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Dan80
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Posted 1 year ago

Hi everyone! I'll go in august in Sweden and Norway. I want to take the night train from Stockholm to Narvik (dep 18.11, arr. 12.48 next day) and after take the afternoon bus at 16.10 in Narvik bus station to Fauske/Bodo. It's possibile to take this connection? I have enough time? I have no idea if the long train journey from Stockholm could have a big delay. I'd like to avoid overnight stay in Narvik because it's very expensive.
Thank you in advance.
Dan

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Arend7
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replied 1 year ago

Delays happen. But 3 hours delay is rare. Actually I missed once this bus in the opposite direction at Fauske . But that was a delay of 2 hours with a changing time of 90 minutes. Your situation is more comfortable.

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Dan80
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replied 1 year ago

Thank you so much for you reply! Yes, I think in normal situation 3 hours are more comfortable. I hope train is regular.

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Arend7
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replied 1 year ago

Only when it is an extreme hot summer (like 2019) the rails can't stand the heath and delays can be huge.

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Peter
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replied 1 year ago

Hi.
It is as Arend7 said.

Here the link to a blog post I made about the journey in reverse direction Bodo/Fauske to Narvik:
https://rail.cc/blog/bodo-fauske-narvik-bus

And the video to this trip on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/h6bkQ6r_0vk

Enjoy your trip, Peter :)

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Risberg
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replied 1 year ago

Hate to tell you that the last time I travelled in a night train by Vy (who runs the Stockholm - Narvik trains) we were 4 hours late, going south. That was in June last year.