Night trains of Norway

Night trains of Norway (Norwegian: Nattog) are night sleeping car services provided by three different operators on four routes; Vy on Oslo - Bergen (Bergen Line), Go-Ahead Norge on Oslo - Stavanger (Sørland Line), and SJ Norge on Oslo - Trondheim (Dovre Line) and Trondheim - Bodø (the Nordland Line).

Night trains at Oslo Central Station waiting for departure to Bergen and Stavanger

All services are provided using WLAB-2 sleeping cars. El 18 locomotives with Class 7 cars are used on the Bergen and Sørland Lines, El 18 and Class 5 cars on the Dovre Line, while the service on the Nordland Line is provided using Di 4 engines with Class 5 cars. All night trains offer both sleeper cars with closed apartments with one or two beds in addition to regular sitting cars with individual seats in an open configuration.

History
WLAB-2 cars awaiting departure from Trondheim Central Station.

Previously the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) offered night train services also from Oslo to Åndalsnes on the Rauma Line and to Trondheim on the Røros Line, but these services have been terminated. Services were also offered from Oslo to Stockholm in Sweden and Copenhagen in Denmark.

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