Skreia Line

The Skreia Line (Norwegian: Skreiabanen) is an abandoned railway line between Reinsvoll and Skreia in Toten, Norway. The 21.97 kilometer long single track rail was a branch line from the Gjøvik Line.

Skreia Line
Kraby Station
Overview
Native name	Skreiabanen
Status	Abandoned
Owner	Norwegian State Railways
Termini	Reinsvoll Skreia
Stations	12
Service
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railway
Operator(s)	Norwegian State Railways
History
Opened	November 1902
Closed	1987
Technical
Line length	21.97 km
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Passenger and freight
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	15 kV  16.7 Hz AC
Highest elevation	356.1 m asl

Skreia Line
Legend
Gjøvik Line from Raufoss 106.65 km Reinsvoll (1901) 356.1 m asl to Eina Flaten (1929) 110.58 km Bøverbru (1902) Narum (1929) 115.72 km Kolbu (1902) Schjøll (1929) branch line to Lena Dairy 120.69 km Lena (1902) 122.77 km Kraby (1902) Smeby (1929) 125.58 km Bilitt (1902) 127.11 km Vennevoll (1932) 128.62 km Skreia (1902) 160.7 m asl

History

The line was opened on 26 November 1902. All the stations and depots were drawn by Paul Due, who used a number of different styles, including Art Nouveau for Lena and Kraby while Skreia was in Dragestil. Originally the idea was that Gjøvikbanen would follow part of the route of Skreiabanen, but this was changed because of major industrial interests in Raufoss and Hunndalen. Passenger traffic was terminated in 1963 while freight traffic continued until 1987.

Rail trail

In the mid 1990s the track was removed and converted to a Rail trail for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

Lena

Skreia