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Norway's New Cross-Country Luxury Train Is Coming in 2025
25.09.2024 - 14:42 / matadornetwork.com
The popularity of train travel continues to grow, and with it come new sleeper train routes and new luxury trains. Norway, not wanting to be left behind in this trend, is getting in on the action. A new luxury train service is coming to the Scandinavian country in the fall of 2025, and if its name is any indication, it should deliver a very lavish experience.
The Norient Express, named after both Norway and the famous and very opulent Orient Express, will be a train service like no other currently operating in the country. The Norient Express will travel between the city of Bergen on the southwestern coast, to the city of Trondheim, located on the Trondheim Fjord in central Norway, via Oslo, the Norwegian capital situated on the southern coast.
The Norient Express will take no less than six days to complete the journey. While there will likely be multiple stops and excursions along the way, very few details about the itinerary have been released.
What we know however, is that this luxury train service will be operated by two electric trains that will be furnished with locally sourced pieces made from natural materials. We also know that there will be an observation car for passengers to take in the scenery, and a gym car — a first in a luxury train. The renderings visible on the Norient Express’ Instagram feed will give you an idea of what this much-awaited train service will look like.
Photo: Norient Express/Instagram
Despite Visit Norway saying that the Norient Express will start operating in the fall of 2025, the train service’s very bare website states that the launch will take place in 2026.
While you wait for the Norient Express to start running, you can try one of Norway’s other scenic train journeys, including the Bergen Line (AKA the Bergen Railway) that travels between Bergen and Oslo; the Flåm Railway, said to be the most scenic train journey in Norway, that runs between Myrdal and Flåm; or even the Arctic Train (AKA the Ofoten Line), that crosses the Arctic Circle.
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