Rauma Line

Corkscrews down Romsdalen past the 1,100 m Trollveggen, Europe’s tallest vertical cliff, via the Stavem spiral tunnel and stone Kylling Bridge.

A late branch off the Dovre Line, finished in 1924, it spends much of its 114 km descending from 659 m at Dombås to barely four metres above the fjord, tracking the glass-green Rauma river. Film crews keep returning, the valley stood in for the Hogwarts Express route in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and in tourist season the trains slow right down at the great viewpoints. Åndalsnes arrives as pure theatre, ringed by 1,500 m Romsdalen peaks with buses onward to Trollstigen.

Stations

1. 0 kmDombås
2. 16 kmLesja
3. 36 kmLesjaverk
4. 55 kmBjorli
5. 112 kmÅndalsnes

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.

Along the way

• Lesjaskogsvatnet lake
• Bjorli plateau
• Kylling Bridge over the Rauma
• Stavem spiral tunnel
• Trollveggen — 1,100 m wall
• Åndalsnes fjord finale

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 950560 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via Entur: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the Raumabanen to Åndalsnes
• 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 Rauma Line?

The Rauma Line runs 114 km from Dombås to Åndalsnes.

How long does the Rauma Line take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 40 min for the 114 km. That is an average of 68 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.

Who runs the Rauma Line?

SJ Norge, with Class 93 Talent DMU.

How old is the Rauma Line?

The line has been in service since 1924. 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.

How high does the Rauma Line climb?

659 m above sea level at its highest point.

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