Hardanger Line, the Glossary

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1. 51 relations: Axle load, Bergen, Bergen Commuter Rail, Bergen Line, Bergen station, Coach (bus), Conservative Party (Norway), Continental Europe, Electric multiple unit, Ferroalloy, Flåm Line, Granvin, Granvin Station, Hardanger, Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap, Hardangerfjord, Height above mean sea level, High-speed craft, Hordaland, Hordaland County Municipality, Jernbaneverket, Linjegods, Minister of Transport of Norway, Myrdal Station, Namsos Line, Net present value, Norheimsund, Norway, Norwegian National Road 13, Norwegian National Road 7, Norwegian Railway Club, Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996), NSB Class 64, NSB El 9, Old Voss Line, Rail transport, Rail transport in Norway, Single-track railway, Standard-gauge railway, Stavanger, Storting, Strømmens Værksted, Tram, Transshipment, Voss, Voss Line, Voss Station, Vosso, Vy Buss, World War II, ... Expand index (1 more) »

2. 1935 establishments in Norway
3. Railway lines closed in 1988
4. Railway lines in Norway
5. Railway lines in Vestland
6. Railway lines opened in 1935

Axle load

The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight bearing on the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle.

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Bergen

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway.

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Bergen Commuter Rail

Bergen Commuter Rail, sometimes called Vossebanen, is a commuter rail service between Bergen and Arna, Voss and Myrdal, Norway.

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Bergen Line

The Bergen Line, or the Bergen Railway (Bergensbanen or Bergensbana), is a long scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. Hardanger Line and Bergen Line are railway lines in Norway and railway lines in Vestland.

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Bergen station

Bergen Station (Bergen stasjon) is the main railway station in the city of Bergen, Norway.

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Coach (bus)

A coach (also known as a coach bus, motorcoach or parlor coach) is a type of bus built for longer-distance service, in contrast to transit buses that are typically used within a single metropolitan region.

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Conservative Party (Norway)

The Conservative Party or The Right (Høyre, Høgre,, H; Olgešbellodat) is a liberal-conservative political party in Norway.

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Continental Europe

Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power.

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Ferroalloy

Ferroalloy refers to various alloys of iron with a high proportion of one or more other elements such as manganese (Mn), aluminium (Al), or silicon (Si).

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Flåm Line

The Flåm Line (Flåmsbana) is a long railway line between Myrdal and Flåm in Aurland Municipality, in Vestland county, Norway. Hardanger Line and Flåm Line are railway lines in Norway and railway lines in Vestland.

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Granvin

Granvin is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. Hardanger Line and Granvin are Voss.

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Granvin Station

Granvin Station (Granvin stasjon) is a former railway station on the Hardanger Line, located at Granvin, Norway. Hardanger Line and Granvin Station are 1935 establishments in Norway.

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Hardanger

Hardanger is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, dominated by the Hardangerfjord and its inner branches of the Sørfjorden and the Eid Fjord.

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Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap

Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap (HSD), founded in 1880, was one of Norway's largest privately held public transportation providers.

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Hardangerfjord

The Hardangerfjord (Hardanger Fjord) is the fifth longest fjord in the world, and the second longest fjord in Norway. Hardanger Line and Hardangerfjord are Voss.

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Height above mean sea level

Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.

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High-speed craft

A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high-speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry.

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Hordaland

Hordaland was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties.

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Hordaland County Municipality

Hordaland County Municipality (Hordaland fylkeskommune) was the regional governing administration of the old Hordaland county in Norway.

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Jernbaneverket

Jernbaneverket (Norwegian for: 'railway administration') was a government agency responsible for owning, maintaining, operating and developing the Norwegian railway network, including the track, stations, classification yards, traffic management and timetables.

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Linjegods

Linjegods was a freight rail transporting company in Oslo, Norway.

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Minister of Transport of Norway

The Minister of Transport (Samferdelsministeren) is a Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Transport.

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Myrdal Station

Myrdal Station (Myrdal stasjon) is a mountain railway station and junction, located on the Bergen Line regional mainline in Aurland, Vestland, Norway.

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Namsos Line

The Namsos Line (Namsosbanen) is a railway line between the village of Medjå and the town of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. Hardanger Line and Namsos Line are railway lines in Norway.

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Net present value

The net present value (NPV) or net present worth (NPW) is a way of measuring the value of an asset that has cashflow by adding up the present value of all the future cash flows that asset will generate.

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Norheimsund

Norheimsund is the administrative centre of the municipality of Kvam in Vestland county, Norway.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian National Road 13

National Road 13 (Riksvei 13) is a national road which runs from the town of Stavanger in Rogaland county to the village of Sogndalsfjøra in Vestland county.

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Norwegian National Road 7

Norwegian National Road 7 (Riksvei 7) is a national road in Norway which runs from the town of Hønefoss in Buskerud county to the village of Granvin in Vestland county.

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Norwegian Railway Club

The Norwegian Railway Club (Norsk Jernbaneklubb) is an association which is involved in the preservation of Norwegian museum railways.

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Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996)

The Norwegian State Railways (Norges Statsbaner or NSB) was a state-owned railway company that operated most of the railway network in Norway.

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NSB Class 64

NSB Class 64 (NSB type 64) is a class of three electric multiple units built by Strømmens Værksted for the Norwegian State Railways.

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NSB El 9

NSB El 9 is a retired class of three electric locomotives built by Thune for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB), with electrical equipment from Norsk Elektrisk & Brown Boveri (NEBB) and Per Kure.

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Old Voss Line

The Old Voss Line (Gamle Vossebanen) is a heritage railway between Garnes and Midttun near Bergen, Norway. Hardanger Line and Old Voss Line are railway lines in Norway and railway lines in Vestland.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Rail transport in Norway

The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,109 km of (standard gauge) track of which 2,644 km is electrified and 274 km double track.

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Single-track railway

A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Stavanger

Stavanger (US usually) is a city and municipality in Norway.

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Storting

The Storting (Stortinget) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway.

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Strømmens Værksted

Strømmens Værksted A/S was an industrial company based in Skedsmo, Norway, specialising in the production of rolling stock.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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Transshipment

Transshipment, trans-shipment or transhipment is the shipment of goods or containers to an intermediate destination, then to another destination.

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Voss

Voss is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway.

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Voss Line

The Voss Line (Vossebanen) is a railway line from Bergen to Voss in Vestland, Norway. Hardanger Line and Voss Line are railway lines in Norway and railway lines in Vestland.

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Voss Station

Voss Station (Voss stasjon) is a railway station on the Bergen Line located in the village of Vossevangen in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway.

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Vosso

Vosso is a river in Voss municipality in Hordaland, Norway. Hardanger Line and Vosso are Voss.

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Vy Buss

Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen

Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen (7 December 1870 – 30 April 1945) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party.

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See also

1935 establishments in Norway

• Østsiden IL
• Arendal Airport, Rådhuskaien
• Arkivet (Kristiansand)
• Bærum KK
• BW Gas
• Bergen Airport, Sandviken
• Bergesen d.y.
• Folketeateret, Oslo
• Forsnes Chapel
• Frisk Asker Ishockey
• Gjøra Chapel
• Gjelleråsen IF
• Gjerstad Station
• Glava
• Granvin Station
• Hardanger Line
• Hernes Church
• Holmen (station)
• Hovseter (station)
• Huseby skole (station)
• IL Norild
• IL Norna-Salhus
• IL Skjalg
• IL Stålkameratene
• Jarlsberg Travbane
• Langøy Chapel
• Leirbotn Church
• Møre-Nytt
• Makrellbekken (station)
• Norwegian Botanical Association
• Nygaardsvold's Cabinet
• Røa (station)
• Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim
• Sørbyhaugen station
• Stårheim IL
• Storhamar HE
• Storhamar IL
• Vegårshei Station
• Vestlandsnytt
• Voss Airport, Bømoen

Railway lines closed in 1988

• Amberg–Schmidmühlen railway
• Black Forest Railway (Württemberg)
• Bolangum railway line
• Coleraine–Portrush line
• Hardanger Line
• Kywong railway line
• Lade Line
• Linha do Dão
• Merriwa railway line
• Millewa South railway line
• Peterborough–Quorn railway line
• Ramal de Viana-Doca
• Riverside Branch
• Sütlaç–Çivril railway
• Sabor line
• Tamsui line
• Tatong railway line

Railway lines in Norway

• Ålgård Line
• Østfold Line
• Alna Line
• Arendal Line
• Bergen Line
• Dovre Line
• Drammen Line
• Dunderland Line
• Flåm Line
• Flekkefjord Line
• Gjøvik Line
• Grimstad Line
• Hardanger Line
• Hell–Sunnan Line
• Holmestrand–Vittingfoss Line
• Jæren Line
• Kongsvinger Line
• Krøderen Line
• Løren Line
• Lillesand–Flaksvand Line
• List of railway lines in Norway
• Loenga–Alnabru Line
• Meråker Line
• Namsos Line
• Narrow-gauge railways in Norway
• Nesttun–Os Line
• Nordland Line
• Ofoten Line
• Old Voss Line
• Oslo Port Line
• Polar Line
• Røros Line
• Røykenvik Line
• Rauma Line
• Sørlandet Line
• Setesdal Line
• Skøyen–Filipstad Line
• Skreia Line
• Spikkestad Line
• Stavne–Leangen line
• Sulitjelma Line
• Thamshavn Line
• Trondhjem–Støren Line
• Trunk Line
• Valdres Line
• Vestfold Line
• Voss Line

Railway lines in Vestland

• Bergen Line
• Flåm Line
• Hardanger Line
• Nesttun–Os Line
• Old Voss Line
• Voss Line

Railway lines opened in 1935

• Bei'an–Heihe railway
• Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line
• Hardanger Line
• Ikawa Line
• Itō Line
• Moscow Metro
• Newark Light Rail
• Paris Métro Line 11
• Sokolnicheskaya line
• Trams in Izhevsk
• Ungna Line

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardanger_Line

Also known as Granvin Line, Granvinbanen, Hardanger Railway, Hardangerbana, Hardangerbanen.

, Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen.