The Sperillen Line ( no, Sperillbanen) is an abandoned
railway
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which ran through
Ringerike in
Viken county
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* Viken, Scandinavia, a historical region
*Viken (county), a Norwegian county established in 2020
* Viken, Sweden, a bimunicipal locality in Skåne County, Sweden
* Viken (lake), a lake in Sweden, part of the part of the Göta c ...
,
Norway
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.
The long line had five stations, starting at
Hen Station
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Hen or Hens may also refer to:
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* Hen, Buskerud, a village in Ringe ...
on the
Randsfjord Line
The Randsfjorden Line ( no, Randsfjordbanen) is an railway located in Viken county in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Hadeland in Innlandet county. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on th ...
and continuing to Lake
Sperillen
Sperillen is a lake in the valley of Ådal in Ringerike municipality, Viken county, Norway.[Sperillen]
Store Norske Leksikon, retrieved ...
where it connected with a
ferry at the port of Finstad. The rail line had additional stations and stops at
Hallingby Hallingby is a village in Ringerike (municipality), Ringerike municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway.
Hallingby is located north of Hønefoss, along the European route E16 towards Valdres and Vestlandet, Western Norway. Hallingby was one o ...
,
Somma
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,
and Ringmoen at the south end of Lake Sperillen.
The steam ship DS ''Bægna'' had provided ferry and freight transport service from the southern end of Lake Sperillen to Sørum at
Sør-Aurdal
Sør-Aurdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bagn. Other villages in the municipality include Begna, Hedalen, ...
in
Oppland
Oppland is a former county in Norway which existed from 1781 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020. The old Oppland county bordered the counties of Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. Th ...
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
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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.
''DS Bægna ved Hen'' (historieboka)
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References
External links
Sperillen Line in Norsk Jernbaneklubbs station database
{{Railways in Norway
Railway lines in Viken
Railway lines opened in 1932
1932 establishments in Norway