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    The Finse Tunnel (Norwegian: Finsetunnelen) is a 10,300-metre-long (6.4 mi; 11,300 yd) railway tunnel west of the village of Finse in Eidfjord Municipality...
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    Just west of Finse station, the railway passes through the Finse Tunnel, the longest tunnel on the Bergen Line. When opened, the tunnel replaced a section...
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    smaller lakes to the culmination point near Finse. Before Finse, the 2.7 kilometer long Gråskallen tunnel at Haugastøl station is the first important...
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    Finse Station (Norwegian: Finse stasjon) is located in the mountain village of Finse in the municipality of Ulvik in Vestland county, Norway. The station...
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  • This list of tunnels in Norway includes any road, rail or waterway tunnel in Norway. There are over 900 road tunnels in Norway with total length exceeding...
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  • sea level, until the Finse Tunnel was built which led to the closure of the route past the lake on 16 May 1993. After the tunnel opened, the highest point...
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    lake lies just south of the village of Finse where Finse Station on the Bergen Line is located. The Finse Tunnel is located just north of the lake. The...
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    standard gauge railway in Switzerland Bergen Norway Scandinavian Mountains Finse Tunnel 1,237 m (4,058 ft) 1,435 mm No Rail crossing Highest railway in Scandinavia...
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    in 1973, Oslo Tunnel in 1980, Finse Tunnel in 1993, Ski–Sandbukta completed in 1996, the Gardermoen Line in 1998/1999, Gråskallen Tunnel on the Bergensbane...
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    station at Finse on the Bergen Line at an elevation of 1,222 metres (4,009 ft) is the highest station on the Norwegian railway system. The Finse Tunnel just...
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    dispatched from Finse, but the fire spread quickly and within an hour the station building, the guard house and 500 meters (1,600 ft) of tunnel had burnt down...
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  • the highest railway station in the Balkan Peninsula, Avramovo Station."] "Finse Railway Station Webcam – The Highest Station in Norway". Camscape. October...
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    from Haugastøl Station in the municipality of Hol in Buskerud county to Finse Station in Ulvik municipality in Vestland county. It continues across the...
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    the main railway arose in the 1910s and included the Bergen Line across Finse to Bergen, connecting Eastern and Western Norway. A number of other larger...
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    pressurization applied to avoid air pressure dropping when running through tunnels, and the cabs are equipped with air conditioning. El 18 is a modification...
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    France Nid d'Aigle 2,372 m (7,782 ft) Mont Blanc Nid d'Aigle Terminus Norway Finse Station 1,222 m (4,009 ft) Bergen Line Sweden Storlien railway station 592 m...
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    on foot via Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT) marked tracks: Finse - Geiteryggen, Raggsteindalen (at Strandafjorden) - Geiteryggen or the track...
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    Ergolz Re 460 063 Brunegg Re 460 064 Mythen Re 460 065 Rotsee Re 460 066 Finse Re 460 067 Hohle Gasse Re 460 068 Gütsch Re 460 069 Verkehrshaus Re 460...
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    Ramad (near Damascus). Lake Agassiz largely empties into the Hudson Bay. Finse event, or "8.2-kiloyear event" (Bond event #5), a 200-year cold spell, starting...
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    2011, two units were destroyed when the train ran into a fire in a snow tunnel at Hallingskeid Station. Class 73 is a four-car electric multiple unit built...
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  • nationalized. In later years, many new sections are major realignments, typically tunnels, which shorten an existing line. Bibliography Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1994)...
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