Today I'm traveling from Lillehammer to Hønefoss
Lake Mjøsa in the morning
Brumunddal
Hamar
A new double-track railway is being constructed to Hamar
Stensrud station, no stop here for any train
Tangen station
Tangen church
I can spot construction of the new railway bridge far away
R10 Lillehammer-Drammen is operating the line here
Train to Trondheim
Train 5902 Åndalsnes-Alnabru
It is the 159 005 I saw yesterday evening in Lillehammer, now it is already on the way back
Train 41607 Arvika-Sørli
I don't think Hector Rail has any domestic service here in Norway; instead, all services start or end in Sweden
243 114, "Heusinger von Waldegg"
Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg was a German mechanical engineer and railway engineer. Edmund Heusinger was born in Langenschwalbach, Hesse, Germany, on May 12, 1817. In 1841, he became a master-workman with the Taunus Railway. In 1854, he was awarded a contract to build the Homburg Railway. (Wikipedia)
Sørli timber terminal is located just north of Tangen, so this train will be loaded with wood products and return to Sweden.
Train 5731 to Trondheim
16 2201
My next train to Oslo S
I will be changing trains here in Oslo S
Summer is a typical time for many railworks in Norway, this summer the railway is closed through Drammen, so the trains to Bergen is rerouted through Gjøviksbanen.
F4 line to Bergen is stopping in Hønefoss
During the closure in Drammen, passenger trains to/from Bergen are taking the Roa–Hønefoss Line, which is a 32km long, single-track railway line between Roa and Hønefoss. At Roa Station, the line connects to the Gjøvik Line, while at Hønefoss Station, it connects to the Randsfjorden Line and the Bergen Line. The Line was built by the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) and opened on 1 December 1909, along with the last part of the Bergen Line. The line was electrified in 1961. Until 1989, nearly all Oslo–Bergen trains used the line to terminate at Oslo East Station. It was also possible to reach Oslo from Hønefoss via the Randsfjord Line, although the line terminated at Oslo West Station. NSB also ran a local service between Hønefoss and Oslo along the Roa–Hønefoss Line. Oslo–Bergen trains ran via the Randsfjord Line after 1989, and regional train services have been terminated. However, the line remains in use for freight trains along the Oslo–Bergen route. (Wikipedia)
The line between Oslo and Bergen is typically operated with EL18 and Class 7 coaches; however, due to insufficient rolling stock during the summer, when the line is extremely popular, regional trains of the BM74 and BM75 classes are used here. Typically, these trains are used only for shorter commuter services.
This single track is the only one connecting Bergen and Stavanger with Oslo this summer
Stavanger passenger trains are replaced by bus between Oslo and Kongsberg, while the freight also uses this route. It is then necessary to change direction here in Hønefoss and once again in Mjøndalen, so a complicated scheme is in place this summer for certain trains.
This is a freight train to Bergen
16 2210
Checking in at the hotel, the same one I stayed at in April 2017 (see my post from that time)
Nothing has changed here since 2017. NSB is now VY
Train to Oslo
Here is the real train for Bergen line, but it is probably sold out since long ago
Train 41662 Hønefoss-Magnor
243 119 "Pihl"
243 105
Also a freight train to Bergen
187 417
Train 8253 Grenland Rail
Train 85811 to Mjøndalen and later to Stavanger
185 696
In 2012 it was leased to Transpetrol GmbH Internationale Eisenbahnspedition
The train has to change direction here
The train is too long, so is has to now go backwards before switching to the other line
All of these procedures take a lot of time, but there is no other option
Finally
Grenland Rail train is already prepared with locomotives at both ends
Rc4 1154 and 1147 from Nordic Re-Finance
Late at night there are more trains, but I will only have patience with this one
185 695
