4K CABVIEW: The New Ulriken Tunnel

[@bigal2688]

Loved it! Bergen to Arna and Back Again via the New Ulriken Tunnel! Brought to you By Railcowgirl! 💖🚆🖖

[@RailCowGirl]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@norfilmshetland]

Such changes.......the new tunnel, the new maintenance facility........the new color scheme........ wonderfully interesting video, thanks RCG!

[@norfilmshetland]

@@MultiMatrosik happy New year, Ivan!

[@bigoldwiz]

These cabview videos are wonderful! Love to put them on the 4K big screen. I was a passenger on the Bergen to Oslo run in September, 1973. Rode up front as a passenger with my BMW motorcycle stowed in the baggage car. I rode the bike from Kristiansand to Bergen and they were just starting to get snow in the mountain passes. No way was I going to try riding a motorcycle over those mountains to Oslo....LOL. Scenery in Norway is spectacular. Bought the BMW at the factory in Munich and rode 7,000 miles around Europe in two months. Tusen takk.

[@SteveMikre44]

It is amazing to think that tunnels like this are even possible. Thanks RCG for sharing this engineering marvel...

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pataudi8025]

New tunnel is awesome! Happy new year RCG and all the viewers of the, may I say, best content creator channel!

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@gregstillman5197]

loved those smooth walls; i'm so used to the "pick and shovel" tunnels.......it amazes me that the people can start digging in one spot and come out at the correct spot at the other end....

[@RailCowGirl]

The old tunnel builders were pretty awesome at calculations :D

[@marcolon3397]

Now we are waiting impatiently to see those two walls near Arna coming down and rails going through 😀

[@RailCowGirl]

YES! TEAR DOWN THIS WALL! (powerfull words)

[@sergedery6120]

Happy new year to you stay healthy in 2021! thank you so much to you for sharing your work and your marvelous homeland! love the way you show your every day work routine.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you for watching :D And Happy New Year to you too ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@JJ-nj8bj]

Absolutely fabulous👍🇦🇺. Thank you RailCowGirl for this interesting return trip through the New Ulriken Tunnel. I have been watching it’s progress since accidentally discovering your site 18 months ago. There has been so many changes made along the Bergen to Oslo line. You made me feel as if I’d been actually there. Thank you so much 🙂 J J.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️❤️ Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@josesal]

Awesome work done in the new tunnel. thanks for sharing.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it❤️❤️

[@dannysvinylrainbow4852]

Wonderful tunnel ride! Thank you for sharing!

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it ❤️

[@elmarhasler1429]

Another excellent video from RCG - excellency comes naturally to you. And then there is also the humorous side: your answers to the comments are pure joy to read.

[@RailCowGirl]

Wow, thank you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@pammcdan]

Hey there RCG, I for one read your information about the new tunnel (but umm...after I watched it, and it answered many of my questions. This tunnel is simply mind-boggling! An engineering marvel! But I certainly hope you don’t have to just go back and forth through this tunnel and never see the beautiful scenery of Norway. (Ha!) Thank you for making this video and sharing it with us.

[@RailCowGirl]

LOL! We will still be riding outside the tunnel ;)

[@Finse1605]

Absolutely awesome 🤩

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@michaellastname4922]

Amazing ... just like the BaneNOR video showed the planning in 2018.

[@RailCowGirl]

The animation was pretty accurate :D

[@timothystevenhoward]

Thank you for sharing i've been anxious to know the progress. nice to see the new side finished, now they can improve the old tunnel. lots of improvements in Bergen too if I recall. Really cool stuff.

[@bigal2688]

This is going to be so Awesome! Looking forward to watching it once it goes Live! Happy New Year RCG!! 🎊🎉🎇🎆😎

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ukaszchojnacki5879]

Cool ! it's nice to see that the work on this project was well done. Greetings to colleagues from Skanska and Strabag :)

[@AlextheHistorian]

The new tunnels look great! Thanks for showing us!

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@tristan8141]

Cool tunnel RCG. It's nice that you can go fast through it too.

[@vladimirfortakov9042]

At long last! Thank you: it feels as if I were riding myself - both ways! - through this beautiful achievement of tunnel engineering! A great acquisition for the Bergen Line and all its lovers!

[@RailCowGirl]

Well said! Happy New Year ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@vladimirfortakov9042]

@@RailCowGirl Thank you, and best wishes to you!

[@twofoottaylor1]

That is an amazing and gorgeous tunnel ... quite an engineering feat to say the least ... thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video ... your train travels so smoothly through the tunnel ... thanks again and Happy New Year RCG ... all the very best to you in 2021! Looking forward to many more breathtaking videos from beautiful Norway! From London, Ontario, Canada.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@StephenRichens]

Looks so different to all of the other tunnels on your routes, and lots of great new safety features too. Seeing what a TBM can do makes you realise just how much manual effort it must have been to create all of those older tunnels. Awesome video, thank you.

[@RailCowGirl]

It is truly like night and day when it comes to technology. :)

[@cr2822]

Very impressive. Looked like much better lighting in the tunnel too. Thank you for the video! Happy New Year!

[@RailCowGirl]

The lighting in this tunnel is very good and it does not obstruct our view either, since they are shielded from shining in all directions :D Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lurchie]

I wish the US had enough forethought to invest in railway infrastructure like this. This is absolutely gorgeous!

[@johnhoward3042]

Would they go from a downtown that is unsafe to another downtown that is unsafe?

[@therosijedha]

@@adamd1347no, cars are not fine. They pollute the atmosphere and possibly kill the planet. climate change is very real, and it needs to stop.

[@CrestwoodRocks]

@@therosijedha you are so right.

[@CrestwoodRocks]

Most railroad tracks (the busy ones) usually have 2 tracks or more. Norway's Bergen Line could try to be two tracks on the entire line

[@akayann]

Congrats for all Happy New Year 2021.

[@julianbristow4793]

I love the night time station and the distant city lights , they are so colorful in character ❤️❤️😊😊

[@Claudio.Pagliaro]

An affectionate greeting from Italy and I wish you a happy new year

[@RailCowGirl]

Felice anno nuovo! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@aashutoshruhela]

He or she is working too hard to upload and edit these long video and he/she have to make sure the driving to be safe and secure.. Really appreciable. Thank you

[@david_1704]

You dug this tunnel very fine, RCG ! 😮👏👍😯

[@RailCowGirl]

Hahaha! With a tea spoon and spatula! 🤣🤣

[@david_1704]

@@RailCowGirl 🌷🌿😃😅😆👍😊🌿🌷

[@swarfrat311]

Hope you had a great Christmas and New Years! The tunnel is quite a feat of engineering. Looks like things are doing great! A new tunnel and new maintenance shop. The railroad must be doing great. Hope you’re getting a large salary! Thank care and be safe! Thanks for the super video.

[@brianmeek5236]

Modern engineering is amazing but more amazing is that men did this by hand over a hundred years ago

[@RailCowGirl]

Yeah, the old tunnel builders really knew their stuff. Thinking that they did not have all the advanced equipment to navigate and making sure you came out at the right spot in the other end.

[@chithramurthy8369]

absolutely love your channel!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Happy New Year! 🎉🎉🎉

[@odishatiger6514]

SO AMAZING PRESENTATION 👍LOVE FROM GREAT ODISHA 🙏❤️

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you :D Happy New Year ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@odishatiger6514]

@@RailCowGirl S2U DEAR DUDE👍❤️❤️

[@315forest]

The new tunnel is very impressive as is the video (of course). Happy New Year RCG. 🐮

[@RailCowGirl]

It almost felt like the first day at school going through this tunnel. LOL! Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@stevesebaoun6555]

Happy and healthy new year RCG , looking forward to this one ☝️

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@RenevandeLinden]

I could not wait for it. You have a fascinating job.. thanks for that...

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@brucebourne737]

The smoothest train line I've never ridden on! Not scenic, obviously, but for commuters it would be fantastic.

[@RailCowGirl]

So true. The time to travel between Arna and Bergen by train is about 8 minutes. The time it takes to go with car is 25 minutes.

[@clivecobbold6815]

Hi railcowgail another great video I really enjoyed it all the best for 2021 I look forward to your next video clive

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 And thank you for watching :D ❤️

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

It's beautiful when the train came out of the tunnel and into the Arna station at night.

[@NaomiKGarza]

Absolutely Amazing New Ulriken Tunnel.

[@RailCowGirl]

It truly is! :D

[@NaomiKGarza]

@@RailCowGirl I was sleeping during the premire😭

[@Daneelro]

Thank you for this New Year's present!

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@blindwheels]

was listening on my headphones, as i wanted the best listening expierence, it was awesome, Thanks Very much, also love the new sound/mic equipment, makes being legally blind, not suck, watching these videos! Massive Kudos & I'm sorry I cant afford to become a member, I already am a YT Premium user.

[@RailCowGirl]

WOW! This is truly amazing! I'm so glad the sound is something that gives you so much ❤️ Being a KZbin Premium member is supporting ❤️❤️ Thank you and Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@dominiquebois7024]

Happy new year and miles and miles of rail !

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@migi4277]

Thank You, RCG. Nice video, nice tunnel.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@antonitowarnicki2482]

Piekny ten nowy wjazd do Bergen ! Pozdowienia z Polski .

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you so much, glad you liked it :)

[@scotty523]

Amtrak NEC needs something like this under the Hudson... beautiful feat of engineering!

[@Tokyo_Views]

Just found your channel. So interesting to see Norway!

[@RailCowGirl]

Welcome! ❤️ have a coffee 😃

[@ratroddiesels1981]

we enjoyed this fine presentation , an excellent example of norwegian engineering . thank you for loading. skal

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@opaulsrud]

Nice, thanks RCG. :👍 It sure does look much more modern than the oldest tunnels on the line. Fortunately. 😊 I think I'll schedule a Bergen weekend when the world gets back to normal, so I can see this IRL. (From a side view, ofc) 😊

[@RailCowGirl]

Sure does. :)

[@ramillerusa]

Outstanding thanks John for email reminder!!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you and Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@sarahjane9512]

This video was great. Thanks.

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kaorumori5880]

Happy New Year. Also, congratulations on the opening of the new tunnel. I watched the video with great interest. Thank you very much. At Arna station, trains cannot pass each other at present, but it seems that we will add another line in the future. Also, will the old tunnel be rebuilt and eventually double-tracked? The tunnel technology in Japan, where I live, is amazing, but I'm impressed that it's also amazing in Norway.

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy new year! 🎉🎉 That is correct :) The old tunnel is closed for upgrades for the next two years. At the same time they are reconstructing the old part of Arna station and when everything is completed, there will be a tunnel for each direction as well as much more flexible station.

[@PA2OLD]

First a happy new year! We hope to see many videos of you again this year. I have been waiting for the video of the new tunnel, and what a result! Waiting 2 years for the conversion of the old tunnel, a long time. Are there no plans to double-track sections of the line to Bergen? That would of course save even more.

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉 The K5-project will result in a new double track from Arna to Voss at some point. It will result in two long tunnels with just out in the open air at Stanghelle and Arna. The rest will be in tunnel. The track will be dimensioned for 200 - 250kmh. So the future is tunnel I guess........................

[@Chickd.858]

Awesome tunnel.....

[@RailCowGirl]

It really is! I'm amazed by the difference in sound from the tracks fused to the tunnel floor and the one over normal ballast :D Impressive how much sound the ballast removes.

[@rninrvr]

That was a very nice out and back video of the new tunnel and its structure. Is it longer then then old tunnel or about the same length?

[@RailCowGirl]

It's slightly longer due to being on the "outside" of the old tunnel. But they still come out at the same place. 7.8km long

[@nystemy]

Been waiting for this tunnel for a long time. Nice to see it finally open. And hopefully renovations of the old tunnel completes soon and there will be two tunnels for this stretch. Though, at times I wonder, since Norway is currently in the works of spending a fair few billion on a new motorway from Stavanger to Bergen, then wouldn't it have been nice to also put some rail alongside that road and get a connection there as well. Any thoughts?

[@Sondrebol]

I've wondered about that as well. Apparently, the reason is the planned tunnel beneath the fjord (Rogfast) is far too steep for a railway.

[@jonathanj8303]

Hei RCG, a long awaited video, good to see trains running through at last. Been a wait, huh? At the Arna end of the tunnel, about signal 1095, where the double track ends, there's an obvious wider 'cavern' with switches, blank walls and what look like they'll become junctions to the old tunnel. Assuming that's right, the one facing Bergen is presumably so that trains can access the old tunnel from the current Arna platforms? And the Arna facing one would connect with the old tunnel's exit. What's long term purpose of the spur to the old exit? For freight trains to avoid the platform area, or will Arna Station be moving back to it's original site again? I know the station building is being rebuilt.

[@RailCowGirl]

The purpose is to be able to cross over from the New Tunnel over to the old part of the station, and going from the new part into the old tunnel when it is opened again in 2 years. That way there will be two tunnels one with 160kmh (new one) and the old one will still be 130kmhy due to the profile.

[@jonathanj8303]

@@RailCowGirl thank you, that makes sense. I didn't realise the rebuilt Arna station would include both old and new areas.

[@shroyboy]

Happy New Year!! I'm ready ...

[@RailCowGirl]

HONK HONK Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@amtrakharry]

Awesome ! Thank you for sharing this with us !!! :):):)

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you enjoyed it!❤️

[@coldsteelrails9855]

Wow that is an awesome tunnel and plenty of room for maintenance crews !

[@Daneelro]

As well as for evacuation in case of emergency stops, with proper lighting and signals.

[@RailCowGirl]

State of the art in everything that comes to safety :)

[@coldsteelrails9855]

Not a doubt in my mind 😎

[@lappilappland3708]

Wow ---must be also for you total new feeling. A Bight wide Tunnel with 160 km/h.

[@ralphwoodard609]

Great video as usual and good looking tunnel there. I am curious as to what the openings or rest areas that are on the left side of the new tunnel and are lighted and are indented in a little bit with lights around it. Are those exit points or they just rest in points in case you get shut down or Communications? Just wondering

[@keithchater4203]

Happy New Year, RGC. Looking forward to this video.

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year! ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Hope you will enjoy it :D

[@Robbyrocklegend]

Amazing. Happy New Year from Baia Mare Romania.💟💟💟

[@RailCowGirl]

Happy New Year ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@LarcR]

Beautiful new tunnel!

[@RailCowGirl]

It really is!

[@paash698]

there was accident in the London underground in the late 50's or early 60's, where a driver had a medical episode while driving and smashed into the end of the underground at that terminus. as a consequence of this event a 10m.p.h limit was introduced, plus an automated safety system. a rail worker i knew personally was shunting on a main line, a stepped into the path of an express train on the opposite track.

[@K1W1fly]

Mmmm, can almost smell all the fresh rails! :) Is the old tunnel decommissioned or will it be retained for double track working? Edit... Just read your description text.

[@folkmaster101]

Tunnel looks very modern and bright. Where do those doors go every 1 km? Are they escape doors? Also is that a sidewalk through the tunnel, if so it's a long walk !! Good job on the video RCG and "Happy New Year " !!!

[@RailCowGirl]

No it's not a side walk. It's not intended for pedestrians. It's a walk path in the case of evacuation. Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@papaowl13803]

A piece of engineering feat. Like wow.

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks for watching!

[@vladimirfortakov9042]

Looking forward!

[@RailCowGirl]

Woohoo! :D

[@ericdrake904]

Short and sweet.

[@RailCowGirl]

Oh yesh :D Sometimes short is good :D

[@UmarFarooq-ob3kz]

This going to very best

[@RailCowGirl]

Woohoo!

[@SheeplessNW6]

That's a beautiful tunnel! Take care of it!

[@antoniosassi79]

FELIZ ANO DE 2021 MUITA SAÚDE E PAZ A TODOS..URUPES SÃO PAULO BRASIL..💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@domicellapoteraa6670]

Beautifuuuul! Thanks RCG😀

[@RailCowGirl]

Glad you like it! ❤️❤️❤️

[@ericdrake904]

Been a long wait.

[@RailCowGirl]

It sure has :D and now it's finally here :D

[@paulliebenberg3410]

Neat! How far is the new tunnel offset from the old? Are there lateral crossover passages? (emergency egress) Guessing the tunnel walls are sprayed-on concrete, couldn't tell if there might be bare rock anywhere.

[@RailCowGirl]

Not sprayed on concrete, these are slabs fused as the TBM was working its way through. The passages to the left goes into the old tunnel that will be upgraded over the next two years and reopen. The they are almost identical in length, so not much. Think it's around 100m or so.

[@paulliebenberg3410]

@@RailCowGirl I've seen in other TBM tunnels where they use concrete panels, this just looked a bit too lumpy for that. Maybe they're being extruded in place? (Or maybe that's what you mean as "fused"?)

[@Daneelro]

@@RailCowGirl Isn't this tunnel in hard rock, where you don't need the concrete slabs, just some shotcrete for water insulation? At least at the cross passages, it looks like the walls are formed out of the rock itself. At any rate, it's smooth as hell compared to the old tunnel.

[@Mike.Howard]

Smooooooth!

[@RailCowGirl]

Totally :D

[@AndersVid]

Gratulerer ,flott med ny tunnel og hver eneste meter med nye jernbanespor . Ser at fartsgrensen er 160 km/ t men regner med at tunnelen er laget for høyere fart ,hva er maksimal mulige toppfart ?

[@seabreeze7378]

WOW LOVELY! I can see that getting new tunnels would be really cool and exciting for you, working in your position. Still new to the lingo and terms, but a question ....only one train is capable in the tunnel, correct?

[@RailCowGirl]

No you can have 3 - 4 trains running the tunnel at the same time. Of course in the same direction.

[@aaronneumeyer5572]

Such a great video! But where do all those doors lead that are spaced in little alcoves throughout the tunnel? Emergency exits, mechanical rooms or secret entrances to the exclusive "Tunnel Club" where the engineers hang out after hours?

[@RailCowGirl]

All those doors leads into the old tunnel. So in the the case of an evacuation, we lead the people over into the other tunnel where the rescue train can pick us up. I would rather it being the secret entrance to the Opposite World Order called DEluminati :p HAHA!

[@alansmith2197]

What a marvelous feat of engineering! Seems quicker going back to Bergen. Downhill, perhaps? 🤭😁🇬🇧

[@RailCowGirl]

I was running about 90 - 100kmh Bergen - Arna. If running full speed, we would have arrived way ahead of schedule, and it would not be comfortable for those who were preparing to sleep :)

[@lorrainegmoore5042]

A fantastic new tunnel , but what's going to happen to the old tunnel ? It seems a waste not to use it for something . Happy new Year , keep safe xxx

[@bobjennings6673]

Can I say --- "WOW"!

[@RailCowGirl]

Thank you!!

[@bobjennings6673]

@@RailCowGirl I should have finished my thoughts on the tunnel --- it is a nice improvement of the other tunnels by closing off the possibilities of rock and ice falling and hitting the train/passengers/employees. Will there be other tunnels improved like this in the future? There seem to be the need.

[@dm1045]

looks like a nice tube. What are these block posts you talk about? And did they just use the TBM to refine the existing hole/tunnel? Are you restricted for speed. I thought it would be 130kph- looked slower than that? Thanks

[@dm1045]

Definitely looked quicker to Bergen than from Bergen.

[@spionsilver9626]

i cant wait :)

[@RailCowGirl]

Yay, see you there!

[@svengoek6548]

New scary block-post is flashing...

[@RailCowGirl]

No, it's not. The distant signal for Ulriken Block Post was flashing ;)

[@paulroberts8946]

Hope you’ll pardon my ignorance but what is a block post?

[@RailCowGirl]

If you have Station A - Station B. Between those two stations there can be only ONE train traveling in one direction at the time. If you have a train leaving Station A, you can not send a train out after it before it reaches Station B. But with a block post in between Station A and Station B. You can send the next train as soon as Train 1 has passed the Block Post, making it possible to to have two trains traveling in the same direction between the stations at the same time. Add another block post and you can have three trains going in the same direction at the same time :) Hope this made sense :D

[@paulroberts8946]

@@RailCowGirl Thanks for answering my question I’ll be honest it took 4 or 5 reads of your answer before I understood it but at least I know now!🚅🚞👍

[@GeoffBlackmore]

Do the emergency exits through the tunnel lead into the old tunnel alongside?

[@w6krg]

Those periodic alcoves with a well light door... Are they shelters or actually exits?

[@joedesimone1444]

I was wondering this too. A rough calculation puts these doors about every 500m assuming they are evenly spaced and the travel speed was indeed 160km/hr (my math was done using the time index around the 13:20 mark).

[@RailCowGirl]

They are dores that goes into the old tunnel that runs parallell with the new one. The old tunnel will be close for two years for upgrades. So in the future.. if somethings happens in either of the tunnels, you can walk over to the new one where the rescue train will be to pick everyone up.

[@w6krg]

@@RailCowGirl Thank you! :-)

[@wythewinchester3236]

The Trolls Wife has new digs.

[@RailCowGirl]

HAHAHA!

[@jfmezei]

So all those videos of you going through the old tunnels sicne Deccember 13 were fake? :-) So many questions. Leaving Arna, there are 2 tracks entering tunnel and then some sort of yard, switches etc in wide areas of tunnel, and he right side abruptly ends. Will this be tunneled to connect to old tunnel so the right track will go from new tunnel to old one ? Will the old tunnel portal at Arna still be in use ? On the Bergin side, Seems odd that they "force" the new tunnel onto the old right of way instead of already having built 2 tracks betwene Bergin station and tunnels. This doesn't leave much room for them to stage construction equiopment for the rebuilding of old tunnel. With the new tunnel, have they updated schedules to increase Bergin-Arna frequency yet, or is the higher speed inside tunnel not significant enough to increase frequency? last year, you mentioned the line would move to ETCS. Is the new tunnel already equipped with ETCS or will that be added when they get to upgrade the area?

[@Daneelro]

Interesting you ask about ETCS because I just noticed the balises in the video (EBICAB?). What I found interesting that at a lot of places (combined main/advance signals?), the balises come in threes, not in pairs.

[@RailCowGirl]

1. In the part called Arna Vest there will be cross overs to the old parts of Arna Station and the Old tunnel when the upgrades are complete. The whole station and track arrangements will be very different from what it used to be. Like mentioned in the description (who bothers reading them anyways) the Old Ulriken will be closed for 2 years for upgrades. 2. They have to do it that way, or else there would be no chance for freight trains to pull from the Terminal and on to the Minde-track then back to a departure track. This is something that is hopefully going to be improved with the a new freight terminal as well. The new tunnel is done, but it's not the end of the construction, we're probably only 1/3 of done. 3. There has already been minor adjustments to the schedule, but since it's still just one tube it has to be timed with all other trains as well. But the increased speed gives us more flexibility to get things back on schedule. When both tunnels are open we have increased the amount of traffic possible with 6 times if you want to run it completely on the limit (Not advicable). 70% usage and 30% as buffer in case something happens. But knowing the white collars too well.. they want bang for bucks and it will be utilized 120% and if a tran breaks down then three trains will be trapped behind it :p 4. the signaling system is ready for ETCS conversion. End of 2023 is now a too optimistic projection.

[@jfmezei]

@@RailCowGirl Many thanks for explanation.

[@wythewinchester3236]

@railcowgirl now that the TBM is in use, are they going to re-bore any of the older tunnels or just use it for new tunnels?

[@RailCowGirl]

The TBM is already out of the country again.

[@claudio6493]

How long is the new tunnel?

[@joedesimone1444]

7.7km

[@RailCowGirl]

Like Joe said, it's 7.7KM long, about the same length as the Old one, since they come out at the same place ;)

[@claudio6493]

Grazie 👍👍👍

[@plaifahpimmada-carrotdefen3315]

welcome to turnel to by.oslo norway thanks you for playing by. skytaxi I

[@RailCowGirl]

Thanks for watching!

[@perkelix]

What are the stub tracks inside the tunnel near Arna for? Some upcoming connection towards the old tunnel? PS: It would be cool to catch a shot of one of those emergency exit points.

[@RailCowGirl]

You should watch my newer videos, and you'll see that those are now connected to the exit from the old tunnel. :) The old tunnel will open this spring after 2 years of upgrades

[@perkelix]

@@RailCowGirl The most recent one was that Christmas 2023 one. I didn't notice the connection to the old line.

[@cindydulay2543]

What are the brightly lit doors on the side of the tunnel every so often?

[@JB-zl6qo]

What a treat!! Thank You so much!! Would you please recommend a respectable Norwegian newspaper. Hope you are safe and thriving in these crazy times. Peace RCG. ❤

[@RailCowGirl]

Yaaay :D Doing my part to keep myself and those around me safe :D Happy New Year ❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@thomasnorb4077]

Aftenposten is the newspaper of record.

[@JB-zl6qo]

@@thomasnorb4077 Thank You Thomas!

[@Dessienewshoes]

Some job that. Fair play