Railway lines stretch for more than 3,000 kilometres accross Norway, with a total of 775 tunnels and over 3,000 bridges. Most of the routes go through changing scenic countryside, offering panorama views of suburbs, mountains, lakes and fjords.
The most famous of these rail stretches is the Bergen Railway, which runs between Oslo and Bergen over the mountain plateau Hardangervidda, the roof of Norway.
Other spectacular railway lines are The Dovre Railway from Oslo and Trondheim with its side line the Rauma Railway between Dombås and Åndalsnes, the alpine town by the fjord.
Travel like Harry Potter
Parts of the Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", are filmed on the Rauma Railway. The sequences filmed on the Rauma Railway were filmed in Bjorli and shot on a veteran train belonging to the Norwegian Railway Club.
See the northern lights or midnight sun
If you would like to travel through a different type of landscape, with a spectacular light and the possibility to see the midnight sun and the northern lights, travel north on the Northern Railway between Trondheim and Bodø.
See slideshow with pictures of the northern lights.
Scenic railroad lines
Combination tours
Combination tours are roundtrips with train, bus and boat and offer great value for money. The most popular of these is the whole year running Norway in a nutshell® tour, a fabulous trip that takes you through some of the most picturesque landscapes in Norway including fjords, mountains and valleys.
Offers and discounts
There are many special offers and discounts that make train travel both enjoyable and reasonable.
On regional trains, the Minipris ticket costs NOK 199 for a single ticket, whatever the length of your journey, as long as there are Minipris seats still available. The offer is available for a limited number of seats on NSB Regional departures. Minipris tickets can be purchased on the internet and from ticket machines. Tickets must be bought at least one day before the date of travel.
For those who are going to travel around in Norway the InterRail and Eurail passes are worth buying.
Smoking
In Norway, smoking is prohibited on domestic trains and inside the train stations.