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Hønefoss—Roa Line

Length:	Starts:	Ends:	Status:
32 km	Roa Station	Hønefoss Station	In service

The Roa–Hønefoss Line is a 31.8-kilometre railway line which previously was a part of the Bergen Line when it opened in 1909. Today it is mostly used by freight trains and diverted passenger trains.

Jevnaker. Photo: Mittet & Co. AS/Nasjonalbiblioteket

The stretch between Roa and Hønefoss was opened as a part of the Bergen Line on 27 November 1909. It branched off the Gjøvik Line at Roa station and had stations at Grindvoll, Jevnaker and Hval before it reached Hønefoss station on the Randsfjord Line. On 1 February 1961 the railway was electrified long with the Gjøvik Line between Oslo and Jaren. It was named the Roa–Hønefoss Line in 2008.

Relief Line
Until 1984 the passenger trains on the Bergen Line ran via Roa. From then the trains went via Drammen even though this route was 30 kilometres longer. From 1989 the service were reduced from four to only one daily passenger train running between Roa and Hønefoss. Most of the smaller train stops were closed as well. Today the stretch has become a relief line where only rerouted trains and freight trains are running.