Kroderen Line

The Kroderen Line is a historical past railway line connecting the Kroderen Lake in Buskerud, Norway, to the metropolis of Vikersund. The 26-kilometre 16mi line changed into built as a slim gauge department line of the Randsfjord Line via the Norwegian State Railways NSB and opened in 1872. Passenger services have been withdrawn in 1958, and freight visitors in 1985. As of 2011, the Kroderen Line Foundation and the Norwegian Railway Club at the same time operate steam teach offerings on the road from May to October. In addition to the termini at Vikersund and Kroderen there are intermediate stations at Snarum, Sysle, and Kloftefoss.

In the start of the 19century, horse carriages and ships had been used for passenger delivery in the Buskerud region. There have been three government subsidized training inns in Koshered, which had been famous among visitors. In 1853, a committee turned into installed, which aimed at enhancing the passenger transport between Drammen and the relaxation of Buskerud. Following the hole of the Randsfjord Line in 1866, railway director Carl Abraham Pihl informed a terrain research of the region among Vikersund and Kroderen. The plan was to build a line connecting Drammen to the waterways of Hallingdalen.