Follo Line

rdf:langString Follo Line

rdf:langString Follo Line

rdf:langString Follo Line

rdf:langString Ski Station will serve as the southern terminus of the Follo Line

rdf:langString Follobanen

rdf:langString Under construction

rdf:langString The Follo Line (Norwegian: Follobanen) is a 22.5-kilometer (14.0 mi) high-speed railway under construction between Oslo and Ski, Norway. Running parallel to the Østfold Line, it will be engineered for 250 km/h (160 mph). Terminal stations will be Oslo Central Station and Ski Station. Most of the line, 19 kilometres (12 mi), will be in a twin-tube tunnel named the Blix Tunnel, which will be the longest railway tunnel in the country. Construction started in 2014, and is scheduled to be open in 11 December 2022. The Follo Line will increase capacity from twelve to forty trains per hour along the South Corridor, and will allow express and regional trains to decrease travel time from Ski to Oslo from 22 to 11 minutes. The line was prospected to cost over 26 billion Norwegian krone (NOK) in 2014. The project is a continuation of the Norwegian National Rail Administration's (now Bane NOR) plan to build four tracks along the three main corridors out of Oslo; the Gardermoen Line was completed in 1998, and the Asker Line was completed in 2011. Between 1989 and 1996, the Østfold Line south of Ski to Moss was upgraded to double track and higher speeds. To take full advantage of this and allow the rest of the Østfold Line to be upgraded for high speeds, it is necessary to increase capacity through the bottleneck from Oslo to Ski. The new line is hoped to increase rush hour rail ridership by 63%, and increased freight on rail is hoped to remove 750 trucks daily from roads like E6 and E18. The first plans for the Follo Line were launched in 1995, and also included an intermediate station at Vevelstad and Kolbotn.

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