Welcome to the incredible Bergensbanen in Norway.
This is one of the best winter train journeys in Europe – I’ll be showing you the restaurant, the different classes, and of course the amazing scenery on the ride from Oslo to Bergen.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Oslo S
Destination: Bergen
Company: Vy
Train: NSB El18 + B7 Coaches
Accommodation: Standard Seat (2nd)
Distance: 483 kilometres / 300 miles
Price: 289.00 kr. (£24.40 / €27.50 / $29.50)
Time: 7 hours 3 minutes, arrived 2 minutes early
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37 Comments
Norway with the snow in winter is so interesting and breathtaking. Even the scenery as well. 😍
Bro you must try a Sibinuang train in Indonesia is good
Great trip. It's great trying this train on winter, even though everything is white around the journey.
What a fantastic scenic journey, and at such a great price too !! 🙂
What a train, what a journey, what a pleasure to watch. Excellent video 👍
It’s so beautiful watching that snow land
Beautiful…..really must save up and try it sometime. Thanks for sharing.
It is the same seat as in the mid-2000 refurbished ICE 1.
I´ve made this trip in February. It was awesome! Best train trip I had.
Wahey, got the Hoth reference in there, felt sure you wouldn't let us down. When I travelled this route (also in winter, part of a ski holiday trip) there also was a pet carriage with pet owners sat next to their pets in their carriage boxes. Remember the kids' playspace carriage well and the seats in the cafebar that sensibly face out of the window. The waiting room at the mountain station we got on at after our ski trip was nicer than my home at the time – well-stocked library, roaring fire, comfy armchair, fleecy rug.
hi, what date is this?
Pretty impressive all round. That family carriage with the kids play area looks amazing for kids and parents. Can't believe I've never seen anyone do that before. Such a great idea. The scenery also looks very impressive at the end. Right up there with some of the best routes in Switzerland. Also, those locos are probably my favourite electric locos in the world (at least the SBB ones anyway). Definitely one for the bucket list!
You actually pronounced the station names fairly well for someone being British! Well done!
I am from Oslo, but went to a school in Voss (where the gondola is) for a year, so I took this train back home every holiday. I often went with friends and it was quite a good time. I also take this train whenever I go to my cabin in the mountains 🙂
I believe I also read somewhere that the locomotive used on Bergensbanen (El 18) is actually armored above the driver's seat! It's to protect in case of an avalanche or rocks falling.
Norske Tog, the company responsible for buying trains in Norway, has also recently ordered new EMU's to be used on Bergensbanen from 2026. They're being produced by Stadler.
Interesting video from the trim and train. Good work. Greetings from Poland. 👍
Thanks for your hard work
So beautiful and scenic! I guess I also have to plan a winter trip from Oslo to Bergen! And 27.50€ is a real bargain here! The Norwegian Train operator knows how to keep the country rollin‘!
"Rakes" rather than "trainsets" is music to my Indian ears!
The next time you're in India, you should try out the Vistadome coaches on some trains that ply between Bengaluru and Mangaluru. These are dome cars with swivelling chairs and large windows (and windows on the roof as well). There's also an observation space at the back. The train gives you fantastic views of the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Vistadome service is booked as an "Executive Chair Class" (ECC) ticket on 16515 Karwar Express, 16575 Gomateshwara Express or 16539 Mangaluru Jn. Weekly Express. Do take care to book this service from Bengaluru to Mangaluru to get the best views of the track and the many tunnels, as the observation car faces the locomotive on the reverse journey and is a bit of a let-down.
There is no meal service, only some vending machines that deplete quickly. Hawkers mostly don't enter the ECC coaches either. So you should probably get your food at a station with a long stop.
Of course, if I'm free when you're around, I'd be more than happy to accompany you – I'm a Bengaluru local and can speak Kannada.
This train is nowhere compares to India vande Bharat trains
Can you put the date of recording in the description
i did this route in the summer a good few years ago … flew into Gardermoen, bus to Hønefoss station (not sure if this still runs), train to Myrdal, Flåm railway down to the bottom, overnight in a B&B, back up to Myrdal the next day, and on to Bergen … awesome trip
The carriages are refurbished since new but also notice how good the carriages are for being built in 1980 by a norwegian company Strømmens Værksted next to oslo, they also used to make locos and trams aswell.
nordic express … well it stays pretty much in southern Norway, not even reaching Trondheim which is somewhat in central Norway. The Nortland Line which starts in Trondheim and heads up north, across the arctic circle, would be more of a nordic express in my opinion
I’ve done the flåmsbannen, on a cruise, loved it so spectacular
I would like if you could mention the time at which you have recorded your videos
I am really wonder how people are living in the few isolated houses that are located near the railway line
You should try the new ICNG services in the Netherlands. I personally dislike them and find the older ICR units they'll be replacing more comfortable. I'm curious to find out what you think! 🙂
Nice journey overall, I will keep that in mind 🙂 The seats are the same as the original ones on Germany's ICE 3 train sets from 20 years ago, I prefer them to the ones that now became the standard since introduction of ICE 4, that got a lot of criticism.
I’ve seen a few train vids and this chap’s are by far the best. It’s not all about him in the vid, he does a little intro at the start, then the rest is about the train and the views, not the presenter showboating/showing off.
Keep up the brilliant work, m8. 👏😀👍
thats a stunning trip! added to my bucket list now… you've missed your tile on the end screen, but I'll search for the sleeper train now!
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Impressive to see such a well kept modern infrastructure.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Omg this is so beautiful the train 1010 i like it oslo that ks where my train is going to from gremany and to denmark and to Sweden and to oslo and back to Copenhagen
Just know that norway use the same text like Denmark like this is hej in Norway hej
the doors might open outwards so that people on the inside cannot hold themselves in as easily if there is an incident. You would have to pull on the door, which is not as easy to apply as much force as just leaning on it. Though, crime on trains/ticket evasion is probably not an issue in norway as much as I have seen here
Wow! So much better than the trip I did on this line (including the Myrdal-Flåm branch) in 1972..!
The sick bag is usually for those who had Altitude Sickness or Motion Sickness. There are quite a few people do get altitude sickness as the train ascends or descends. Also, for those who has gastric.