Asker Line

Tags: Railway Line.

The Asker Line (Norwegian: Askerbanen) is a 9.5-kilometre (5.9 mi) railway line between Asker and Lysaker in Norway. The line runs along the same corridor as the Drammen Line offering increased capacity speed and regularity on the rail network west of Oslo. The first part opened in 2005 and in 2011 an extension opened from Sandvika to Lysaker. An extension to Skøyen in Oslo will perhaps be built after 2020. Most of the railway is in tunnel and is dimensioned for 160 km/h (99 mph) running.

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line length (μ)

9500.0

number of stations

2

opening date

2005-08-27

opening year

2005-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

operated by

Flytoget, Norwegian State Railways, CargoNet

owner

Norwegian National Rail Administration

railway rolling stock

GMB Class 71, NSB Class 70, NSB Class 72, NSB Class 73

route end

Asker Station

route start

Lysaker Station

speed limit (kmh)

160.0

latitude

59.8665

longitude

10.4803