The Levanger–Hokstad Ferry is an
automobile ferry on
Norwegian County Road 774 that connects the island of
Ytterøya to the
town of Levanger on the mainland of
Levanger Municipality
Levanger is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the district of Innherred. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Levanger (town), town of Levanger. Some o ...
in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...
county,
Norway
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. The long passage on
Trondheimsfjord
The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...
is performed with the double-ended ferries MF ''Yttringen'' and operated by
Tide Sjø making 11 crossings in each direction each day taking 30 minutes. In 2007, the line had a daily ridership of 235 people and 140 vehicles.
History
Automobile ferry transport in
Innherred
or is a traditional district in Trøndelag county in the central part of Norway. It consists of the areas around the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord in the central-east part of the county. The district includes the municipalities of Levange ...
started in 1958 when the company
Innherredsferja started the route
Levanger
Levanger may refer to:
Places
* Levanger Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
* Levanger (town), a town within Levanger Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
* Levanger landsogn, a former municipality (1856–1962) in Trø ...
–Hokstad–
Vangshylla–
Kjerringvik–
Venneshamn; connecting Levanger to the island of Ytterøya, and onwards connecting
Inderøy Municipality
Inderøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen, Trøn ...
with
Mosvik Municipality (this second leg of the ferry was discontinued after the
Skarnsund Bridge was completed in 1991). In 1964, a new road between Kjerringvik and Venneshamn opened, and at the same time a second ferry was purchased, allowing two routes to be established, the Levanger–Hokstad Ferry and the
Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry.
In 2005, the ferry line was made subject to
public service obligation
In the context of European Union law, a public service obligation or PSO is an obligation imposed on an organisation by legislation or contract to provide a service of general interest within EU territories. PSOs may operate in any field of publi ...
in a package with the
Brekstad–Valset route. In preparation for the competition Innherredsferja was bought by
Fosen Trafikklag
Fosen Trafikklag is a company operating buses and ferries in Trøndelag and Østlandet in Norway. In total the company has approximately 750 vehicles and 16 ships, though numerous of them operate by subsidiaries.
The company merged with Namos T ...
, but fail to succeed at the contract, losing it to
Nor-Ferjer who took over the line as of 1 January 2007.
Nor-Ferjer merged to form Tide Sjø in 2007. The ferry MF ''Ropeid'' is docked at Levanger as a reserve ferry for both routes.
References
External links
Schedules
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levanger-Hokstad Ferry
Car ferry lines in Trøndelag
Levanger
Tide (transportation company)
Trondheimsfjord