Flåm Railway (Flåmsbana)
Navigate from Myrdal Station to Flåm Station across a span of 20.2km.
0.92 hours
20.2 km
Moderate to Expensive
Standard Seat (Myrdal–Flåm, one-way)
Meals: None
Ensuite: No
Premium / Comfort Seat (panoramic window, one-way)
Meals: Light refreshments
Standard Return (Flåm–Myrdal, same day)
NSB El 18 electric locomotives (Vy / Flåm Utvikling)
1,435 mm (standard gauge)
Electric regenerative braking + pneumatic disc brakes on carriages; failsafe spring-applied parking brakes on steep gradients
5.5% (1 in 18) gradient — one of the steepest standard-gauge adhesion railways in the world
863m elevation drop over 20.2 km requiring precise braking management
18 of 20 tunnels hand-excavated through unstable mountain bedrock in 1920s–1940s
Multiple tight curves (down to ~130m radius) requiring specialized bogie design
Kjosfossen section requires specialist waterfall drainage and flood management
Winter ice and snow management on exposed sections above 800m elevation
Single-track operation with passing loops only at major stations
Maximum operating speed 40 km/h (limited by gradient and curve geometry, not locomotive power)
866 m
2.8 m
864 m
5.5% (1 in 18)
11
20 (18 hand-excavated 1924–1940)
15 kV AC 16.7 Hz overhead line
40 km/h
~2,540 kW (NSB El 18 class)
1941 (15 October)
1924–1940
Bane NOR
Flåm Utvikling (subsidiary of Vy)
1,435 mm (standard)
Single (with passing loops)
Tourist / scenic train (connecting to Bergen Line)