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The Jæren Line ((ノルウェー語:Jærbanen)) long railway line between Stavanger and Egersund in Jæren, Norway. The name is longer in official use and the section is regarded as the westernmost part of the Sørlandet Line. Owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the line has double track from Stavanger Station to Sandnes Station, and single track from Sandnes to Egersund Station. The line is electrified at and equipped with centralized traffic control and GSM-R. The line is served by the Jæren Commuter Rail and intercity trains along the Sørlandet Line, both operated by the Norwegian State Railways. CargoNet runs container freight trains on the line, which terminate at Ganddal Freight Terminal. The line opened as a narrow gauge stand-alone line on 27 February 1878. The railway was extended from Egersund to Flekkefjord as the Flekkefjord Line in 1904. The Jæren Line's only branch, the Ålgård Line from Ganddal to Ålgård, opened in 1924. In 1944, the Sørlandet Line was extended to Sira on the Flekkefjord Line, and the Jæren Line was integrated in the main railway network. Because of this, the line was converted to standard gauge. ==Route== The Jæren Line constitutes the section of the Sørlandet Line between Stavanger and Egersund.〔Bjerke (1994): 194〕 At the time of the line's opening, it was long,〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009b): 44〕 but has since the 1950s been long.〔Bjerke (1994): 195〕 The railway is double track on the section from Stavanger Station to Sandnes Station, and single track from there to Egersund Station. The line is electrified at 〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009b): 4〕 and equipped with centralized traffic control,〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009b): 37〕 automatic train stop,〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009b): 40〕 and GSM-R.〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009b): 42〕 The railway line is owned and maintained by the Norwegian National Rail Administration, a government agency.〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009b): 3〕 The zero marker for the line is located at Stavanger Station, which is from Oslo Central Station and located above mean sea level (AMSL).〔Bjerke (1994): 201〕 Previously there was a branch just south of the station which ran through a long tunnel before reaching the port.〔 Southwards from Stavanger, the route largely runs along the waterfront, hugging Gandsfjorden. The first station after Stavanger is Paradis Station ( from Stavanger Station). The line runs past the closed Hillevåg Station and a closed spur to an industrial area at Mariero before reaching Mariero Station (). The line continues past the closed Lyngnes Station, a closed spur to Sørbø Trelast and the closed Vaulen Station.〔 After passing the closed Hinna Station and the closed Jåttå Station, which was exclusively used to serve matches and concerts at Viking Stadion, the line immediately afterwards reaches Jåttåvågen Station (), which also serves the stadium and the newly redeveloped area of Jåtten. The line continues past Gausel Station (), which in addition to serving a redeveloped area serves as a major transfer hub for buses towards Forus and Sola.〔 Next the line passes the closed Forus Station before running through the long Lurahammer Tunnel and passing the closed Luravika Station and Lura Station.〔 Through the town center of Sandnes, the line runs as an elevated railway, which previously also included a branch to the port in Sandnes.〔 Sandnes Sentrum Station () is the main station serving the town. The line continues past Sandnes Station (),〔 which is the end of the double track.〔 After passing the closed Brualand Station and the open Ganddal Station (), the closed Ålgård Line branches off. Ganddal Freight Terminal is the only freight terminal in Jæren. It has an annual capacity for 80,000 containers and can handle long trains. The next station on the mainline are the closed Skjæveland Station and Orstad Station, followed by the operating Øksnevadporten Station (). South of there lays to spurs, to Øksnevad, Kvarnaland and Block Watne. The line continues past the closed Engjelsvåg Station before reaching Klepp Station (). The line continues past the closed Leland Station and the closed Tumarki Station before having a closed spur to Varheia. After passing the closed Vardheia Station, the line reaches Bryne Station ().〔 Next the line passes a spur to Hetland and then passes four closed stations, Kjelsholen, Hognestad, Gjerdo and Tårland.〔 After reaching Nærbø Station (), the line continues past the closed Kvia Station and the closed Dysjaland Station before reaching Varhaug Station (). Located at AMSL, it is the highest-elevated station on the line. After passing the closed Odland Satation, the line runs past the closed Stavnheim Station and reaches Vigrestad Station (). The line continues past the closed Hogstad Station and the closed Stokkaland Station before reaching Brusand Station (). Afterwards it crosses Vauleelva and then runs through the long Varden Tunnel before passing the closed Varden Station and reaching Ogna Station ().〔Bjerke (1994): 200〕 At Ogna there is a distinct change to the landscape, as it changes from a flat to a hilly. Particularly between Bryne and Ogna, the line have a large curve radius, but between Ogna and Egersund this changes to much tighter curvature.〔Norwegian National Rail Administration (2009a): 31–35〕 After Ogna the line crosses Ognaelv and runs through the long Sirevåg Tunnel before reaching Sirevåg Station (). The line then runs through two tunnels before passing the closed Vatnamot Station and reaching Hellvik Station (). The line continues through six tunnels, the longest being , before passing the closed Maurholen Station. It then passes through four more tunnels and two bridges before reaching Egersund Station ().〔 At Egersund, the line continues as the Sørlandet Line.〔 Originally the Jæren Line ran to the old station in Egersund, which was kept until 1952 as a branch from Egersund Station. This included bridges over Eieelva and Lundeelva.〔Bjerke (1994): 202〕 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「Jæren Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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