Scenic route
Krøderbanen
Vikersund → Krøderen · Norway
- Distance
- 26 km
- Fastest time
- 55 min
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Operator
- Stiftelsen Krøderbanen · NJK
- Train
- NSB heritage steam
- Countries
- Norway
- In service since
- 1872
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Norway’s longest museum railway: 26 km of the 1872 Krøder line preserved whole — stations, water cranes and NSB steam between Vikersund and the lake at Krøderen.
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