City to city
Oslo to Bergen by train
Oslo S → Bergen stasjon
- Fastest
- ≈ 6h 37m
- Typical
- ≈ 7h 07m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- Vy
Trains link Oslo (Oslo S) and Bergen (Bergen stasjon) in about 6h 37m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Bergensbanen (496 km, typically 6 h 30 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Oslo to Bergen take?
The fastest trains cover Oslo to Bergen in about 6h 37m; a typical journey takes around 7h 07m.
Is there a direct train from Oslo to Bergen?
Yes: direct trains run between Oslo S and Bergen stasjon.
Is the train or a flight faster from Oslo to Bergen?
A typical flight works out roughly 3h 35m quicker door to door (about 3h 55m against 7h 25m by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 7h 25m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 3h 55m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~13 kg train · ~41 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
This corridor in the atlas
- Bergensbanen Northern Europe’s highest main line: over the bare Hardangervidda plateau at 1,237 m, through 182 tunnels.
Legendary routes through Oslo or Bergen
- Dovrebanen Oslo → Trondheim
- Sørlandsbanen Oslo → Stavanger
- Østfoldbanen Oslo → Halden
- Gjøvikbanen Oslo → Gjøvik
More trains from Oslo
- Oslo → Gothenburg ≈ 3h 26m · direct
- Oslo → Stockholm ≈ 5h 30m · direct
- Oslo → Trondheim ≈ 6h 50m · direct
- Oslo → Copenhagen ≈ 6h 59m
More train routes in Norway.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.