Rauma Line

Rauma Line
Overview
Native name	Raumabanen
Owner	Bane NOR
Termini	Dombås Station Åndalsnes Station
Stations	5
Service
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian Railway
Operator(s)	SJ Norge CargoNet OnRail
Rolling stock	Class 93
History
Opened	30 November 1924
Technical
Line length	114.2 km (71.0 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Freight and passenger
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification	No
Route map Dovre Line from Oslo 343.04 km Dombås Station (1913) 659.3 m asl Dombås (161 m) Dovre Line to Trondheim branch line (closed) Jora Bridge (161 m) Joramo (1966) Bottheim (61 m) 352,13 km Bottheim (1921) 648.2 m asl Ulateig (–1966) 360.68 km Lesja Station (1921) 634.1 m asl Brænjord (–1966) Skarphol (–1929) 369.78 km Lora (1921) 631.7 m asl Vangen (–1966) 379.89 km Lesjaverk Station (1921) 633.2 m asl Bryggen (–1966) Åheim gård (–1988) 390.73 km Lesjaskog (1921) 615.3 m asl Øygaren (–1966) branch line to slam lagoon 399.84 km Bjorli Station (1921) 574.7 m asl Rauma (42 m) Stuguflåten (–1990) Stuguflåt Bridge (54 m) Brude (–1966) Stavem (horseshoe curve, 1,396 m) 332 m asl 418.09 km Verma (1923) 273.4 m asl Kylling horseshoe curve, 480 m) Kylling Bridge (76 m) Vermafossen Bridge Foss Bridge (80 m) Foss (–1966) 431.52 km Flatmark (1924) 126.7 m asl Remmem (–1966) 439.16 km Marstein (1924) 65.5 m asl Sælen Bridge (60 m) Lynghjem (–1966) Skjerve Bridge (66 m) 445.00 km Trollveggen 449.25 km Romsdalshorn (–1990) 9.5 m asl Sogge (–1966) 452.38 km Åk (31 m) Øran West (freight terminal, 1994) port track 457.28 km Åndalsnes Station (1924) 4.2 m asl branch line to Åndalsnes Port Terminal for special freight This diagram: view talk edit

The Rauma Line (Norwegian: Raumabanen) is a 114.2 kilometres (71.0 mi) long railway between the town of Åndalsnes (in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county), and the village of Dombås (in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county), in Norway. Running down the Romsdalen valley, the line opened between 1921 and 1924 as a branch of the Dovre Line, which connects to the cities of Oslo and Trondheim. Originally intended as the first stage to connect Ålesund, and possibly also Molde and Kristiansund, no extensions have ever been realized. The unelectrified line is served four times daily with SJ Norge's Class 93, although in the summer the service only operates from Åndalsnes to Bjorli as a tourist service. CargoLink operates a daily freight train.

The line features two horseshoe curves and has a 655 metres (2,149 ft) elevation drop. Among the line's features is the Kylling Bridge and views of the mountainous valley. Five stations remain in use: Dombås, Lesja, Lesjaverk, Bjorli and Åndalsnes. There have been launched plans to replace the line with a high-speed railway.

Freight train service have started up again (as of 2021); previously the freight trains discontinued service in 2018.^[1]