Bergen Commuter Rail

Bergen Commuter Rail
Bergen Commuter Rail
Overview
Owner	Norwegian Railway Directorate
Locale	Vestland, Norway
Transit type	Commuter rail
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	28
Annual ridership	1.9 million (2019)
Operation
Operator(s)	Vy Tog
Technical
System length	135 km
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

Bergen Commuter Rail, sometimes called Vossebanen, is a commuter rail service between Bergen and Arna, Voss and Myrdal, Norway. It is operated by Vy Tog using Stadler FLIRT electric multiple units. It runs on the mainline Bergen Line and all services terminate at Bergen Station.

Service

Vy operates on half-hour headways from Bergen to Arna, through the Ulriken Tunnel, the only way under the Ulriken mountain. There are a further 16 departures each way to Voss, of which six stop only at Arna and Dale before Voss, not allowing trips Bergen-Arna/Bergen-Dale, while ten stop at all stations, giving three services per direction an hour between Bergen and Arna. Three services continue from Voss to Myrdal.

The operational deficits are financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. Tickets are sold by Vy and Entur. Fares are not integrated with Skyss, the county transit authority, or any of the bus operators in Hordaland.

Station list

Currently^[when?], the Bergen-Voss-Myrdal commuter rail service is single-tracked, with double tracking at most stations.

Station	Municipality
Bergen	Bergen
Arna
Trengereid
Vaksdal	Vaksdal
Stanghelle
Dale
Bolstadøyri	Voss
Evanger
Seimsgrend
Bulken
Voss
Gjerdåker
Ygre
Kløve
Urdland
Øyeflaten
Skiple
Reimegrend
Mjølfjell
Ljosanbotn
Ørneberget
Vieren	Ulvik
Upsete	Aurland
Myrdal	Aurland

Future expansion

Double track in the Ulriken Tunnel is currently under construction. This will allow NSB to increase headway to 15 minutes to Arna, and increase services on the Bergensbanen. The tunnel boring machine made the breakthrough in August 2017 with the new tunnel set to open in 2020.^[2]^{[needs update]} The former tunnel will then go through renovation works with the opening date for the completed double track set to 2024.

References

^ "Eventyrlig passasjervekst på jernbanen". www.banenor.no. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ Otterlei, Simen Sundfjord (2017-08-29). "Se gjennombruddet for ny tunnel på Bergensbanen: – En stor begivenhet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2019-06-09.

[1] "Eventyrlig passasjervekst på jernbanen". www.banenor.no. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[2] Otterlei, Simen Sundfjord (2017-08-29). "Se gjennombruddet for ny tunnel på Bergensbanen: – En stor begivenhet". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2019-06-09.

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