Scandinavian circle 1 - Östersund, Storlien, Trondheim

Today my trip continues from Östersund to Trondheim.

 Östersund C

 SJ Night train from Stockholm/Göteborg is arriving this early morning to Östersund.

 After having been a daily service through the years, this train will be reduced to peak season weeks in the summer and winter from April 2016 due to low passenger amount. For the rest of the year, there is a possibility to take daytime Intercity and Snabbtåg.

 Sleeping coach WL1 from 1960's is used in this train.

 Y1 Inlandsbanan train back to Mora and X62 Norrtåg to Storlien.

 Krokom old station house

 Trångsviken station

 Mittbanan (Central Line) is a railway from Sundsvall to Storlien and was built 1882.

 From Storlien, it is continuing as Meråkerbanen further to Trondheim in Norway. It is planned to be electrified, the construction will start 2017 and will be finished 2022.

 Järpen

 Undersåker

 Åre

 Åre is another popular ski resort (the other one Vemdalen mentioned in previous post)

 Duved

 Duved is the last stop for night train and Intercity trains from Stockholm. An IC train is parked here to the left.

 Night train is parked here too.

 Ånn

Enafors

 Last stop for X62 Norrtåget is Storlien. The railway is not electrified further west...

 ...So, the change for a diesel coach is necessary. Norwegian BM92 is operated from Storlien to Trondheim twice per day.

 Changing trains at the border is a very common view in many countries. After electrification 2022, it might be not necessary anymore.

 The highest point among all railways in Sweden is here, 600m above the sea.

 Driver's cabin in BM92. The train is manufactured by German Duwag in 1985, later the company was sold to Siemens. Top speed is 140km/h.

 Trains were refurbished 2005. Today they are operated around Trondheim area.

 The train between Norway and Sweden on this line is sometimes called Nabotåget, taken from Norwegian word for neighbour - nabo.

 The train is continuing to Heimdal after Trondheim.

 Storlien, as well as Duved, Åre is a ski resort.

 Shortly after departure from Storlien, the train is reaching Stora Helvetet (Big hell), which is a railway embankment 24m high and just above the important E14 road. In 2014 the railway here were closed due to movements of the embankment, after a year of renovations the railway was opened again 2015. But autumn 2016 it will be closed again for one year.

 The border between Sweden and Norway is displayed here. There are totally 4 railway cross points between Sweden and Norway: Riksgränsen, Storlien, Charlottenberg and Kornsjö.

 The border is seen here.

 After Storlien, the railway is quickly descending, from 600m above sea level to 0m in about 100km.

Kopperå

Meråker

Gudå

I'm taking an early train, many passengers are sleeping on this 2h journey from Sweden to Norway.

Hegra

River Stjørdalselva

Time to break the ice

The airport of Trondheim - Værnes, fourth busiest in Norway

Stjørdalselva bridge from 1902, is replaced by a newer one (to the left). The bridge is starting point for Nordlandsbanen, a railway from Trondheim to Bodø. The railway is 729km long and it is the longest line in Norway.

Hell station

The building is from 1881, and it is so famous that it can be bought as a model 

The railway is continuing the last part to Trondheim along the fjord

Norwegian plane is about to take off

SAS plane is about to land

Vikhammer coast should be kept clean

Arriving to Trondheim S, the train is continuing as local service to Heimdal.

In 2014 the station was modernised with new platforms and design

Hurtigruten - famous boat line has a stop in Trondheim