is kept operational, although the track remains all the way to Rødberg. The line continues past the stops Tråen, Rollag kirke, Bråten, Sjorsåte, over the Bruhaug Bridge, past the stops Laugi, Vamre, Risteigen and then passes over the river Veggli elv on a bridge. At after Kongsberg the line reaches Veggli Station, before continuing past the stops Tveitkåsa, Kjerre, Fossebrekke and then through two tunnels, Gjeiteryggen I and Gjeiteryggen II, which are and long, respectively. The line then passes by the stops Kravikfjord, Kittelsland, Eidsstrykken, a bridge over Eidsåa, the stops Norefjord, Svendsrud and the Rundberg Tunnel. The line then runs past the stop Midtstigen and Søndre Sandnes before running through five tunnels, named Sandnes I and II, Vrennedalen I and II, and Bondeberg, which are between long. Just before Gvammen Station, which is from Kongsberg, there is a branch to Nore II Power Station. The line then runs through six tunnels, named Gvamsås I through V, and Hvilsten. These are between long. The line then passes past Rødberg vokterbolig, which is form Kongsberg and is, at AMSL the highest point on the line. The line then passes over Uvdalselva on a combined road and rail bridge, before reaching Rødberg, from Kongsberg. History With the construction of the Sørland Line to Kongsberg, which opened on 10 November 1871, proposals were launched to extend the line up Numedal. On 16 August 1873, a meeting was held between representatives from the municipalities in Numedal to discuss how they could convince national politicians to build the Bergen Line through Numedal. However, instead the Bergen Line was decided to run through Hallingdal. What finally spurred the construction was the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the valley. In 1907, the government, through its power agency, had secured rights to build a power station in the rivers Numedalslågen and Tunnhovdfjorden. The state saw it as advantageous to build a railway through the valley to aid construction of Nore I and Nore II Power Station, despite the line not being on the railway plan. This was because machines weighing up to would have to be transported up the valley. The initial estimates for the line was a cost of 8.3 million Norwegian krone (NOK). On 3 August 1918, the line was passed by the Parliament of Norway and it was decided that the line was to be built with standard gauge, which by then had become