 km Rygge (1879)
BHF STR
77,01 km Råde (1879)
BHF STR
94,26 km Fredrikstad (1879)
BHF STR
109,47 km Sarpsborg (1879)
ABZlf STRrf
BHF
136,64 km Halden (1879) 2,8 moh.
BRÜCKE+GRENZE
Sundet Sweden

The Østfold Line (Norwegian: Østfoldbanen) consists of two railway lines which run through the county of Østfold. The larger of the two lines, the Wester Line, is a 137 km long railway line along the eastern shoreline of the Oslo Fjord. The line serves Ski, Moss, Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg before arriving at Halden where it continues to Gothenburg in Sweden crossing the boundary at Kornsjø. The line was opened in 1879 as the Smaalenene Line (Smaalenenebanen).

There is a second railway, the Eastern Østfold Line which branches off from the main line at Ski, and runs further inland serving Askim, Mysen and Rakkestad before rejoining the main line at Sarpsborg.

Passenger train services on the Østfold Line consist of regional trains and local trains. The regional trains run along the western branch between Oslo and Halden with three daily trains continuing to Gothenburg. There are three local train routes. Line 500 is the slowest of these and runs between Ski and Oslo stopping at every station. Line 550 runs from Moss and travels through Oslo before continuing to Spikkestad. Line 560 serves the Eastern branch of the line to Mysen, with peak services to Rakkestad. Both line 550 and 560 have only limited stops on the Ski-Oslo part of the journey.

History

In 1879 the first part of Østfoldbanen opened, from Kristiania to the border of Sweden at Kornsjø. There it is connected to the Dalsland Line and the railway goes all the way to Gothenburg.

External links

Map of the Smaalenene Line in 1884; the line still follows the same route.
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