The Rauma Line ( no, Raumabanen) is a long
railway
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between the town of
Ã…ndalsnes (in
Rauma Municipality in
Møre og Romsdal county), and the village of
Dombås (in
Dovre Municipality in
Oppland
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county), in
Norway
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. Running down the
Romsdalen valley, the line opened between 1921 and 1924 as a branch of the
Dovre Line, which connects to the cities of
Oslo
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and
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...
. Originally intended as the first stage to connect
Ã…lesund, and possibly also
Molde and
Kristiansund, no extensions have ever been realized. The unelectrified line is served four times daily with
Norwegian State Railways'
Class 93, although in the summer the service only operates from Ã…ndalsnes to
Bjorli as a tourist service.
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