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The same ticket prices were charged as elsewhere, based on a fee per kilometer; the low speed combined with a lot of free travelers using InterRail tickets gave little revenue. From 1991, the ticket prices were increased as if the line was 20 kilometers (12 mi) longer. [46] In 1992, a new station building was taken into use at Flåm. [47]
Flåm is one of Norway's largest tourist attractions, with an estimated half a million visitors annually. The Flåm Railway Documentation Centre provides information into the building of the Flåm Railway and the technical challenge facing this engineering work through the use of different exhibitions with text, image and sound. [3] [4]
Pages in category "Railway stations on the Flåm Line" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Myrdal station is located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the village of Flåm and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Aurlandsvangen.There is no road connection to Myrdal although there are some cottages and hotels in the area, served by Myrdal Station, and the nearby Vatnahalsen Station, about a kilometer before Myrdal, and 50 metres lower towards mean sea level.
Vatnahalsen Station (Norwegian: Vatnahalsen holdeplass) is a railway station on the Flåm Line in Aurland, Norway. It is 1.13 kilometers (0.70 mi) from Myrdal Station, 336.93 kilometers (209.36 mi) from Oslo Central Station and 811.3 meters (2,662 ft) above mean sea level. The station opened on 1 August 1940. [1] [2] Vatnahalsen
Berekvam Station (Norwegian: Berekvam holdeplass) is a railway station in Aurland, Norway, on the Flåm Line.It is 10.51 kilometers (6.53 mi) from Myrdal Station, 346.31 kilometers (215.19 mi) from Oslo Central Station and 344 meters (1,129 ft) above mean sea level.
Flåm Utvikling manages the tourist line Flåm Line (Flåmsbana) in Vestland county, Norway. [1]Flåm Utvikling AS is a tourism company whose aim is to strengthen and further develop the tourism industry in Flåm in Aurland municipality.
It currently receives almost 450,000 visitors a year. Most ride the 20-kilometre (12 mi) Flåm Line between Flåm and Myrdal, one of the steepest railway tracks at 1 in 18 (not counting rack railways) in the world. There are also a few spirals. [8] A former rail station building in Flåm now houses a museum dedicated to the Flåm railway.