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Follo Line Birdseye model.jpg

North South Rail Link

Integrated Regional Rail

Oslo - Follo Line

North South Rail Link

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    • Zurich - Durchmesserlinie
    • Malmo - Citytunneln
    • Leipzig - City-Tunnel
    • Stockholm - Citybanan
    • Ottawa - Confederation Line
    • Gothenburg - Vastlanken
    • London - Crossrail
    • London - Jubilee Extension
    • Oslo - Follo Line
    • New York - East Side Access
    • Philadelphia - Center City Commuter Connection
    • Cambridge & Somerville - Red Line Extension
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    • Legacy of Bold Investments
    • Two Terminals
    • Rise And Fall Of Highways
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The Follobanen (Follo Line), Norway’s largest rail project, will create a direct high-speed rail link between the capitol city of Oslo and a regional transportation hub in the Follo District, 14 miles to the south, cutting travel time from 22 minutes to 11 minutes. The project, which includes two separate tunnels running side-by side for most of the route, is the largest rail project in Norway, intended to support a 30% population increase in the Oslo region.

While much of the project is in a rural setting, construction near Oslo Central Staiton is complex and requires interfaces with several preexisting tunnel projects. Completion is expected in 2021. Project cost is $2.35 Billion.

Route map of the Follo Line, between Oslo and Ski

Route map of the Follo Line, between Oslo and Ski

[Jernbaneverket]

View of Oslo Central Station yard and platforms, seen from Ekeberg

View of Oslo Central Station yard and platforms, seen from Ekeberg

The Olympic ski jump is visible in the upper left.   [© Trond Strandsberg]

Follo Line alignment near Oslo

Follo Line alignment near Oslo

[Jernbaneverket]

CAD model of the Follo Line tunnels near Oslo central station, heading south toward Ski

CAD model of the Follo Line tunnels near Oslo central station, heading south toward Ski

[Jernbaneverket]

The Follo line is being built as two separate single-track tunnels 25 meters apart (similar to the Red Line Northwest Extension)

The Follo line is being built as two separate single-track tunnels 25 meters apart (similar to the Red Line Northwest Extension)

[Jernbaneverket]

 Twin-bore tunnels of the Oslo-Ski Follobanen are being bored through hard rock with 4 TBM's, working from each end toward the center to expedite the work.   [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director]

Twin-bore tunnels of the Oslo-Ski Follobanen are being bored through hard rock with 4 TBM's, working from each end toward the center to expedite the work.   [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director]

 [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director

[© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director

 Montage showing complexity of existing tunnel infrastrucfture new Oslo Central Station.   [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director]

Montage showing complexity of existing tunnel infrastrucfture new Oslo Central Station.   [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director]

Birdseye view of the Follo Line portals just south of Oslo Central Station

Birdseye view of the Follo Line portals just south of Oslo Central Station

[© Jernbaneverket / ViaNova]

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Route map of the Follo Line, between Oslo and Ski
View of Oslo Central Station yard and platforms, seen from Ekeberg
Follo Line alignment near Oslo
CAD model of the Follo Line tunnels near Oslo central station, heading south toward Ski
The Follo line is being built as two separate single-track tunnels 25 meters apart (similar to the Red Line Northwest Extension)
 Twin-bore tunnels of the Oslo-Ski Follobanen are being bored through hard rock with 4 TBM's, working from each end toward the center to expedite the work.   [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director]
 [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director
 Montage showing complexity of existing tunnel infrastrucfture new Oslo Central Station.   [© Jernbaneverket / Anne Kathrine Kalager, Project Director]
Birdseye view of the Follo Line portals just south of Oslo Central Station
 
 

Presentation of the Follo Line Project - January 2015. (no sound)

Follo Line Brochure 1

Follo Line Brochure 2

 
 
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