Classic route
Østre linje
Oslo → Rakkestad · Norway
View on the map →Wikipedia ↗Stations · 13
Norway’s 1882 eastern line: through the Blix tunnel to Ski in eleven minutes, then out across the grain fields and timber towns of indre Østfold, calling at Askim and Mysen on the way to Rakkestad.
Stations
- 0 kmOslo S
- 23 kmSki
- 28 kmKråkstad
- 32 kmSkotbu
- 36 kmTomter
- 40 kmKnapstad
- 43 kmSpydeberg
- 52 kmAskim
- 58 kmSlitu
- 62 kmMysen
- 67 kmEidsberg
- 72 kmHeia
- 77 kmRakkestad
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3067034 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Entur: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of Skøyen-Oslo S-Mysen-Rakkestad
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Østre linje?
The Østre linje runs 76 km from Oslo to Rakkestad.
How long does the Østre linje take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 15 min for the 76 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the Østre linje?
Vy, with Stadler Flirt Type 75.
How old is the Østre linje?
The line has been in service since 1882. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
More classic routes
- LNER Azuma
The Flying Scotsman’s route since 1862: and where Mallard set the never-beaten steam record of 203 km/h in 1938.
Wikipedia ↗ - Alfa Pendular
A tilting Pendolino leaning through the curves of the 19th-century Linha do Norte between Portugal’s two great cities.
Wikipedia ↗ - EIP Pendolino
Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h.
Wikipedia ↗ - Railjet
Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain: centre to centre faster than any flight.
Wikipedia ↗
More train routes in Norway.