Bergen Commuter Rail

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Bergen Commuter Rail

Locale	Hordaland, Norway
Transit type	Commuter rail
System length	135 km
Number of lines	2
Number of vehicles	BM69
Number of stations	28
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Owner	Jernbaneverket
Operator(s)	Norges Statsbaner

Bergen Commuter Rail sometimes called Vossebanen is a commuter rail between Bergen and Arna, Voss and Myrdal, Norway. The service is operated by Norges Statsbaner using M69 electric multiple units. It is provided on the mainline Bergensbanen and all services terminate at Bergen Station.

[edit] Service

NSB operates half-hour headway from Bergen Station to Arna Station, through the Ulriken Tunnel. This service provides a high-frequency service to the community of Arna using the only means to go under the mountain Ulriken. There are further sixteen departures each way to Voss, of which six only stop at Dale before Voss, while ten stop at all stations. Three services continue from Voss to Myrdal Station.

The operational deficits are financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. Fares are not integrated with Skyss, the county transit authority, or Tide, the bus company in Hordaland.

[edit] Future expansion

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It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or completion of the infrastructure approaches, and more information becomes available.

Specific plans to expand the Arna Tunnel to double track are under consideration. This would allow NSB to increase headway to fifteen minutes to Arna, and increase the total number of services on all of Bergensbanen.
An alternative to this is to build the Bergen Light Rail as a parallel tunnel to Arna, and terminating the shuttle trains to Arna.