After the Trains

Kolbu Station.

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Today I finally got time to bike along former Skreiabanen Railroad from Lena to Bøverbru. I tried to go all the way to Reinsvoll, but at Bøverbru the tracks were completely gone, where I ended up at Holetjernet Lake, a beautiful lake I didn't knew about. It was nice bicycling here, very good roadway even for kids. My health was excellent today, I think I held the same speed as the trains that once went here. My father's uncle lived at Bøverbru where he run a hardware, so he used to go with train from Kraby Station to Bøverbru Station visiting him as a kid.

Going home I had a break at Håjenbrua Bridge crossing the Lenaelva River. It's not a part of the railroad though.

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An old image from the railroad trial between Lena and Skreia. Last winter they dug up the roadway here for new sewer/water-pipelines, so for the moment it's not so nice biking here. Really hope they will not pave it, as this will remove the old charm seen in this image.

Flickr.

"Family biking along the abandoned railroad of Skreiabanen".