TTR57 Welcome back to Norway! We are going to undertake one of the world's great railway journies: the 500 km from Norway's capital Oslo to its second city Bergen. The fourth section of our run starts at Myrdal, the junction station for the Fl?mbanen. We have passed the highest point of the line but we are still well above the tree line and snow covers the ground on either side of the route.? On leaving Myrdal we immediately plunge into the Gravehalsen tunnel.? This tunnel was started by Italian navvies and completed by Norwegians, but at? a huge cost in human life.? Its a steady descent for mile after mile alongside the tumbling river to the "alpine" village of Voss.
This station marks the point where the Bergensbanen becomes the Vossebanen - the oldest part of the railway still in operation between Oslo and Bergen. We pass through the new Trollkona tunnel and then run beside the S?rfjorden to Arna.? From Arna to Bergen we run under Mount Fl?yen and then it's a meander past the Bergen freight yard and into the splendid station.?