Sperillen Line

The Sperillen Line (Norwegian: Sperillbanen) is an abandoned railway which ran through Ringerike in Viken county, Norway. [1]

Sperillen Line
Overview
Native name	Sperillbanen
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railways
Status	Abandoned
Termini	Hen Station Sperillen
Stations	5
Operation
Closed	1932
Owner	Norwegian State Railways
Operator(s)	Norwegian State Railways
Character	Passenger and freight
Technical
Line length	23.91 kilometres (15 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Electrification	No
Highest elevation	191.0 m asl

Sperillen Line
elev (M) km or length (m) in metres 23.91 Sperillen (Finsand) 155.6 M Kongsstrømmen 19.47 Ringmoen 163.6 M Bråten Bergsund Tunnel 598 m Bergsund Stueberget 43 m Hvitmyr 13.60 Somma 191.0 M Somdalen Tørhard Juterud 7.52 Hallingby 158.6 M Grønvold 1927 Grønvoldsmoen Nordre Hen Væla 14 m Randsfjord Line to Randsfjord 0,00 Hen Station 1868 156.7 M Randsfjord Line to Hønefoss km elev (M) or length (m) in metres

The 24 kilometers (15 mi) long line had five stations, starting at Hen Station on the Randsfjord Line and continuing to Lake Sperillen where it connected with a ferry at the port of Finstad. The rail line had additional stations and stops at Hallingby, Somma, and Ringmoen at the south end of Lake Sperillen.[2]

The steam ship DS Bægna had provided ferry and freight transport service from the southern end of Lake Sperillen to Sørum at Sør-Aurdal in Oppland at the northern end. Bægna went in service from her maiden voyage on 13 October 1868 and continued in traffic until 1929, when it was replaced with a motor ship, DS Spirillen. In 1921, Parliament voted to build a railway between the Randsfjord Line and a new port at Finsand on Lake Sperillen to connected for the ferry service. In 1933, passenger service on the rail line was terminated, as was the ferry traffic on Lake Spirillen. Freight trains on the rail line were terminated in 1957. [3]

References

1. DS Spirillen og DS Bægna (Hen Gjestgiveri)
2. Sperillbanen (Store norske leksikon. Lars Mæhlum)
3. DS Bægna ved Hen (historieboka)

External links

• Sperillen Line in Norsk Jernbaneklubbs station database (in Norwegian)