Scenic route
Rørosbanen
Hamar → Trondheim · Norway
Rørosbanen in pictures
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- Distance
- 431 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 6 h
- Average speed
- 72 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- SJ Norge
- Train
- Type 93 Talent DMU
- Countries
- Norway
- In service since
- 1877
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The original 1877 inland route to Trondheim: diesel country through Østerdalen’s forests to Røros, the UNESCO copper town still timber-built and soot-dark.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of R 2385 (Zug-Nr. 2385)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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