Østfold Line
Vestby Station
Info
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railway
Termini	Oslo S Kornsjø
No. of stations	24
Operation
Opened	1879
Owner	Norwegian National Rail Administration
Operator(s)	Norges Statsbaner CargoNet
Character	Freight and passenger
Rolling stock	Type 73 B-series (regional) Type 69, Type 72 (local)
Technical
Line length	170 km
Track length	233 km
No. of tracks	Single or double
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrification	15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC
Route map Legend 0,27 km Oslo S (1854) 5,95 km Nordstrand (1880) 7,18 km Ljan (1879) 8,68 km Hauketo (1925) 9,85 km Holmlia (1988) 11,35 km Rosenholm (1988) Follobanen[1] from Oslo S, planned 12,86 km Kolbotn, Kolbotn nye (1895) 14,05 km Solbråtan (1939) 15,78 km Myrvoll (1919) 17,36 km Greverud (1939) 18,25 km Oppegård (1879) Follobanen, planned 20,12 km Vevelstad (1985) Follobanen, planned 20,51 km Langhus (1989) Follobanen, planned 24,29 km Ski (1879) 1,53 km Drømtorp (1932) 5,78 km Kråkstad (1882) 7,68 km Langli (1932) 9,68 km Skotbu (1908) 12,89 km Tomter (1882) 17,48 km Knapstad (1912) 20,32 km Spydeberg (1882) 25,30 km Langnes (1932) 29,10 km Askim (1882) 31,02 km Askim Næringspark (1994) 35,02 km Slitu (1882) 39,47 km Mysen (1882) 44,32 km Eidsberg (1882) 49,14 km Heia (1896) 54,31 km Rakkestad (1882) 31,00 km Ås (1879) 38,00 km Vestby (1879) 45,20 km Sonsveien 53,84 km Kambo (1898) 60,16 km Moss (1879) 69,28 km Rygge (1879) 77,01 km Råde (1879) 94,26 km Fredrikstad (1879) 109,47 km Sarpsborg (1879) 136,64 km Halden (1879) 2,8 moh. Sundet Sweden

The Østfold Line (Norwegian: Østfoldbanen) consists of two railway lines which run through the county of Østfold. The larger of the two lines, the Wester Line, is a 137 km long railway line along the eastern shoreline of the Oslo Fjord. The line serves Ski, Moss, Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg before arriving at Halden where it continues to Gothenburg in Sweden crossing the boundary at Kornsjø. The line was opened in 1879 as the Smaalenene Line (Smaalenenebanen).

There is a second railway, the Eastern Østfold Line which branches off from the main line at Ski, and runs further inland serving Askim, Mysen and Rakkestad before rejoining the main line at Sarpsborg.

Passenger train services on the Østfold Line consist of regional trains and local trains. The regional trains run along the western branch between Oslo and Halden with three daily trains continuing to Gothenburg. There are three local train routes. Line 500 is the slowest of these and runs between Ski and Oslo stopping at every station. Line 550 runs from Moss and travels through Oslo before continuing to Spikkestad. Line 560 serves the Eastern branch of the line to Mysen, with peak services to Rakkestad. Both line 550 and 560 have only limited stops on the Ski-Oslo part of the journey.

History

In 1879 the first part of Østfoldbanen opened, from Kristiania to the border of Sweden at Kornsjø. There it is connected to the Dalsland Line and the railway goes all the way to Gothenburg.

External links

• Jernbaneverket's list of stations
  • Main stations
  • Commuter trains between Skøyen in Oslo and Ski
  • Commuter trains between Spikkestad and Moss (Note: Spikkestad is the end station of Spikkestadbanen, these trains run through Oslo to Moss.)

Map of the Smaalenene Line in 1884; the line still follows the same route.