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The Hurum Line ((ノルウェー語:Hurumbanen)) was a proposed railway line which would have connected Røyken and Hurum in Buskerud, Norway. Launched during the Oslo Airport location controversy during the second half of the 1980s, its main purpose was to act as a airport rail link to serve the proposed national airport on Hurumlandet. The main proposal for the line called for a section of double track which would branch from the Spikkestad Line at Hallenskog. Construction of the Hurum Line would have seen of the Spikkestad Line upgraded to double track as well as upgrades to the Drammen Line. The distance from Hurum to Oslo is , with travel time estimated at 35 minutes. Alternative proposals were also made, such as building a bridge over the Oslofjord and connecting it to the Østfold Line, or the use of coaches and hovercraft. There were also proposals for a monorail and a maglev service. The new airport was in 1992 instead chosen to be located at Gardermoen, resulting in the construction of the Gardermoen Line and the abandonment of any plans for building a railway to Hurum. ==History== Oslo Airport, Fornebu opened as Norway's main international gateway on 1 June 1939.〔Wisting (1989): 35–41〕 Fornebu was located from the city center of Oslo, on the peninsula of Fornebu. The cramped location made a suitable runway for intercontinental flights impossible to build and there was no place to build a second runway. A 1970 report proposed building a new airport to serve the capital and Eastern Norway, and mentioned Gardermoen, Hurum, Askim, Nesodden and Ås as suitable locations. Later Hobøl was also proposed.〔Bredal (1998): 17〕 Various discussions were made for a new airport, and from 1972 all charter flights were moved to Gardermoen.〔Wisting (1989): 63–65〕 The divided solution was accepted by Parliament, and approved a major expansion of Fornebu in 1983.〔Wisting (1989): 80–83〕 Political debate resurfaced the following year, after patronage continued to accelerate. The Civil Aviation Administration launched a proposal to build an airport at Hurum in 1986. The motion was supported by the center-right parties, commercial interests and the airlines, largely based on that Hurum was closer to more people.〔Bredal (1998): 21〕 However, Minister of Transport and Communications Kjell Borgen of the Labor Party supported Gardermoen, large for reasons related to rural policies. Hence a series of government documents were created to investigate the various locations.〔Bredal (1998): 21–23〕 The Norwegian State Railways developed a series of plans for the various airport locations, including a Gardermoen Line and branches of the Østfold Line to Hobøl and Ås. The ground transport system was a major part of the considerations and proposals were made both for motorway and railway access to all the alternatives.〔NSB (1986): 1〕 Construction of the airport was to carried out by a separate limited company owned by the Civil Aviation Administration. Hence the airport was financed using state grants which would be repaid. A similar model was used for roads and railways, in which a separate subsidiary of NSB would be set up to build new railway lines.〔Bredal (1998): 39〕 Parliament voted on 8 June 1988 in favor of building a new airport at Hurum.〔Bredal (1998): 23–24〕 A series of weather surveys were then published which showed unfavorable conditions and the matter was again brought up for political consideration. A final decision to build a new airport at Gardermoen was thus taken on 8 October 1992.〔Bredal (1998): 28〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hurum Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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