Narrow_gauge_railways_in_Norway

Narrow-gauge railways in Norway

Narrow-gauge railways in Norway

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In Norway, a number of main lines were in the 19th century built with narrow gauge, 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm), to save cost in a sparsely populated mountainous country. This included Norway's first own long-distance line, the Røros Line, connecting Oslo and Trondheim, 1877. Some secondary railways also had this gauge. These railways have been rebuilt to standard gauge or closed down. Some private railways had 750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in) and one had 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in). A few railways partly still are operated as museum railways, specifically the Thamshavn Line, Urskog–Høland Line and the Setesdal Line. The Trondheim Tramway is also narrow gauge.

Carl Abraham Pihl and his entourage inspecting the construction of the Røros Line in 1877
Støren Station on the Røros Line during the 1880s
Holmestrand Station on the Vestfold Line in 1906

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