Classic route
Østfoldbanen: Oslo–Ski
Oslo → Ski · Norway
- Distance
- 24 km
- Fastest time
- 31 min
- Average speed
- 46 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Vy
- Train
- Stadler Flirt Type 75
- Countries
- Norway
- In service since
- 1879
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The original 1879 Østfold line out of Oslo, hugging the fjord shore through Nordstrand and Ljan before climbing the ridge to Ski, now the all stations companion to the Blix tunnel bored beneath it.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2568856 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98% of this line lies within 250 m of real track, a median 6 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of 2807 (Zug-Nr. 2807)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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