Kvinesheitunnel

The Kvinesheitunnel at the Sørlandsbane located west of Snartemo in Hægebostad in Norway and is 9,065 feet long. From 1944 to 1973 he was the longest railway tunnel in Norway.

The straight line inside the tunnel is 9,020 meters. This is the longest straight tunnel route in Norway. She is five feet longer than the straight line in the 14,580 km long Romeriksporten at the Gardemobane.

For the construction of the tunnel two accumulator narrow gauge locomotives of the NSB Ska series were built 207. During the construction we had built a narrow- gauge track in the tunnel between the standard gauge track. In the area of ​​job existed sidings to because of the long travel times prior to departure the full set to provide another blank overburden set.

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