119:. It first attempted to establish itself at Kopstad Station, but instead settled for Kleppen Station. It was at the time intact with a full inventory, including such items as a complete storage of unused tickets. Several of the railway carriages were identified, most of them used as cabins. One person offered to donate two carriages, with original interior and coloring, but after a building permit was rejected he instead chose to burn them down. A representative traveled to Sweden, where he was able to purchase narrow-gauge rolling stock. Clearing of the line at Hillestad started in May 1968 and station building at Kleppen was attempted transported up to Hillestad. However, the truck carrying the building had an accident and the building was smashed. The heritage enthusiasm died out.
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railway without its main customer. The railway company's director thus in 1936 started the process of closing the segment from
Hillestad to Holmestrand, and from 1936 only irregular trains ran on the segment. A youth fair resulted in several charter trains being run on 13 June 1937. The final revenue train was a series of half-completed freight trains which were being built by Eidsfoss Verk. Because of the uncertain future of the line, they decided to transfer production to Sundland in Drammen and the unfinished cars were sent via HVB. The last revenue train to Tønsberg ran on 31 May 1938, which, caused by lack of proper maintenance of the track, derailed at Hoff Station.
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rejected any proposals to close the Tønsberg–Hillestad segment. Aldermen in
Holmestrand disagreed and demanded that the head office be located in Holmestrand and thus Holmestrand Municipality decided not to buy shares in the new railway company. This resulted in the capital being limited to NOK 50,000, but secured Tønsberg Municipality control over the company. They therefore started planning to close the segment from Hillestad to Holmestrand. This was met with resistance in Holmestrand, as an estimated 44 people would lose their jobs and
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was characterized as "very poor", even by
Norwegian standards. The importance of the line was also question, as it run parallel to the Vestfold Line and no station south of Hildestad was ever more than 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) from a station on the main line. NSB also argued that the line's utility was severely reduced because the line had never been extended to
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NSB was more positive to the upper section, and proposed that the segment from Hoff to
Eidsfoss remain, as most of the freight could be transferred to Holmestrand. This rearrangement would, according to the estimates, break even. However, local politicians were not interested in closing either of the
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was, along with the
Eidsfoss Station, sold to Eidsfoss Verk, and remained there until it has scrapped in 1957. By then the railway line at Eidsfoss was still in working order. Two freight cars were sold to NSB. Stations were typically sold to the owners which had sold the land to the railway, while
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The financial difficulties at
Hvittingfoss Bruk caused stress for the railway company. The detour via Tønsberg increased transport costs, and the director attempted at using trucks to freight pulp to Holmestrand instead of using the train. The factory shut down production several times, leaving the
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Vittingfoss Bruk was owned by Tønsberg Municipality, they had moved all transport from the pulp mill to Tønsberg, despite the longer ride and higher costs this incurred. Tønsberg Municipal Council therefore demanded that the head office of Vestfold Privatbaner be placed in Tønsberg. They also
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on the Sørlandet Line. NSB further criticized that trains running on the northern segment did not run the shorter distance to
Holmestrand. NSB therefore rejected taking over the line and instead proposed running a bus service from Tønsberg to Auli twice per day.
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lines. However, to rationalize operations, they merged the two railway companies to create
Vestfold Privatbaner on 23 August 1934. It was given a board consisting of five members, one appointed by the
42:(TEB). The company was created in 1934 as a merger between the two former operating companies of each of the two lines, but Vestfold Privatbaner closed operations already on 1 June 1938.
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