Northern Norway & Sweden queries

[STEVIEBOY1]

Good morning,

Does anyone know if trains travelling from Bodo to Trondheim or VV, reverse direction at Fauske Station,? on maps I have it looks like that may do, but it's not clear.?

Is is a journey worth doing, I have done the Oslo/Bergen line which was great and also Trondheim to Oslo.

I also like the idea of the Line that goes from Narvik through to Sweden which has a connection with the Swedish Inland Railway which again looks good. I guess doing all these lines would be very expensive though?

Thanks.

 

[Class45]

I did this journey in 2013 and the trains don't reverse. I took the overnight train and although I was asleep at Fauske the train was the same way round at Bodo as it was when we left Trondheim. I booked the journey in advance on the NSB website and the cost of a one way journey from Oslo to Bodo including a sleeper berth was around £100 which I thought was reasonable considering the distance.

From Bodo I got a plane to Narvik and then a train down to Stockholm. The Narvik to Kiruna line is definitely worth doing. Fare from Narvik to Stockholm was around £130.00 including a sleeper from Boden to Stockholm, booked in advance on the SJ website

Here are some pictures of my trip if you want to have a look https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspics59/sets/72157635419358724/with/9694921698/

 

[Sir Felix Pole]

There is also a twice daily coach service Bodo-Fauske-Narvik - journey time about 6 1/2 hours. This is quite a dramatic ride with views of the Lofoten Islands and there is a ferry crossing midway. The coach connects with the principal day and night trains at Fauske - departing/arriving in the station yard.
In Summer 2013 when I did it, a duplicate coach had to be provided because of so many punters arriving off the night train from Trondheim - one coach did the
'stopping service' and the other ran 'fast' to Narvik for through passengers. No reversal of the train is needed at Fauske.

 

[Groningen]

Bus Fauske - Narvik

http://www.rutebok.no/nriiisstatictables/tables/ruter/t/23-720.htm

 

[Gerald Fiennes]

Definitely worth doing. Norway is very expensive, whatever you do so not much worrying about it in my view.

The Inlandsbanan runs down from Gallivare, all very scenic. It only runs once a day so you'l lhave to look at the timetables quite closely. In Sweden, it might be worth getting a One Country Interrail pass if you're going to be there for four days or so: valid all over with a small supplement for the fast trains.

 

[dutchflyer]

It does not really need to be very expensive, if you plan carefully and use Interrail. There used to be a Scandinavia-only 3 weekpass, but this was cancelled as they found out that InterRail gives better value. AND-if you can go off-season and be very quick with buying one- IR is even further 15% discount (global pass) untill 31/3=for last day of use 16/5. OR again from 1/9. Then you only pay the supplmts you choose-buit those for obligatory Seat RES you cannot avoid. IR is also accepted on the summerseason only Inlandsbanan. Ive done it all the way quite some time ago-its nice, but not over the top, and lots of Kms just repeat themselves. I think there was even a discount on the quite expensive bus Fauske-Narvik.

 

[30907]

Years since I did the trip, and I only managed the northern section of Inlandsbanen (it wasn't high season, so no through train), but yes - all well worth it, but very different from the Bergen line, with long stretches of wilderness. The climb out of Narvik is spectacular, and the bus from Fauske a must (though I think they've surfaced all the road now!).

 

[Groningen]

The price from Narvik to Fauske is 330 Norwegian currency one way. With a currency converter that makes 34 UK currency. But tell me; what other choice to you have. I liked to go north and south not along the same route. So it was Hamburg - Copenhagen - Oslo - Trondheim - Fauske - Narvik - Stockholm - Goteborg - Copenhagen and Hamburg for me, when i used Interrail. The same applies for London - Glasgow/Edinburgh and London by the way.

 

[Welly]

Bodo - Trondheim trains do not reverse at Fauske as it is not a junction. I've been there last year.

The bus from Bodo to Narvik departs only twice a day, 7.00am and 4.30pm approx - takes 6 hours in total with rest stops at Fauske and a ride on a vehicle ferry! Be aware, halfway through the journey, you will have to change bus as the driver drives his bus from his home depot and back. The scenery is spectacular so no dull moments at all!

 

[Groningen]

Question: why does what think that trains reverse direction in Fauske?

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

I did this journey in 2013 and the trains don't reverse. I took the overnight train and although I was asleep at Fauske the train was the same way round at Bodo as it was when we left Trondheim. I booked the journey in advance on the NSB website and the cost of a one way journey from Oslo to Bodo including a sleeper berth was around £100 which I thought was reasonable considering the distance.

From Bodo I got a plane to Narvik and then a train down to Stockholm. The Narvik to Kiruna line is definitely worth doing. Fare from Narvik to Stockholm was around £130.00 including a sleeper from Boden to Stockholm, booked in advance on the SJ website

Here are some pictures of my trip if you want to have a look https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspics59/sets/72157635419358724/with/9694921698/

Very good photos here, thank you.
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Question: why does what think that trains reverse direction in Fauske?

I thought there may have been a resversal at Fauske because on some maps I have it looks like that may do, but they were not very clear.

Thank you to everyone for all the replies here. I shall certainly try to do these lines in the next year or so.

 

[306024]

And if you stop off at the station buffet in Fauske, you may be served by a woman with an East London accent, who moved there many years ago but still talks proper

Fascinating part of the world. Can be combined with trips on the Hurtigruten if funds allow, the bus ride from Narvik to Svolvaer is an adventure. The iron ore trains on the Kiruna line are the main railway interest to photograph, as well as the scenery of course.

 

[Groningen]

Source: www.4rail.eu

 

[Zerothebrake!]

Going out there in a couple of weeks time..I'm flying from Bodo to Narvik with Wideroes for £60 then take the train from Narvik to Kiruna (£15 booked on SJ website) and Kiruna to Stockholm for £60 with a couchette(also via SJ website) - so it's not that expensive really.The real expense comes if you want to eat out or stay in upmarket hotels while you're over there.Hope this helps,Z.

 

[PhilipF]

Definitely worth doing. Norway is very expensive, whatever you do so not much worrying about it in my view.

The Inlandsbanan runs down from Gallivare, all very scenic. It only runs once a day so you'l lhave to look at the timetables quite closely. In Sweden, it might be worth getting a One Country Interrail pass if you're going to be there for four days or so: valid all over with a small supplement for the fast trains.

No, I certainly don't agree. As another poster remarked "wilderness" - actually rather unattractive trees, though there are just a few small lakes. The complete rail journey up to Galliivare took us two really long days, on the final day we did not reach that town til after ten in the evening I think
I was real pleased we'd booked a room to spend the night, but was concerned, would there be someone still up to let us in:roll: Thankfully so
It was an 'experience' however. Most certainly unforgettable rail trip on down to Narvik. Fact the round trip was worth the £600 we paid for the two interrails.
Actually, those two tickets covered us from Hamburg, up through Denmark, through Sweden and Norway, plus even some more rail travel in Denmark.
We had reached Hamburg via Paris and Amsterdam from Cherbourg on another ticket. So quite a journey in all.

 

[Groningen]

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