Dan80
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 2 years 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
Arend7
Traveller
645 comments
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.
Dan80
Traveller
1 comments
Thank you so much for you reply! Yes, I think in normal situation 3 hours are more comfortable. I hope train is regular.
Arend7
Traveller
645 comments
Only when it is an extreme hot summer (like 2019) the rails can't stand the heath and delays can be huge.
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
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 :)
Risberg
Traveller
43 comments
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.