Norway - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services
Introduction
This list is based on the timetable dated from 12 December 2010 to 11 June 2011, unless otherwise shown. The table numbers given are those from the comprehensive transport timetable Rutebok for Norge; some are also used without the prefix "21-(0)" in NSB's Regiontog and Lokaltog timetable booklets. Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.
Obscure services
Oslo S – Lillestrom (via Romeriksporten Tunnel)
[21-020/021/450/460/FlyToget] (20B1, not shown) NO11/2
Trains running non-stop between Oslo Sentral and Lillestrom or Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen run via the Romeriksporten Tunnel but trains calling intermediately between Oslo Sentral and Lillestrom use the Hovedbanen (old main line).
Lillestrom – Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen (Jessheim Syd)
[21-020/021/450/FlyToget] (20B1-2) NO11/3
Trains running non-stop between Lillestrom and Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen run via the Gardermobanen but trains calling intermediately between Lillestrom and Kløfta use the Hovedbanen (old main line). Trains calling intermediately between Lillestrom and Kløfta and then serving Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen (table 21-450) use a connecting chord between the two lines at Jessheim Syd (northbound) or a flat crossing immediately north of Kløfta station (southbound).
Roa – Hønefoss
[21-041] (20A2-20B2) NO11/4
This alternative route for Oslo - Bergen line trains had been used by weekend relief trains until June 2006 but now has no regular service. However, it is used (as it was between June and August 2009 and is again from June to 8 August 2010) as a diversionary route when engineering work blocks the normal route. This will become less frequent again once the work between Lysaker and Sandvika (see Norway - Recent and future changes) is completed in 2011. There are no trains shown in the current timetable commencing 12 December 2010.
Sandvika – Asker
[21-041/450] (20B1, 27A2, not shown) NO11/5
A 9.5 km long direct line opened between Sandvika and Asker in August 2005 and is used by fast trains between Oslo and Drammen (table 21-041). Suburban trains, calling at stations between Sandvika and Asker, continue to use the old main line.
Lerkendal – Leangen
[21-071] (5A2) NO11/6
This route, part of the line avoiding Trondheim to the south, provides an alternative route for freight trains between Trondheim and the Bodø and Storlien lines. The western end, connecting to the Trondheim - Oslo main line, is used by the SSuX hourly Lerkendal - Trondheim S - Steinkjer local service but there is no booked passenger service over the north-eastern end (note: despite extended journey times, trains from Bodø to Trondheim S use the normal route).
Katterat by-pass line
[Swedish Table 30] (4A3) NO11/7
In Norway but served only by Swedish [SJ + Veolia] operated trains to and from Narvik, a tunnel by-pass avoiding the curved original line via Katerrat station was opened in 2002. The seasonal train pair which took this line in the 2009-2010 table do not appear in the current timetable which ends 18 June 2011 but may appear in the summer timetable and use this route subject to regulation by the Narvik signalling centre. Further information would be welcomed.
Other sparse services
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally) – fewer than three trains each way, on at least three days a week - or do not run every day:
| 21-052 | Skien - Nordagutu - Porsgrunn {runs SSuX} |
| 21-560 | Mysen - Rakkestad {runs SSuX} |
| 31-102 | Hell - Storlien (Sweden) {check Swedish timetables, table 42} |
| 31-103 | Narvik - Kiruna (Sweden) {check Swedish timetables, table 30} |
Deletions since previous edition
None
