Scenic route
Nordlandsbanen
Trondheim → Bodø · Norway
Norway’s longest railway: 729 km of fjordside, forest and bare Saltfjellet plateau, and the country’s only line across the Arctic Circle.
- Distance
- 729 km
- Fastest time
- 9 h 50 min
- Average speed
- 74 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmTrondheim +3
- 30 kmTrondheim lufthavn (Værnes)
- 32 kmStjørdal
- 80 kmLevanger
- 92 kmVerdal
- 120 kmSteinkjer
Show 18 more stations
- 167 kmJørstad
- 175 kmSnåsa - Snåase
- 212 kmGrong
- 228 kmHarran
- 247 kmLassemoen
- 282 kmNamsskogan
- 312 kmMajavatn / Maajehjaevrie
- 357 kmTrofors
- 395 kmMosjøen
- 429 kmDrevvatn
- 456 kmBjerka
- 484 kmMo i Rana / Måefie
- 498 kmSkonseng
- 528 kmDunderland
- 586 kmLønsdal / Luonosvágge (Lønsdalen)
- 617 kmRøkland / Rævkka
- 631 kmRognan
- 657 kmFauske / Fuossko
- 667 kmValnesfjord
- 685 kmOteråga
- 691 kmTverlandet
- 701 kmMørkved
- 710 kmBodø - Bådåddjo
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 19118349: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 131 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 37 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of R 471
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Nordlandsbanen?
The Nordlandsbanen runs 729 km from Trondheim to Bodø.
How long does the Nordlandsbanen take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 9 h 50 min for the 729 km. That is an average of 74 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Nordlandsbanen?
SJ Norge, with Di 4 diesel-hauled.
How old is the Nordlandsbanen?
The line has been in service since 1962. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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