City to city
Oslo to Trondheim by train
Oslo S → Trondheim Sentral
- Fastest
- ≈ 6h 50m
- Typical
- ≈ 7h 05m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- SJ Nord, Vy
Trains link Oslo (Oslo S) and Trondheim (Trondheim Sentral) in about 6h 50m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Dovrebanen (553 km, typically ≈ 6 h 40 min), one of 1247 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
How long does the train from Oslo to Trondheim take?
The fastest trains cover Oslo to Trondheim in about 6h 50m; a typical journey takes around 7h 05m.
Is there a direct train from Oslo to Trondheim?
Yes: direct trains run between Oslo S and Trondheim Sentral.
Is the train or a flight faster from Oslo to Trondheim?
A typical flight works out roughly 3h 25m quicker door to door (about 4h 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
- ≈ 4h (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~17 kg train · ~53 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
- Dovrebanen Over the Dovrefjell plateau where wild musk oxen roam: mountain birch, snow fences and midnight sun.
Legendary routes through Oslo or Trondheim
- Bergensbanen Oslo → Bergen
- Nordlandsbanen Trondheim → Bodø
- Sørlandsbanen Oslo → Stavanger
- Rørosbanen Hamar → Trondheim
More trains from Oslo
- Oslo → Gothenburg ≈ 3h 26m · direct
- Oslo → Stockholm ≈ 5h 30m · direct
- Oslo → Bergen ≈ 6h 37m · 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.