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NORTHERN EUROPE PROFILE: JERNBANEVERKET
Three loading yards
The Ganddal site covers 340,000m
2
(84
acres). It comprises three 600-metre yards
for loading and unloading containers and
swapbodies, plus marshalling tracks and a
forwarding area. The terminal has been
constructed so that trains will be loaded
and unloaded using forklift trucks, but it
will be possible to install cranes at a later
date. Schenker and Tollpost have already
established operations in the forwarding
area, which still has vacant space and can
be expanded if required.
Efficient terminal
Jernbaneverket is currently building a new
double-track line between Sandnes and
Stavanger to facilitate an increase in local
passenger services on the Jæren line.
Relocating the freight terminal to
Ganddal will free up capacity between
Most freight trains on Norwegian railways carry containers, semi-trailers and swapbodies.
Here, a Cargonet service from Bergen to Oslo is seen traversing the mountain
Sandnes and Stavanger, because freight
section of the Bergen line. Photo Credit: Jernbaneverket trains no longer need to run all the way
into Stavanger. The shorter distance
Sandnes, approximately 18km from highway network of the Jæren region. between the Oslo and Stavanger
downtown Stavanger – a better location in With the opening of Ganddal, the region terminals, coupled with more efficient
relation to the market it serves. From now has air, sea and rail terminals loading and unloading at Ganddal, means
Ganddal there is direct access to the concentrated within a 10km radius. it is now possible for freight trains to
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Maintenance
Slab track systems
Urban & underground railways
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Narrow gauge sections
Station systems
Industrial tracks
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