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The line has standard gauge and a minimum curve radius of 130 meters (430 ft), [1] and is the steepest standard-gauge railway in Europe. [2] Maximum permitted speed upwards is 40 km/h (25 mph), while it is 30 km/h (19 mph) downhill. The line has eight stops, twenty tunnels and one bridge. [1]
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.
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]
The stop is located just below the passing loop. When one car is halted here, the other car is stopped at Skansemyren. Passing loop. Cars do not stop. Skansemyren: An intermediate stop, which is situated in Skansemyren , at an elevation of 181 m (594 ft) above mean sea level, which is five minutes walk from sports arena. The stop is located ...
The main railway network consists of 4,087 km of lines, of which 262 km is double track and 60 km high-speed rail (210 km/h). In addition there is 225 km of urban railways, of which 218 km is double track. In addition there are some industrial tracks and minor branch lines and some abandoned and heritage railways.
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. B.
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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.