 The Jæren Line opened as a narrow gauge railway between Stavanger and Egersund on 1 March 1878 . The railway was extended from Egersund to Flekkefjord on 1 November 1904 as the Flekkefjord Line . On 21 December 1924 , the Jæren Line 's only branch opened , the Ålgård Line from Ganddal to Ålgård . On 1 March 1944 , the Jæren Line became part of the Sørland Line , when the line opened between Sira and Kristiansand and the Jæren Line was converted to standard gauge . The Sørland Line from Egersund to Stavanger was opened as electric on 3 June 1956 . This resulted in Class 65 and Class 67 electric multiple units being used on local trains on the line . In 1960 , the services were replaced by Class 68 units . The section from Stavanger to Sandnes became the first part of the Norwegian railway network , after the Ofoten Line , to centrally controlled . The centralized traffic control opened from Stavanger to Sandnes on 20 March 1964 , and from Sandnes to Egersund on 7 July . The whole line received partial automatic train control on 31 December 1986 . 
