page_title: Nordland Line
section_title: Gullsmedvik–Storforshei
hierarchical_section_title: Nordland Line / History / Gullsmedvik–Storforshei
caption_attribution_description: English: Dunderland Iron Ore Company at Storforshei, Norway. Includes the Dunderland Line.
context_page_description: The Nordland Line is a 729-kilometer railway line between Trondheim and Bodø, Norway. It is the longest in Norway and lacks electrification. The route runs through the counties of Trøndelag and Nordland, carrying a combination of commuter, long-haul passenger and freight trains. From Trondheim Central Station to Steinkjer Station the line is most heavily used, with hourly services by the Trøndelag Commuter Rail. There are three branch lines—the Stavne–Leangen Line at Leangen Station, the Meråker Line at Hell Station and the Namsos Line at Grong Station.
  The section from Trondheim to Hell opened on 22 July 1882. The next section, initially the Hell–Sunnan Line, opened in stages between 1902 and 1905. The line was lengthened to Snåsa Station on 30 October 1926 and then to Grong on 30 November 1929. Construction continued in a slow pace northwards, but was accelerated by the Wehrmacht after the 1940 occupation. The line was built through most of Helgeland and opened in seven stages to Dunderland Station in the next five years. The line then had to be brought up to standards before continuing northwards.
context_section_description: In 1896, Olsen applied for a concession to build a railway up the Dunderland Valley to connect his mining claims to Mo i Rana, but this was rejected by the state. However, in 1902, the Dunderland Iron Ore Company started building a private railway to connect its mine at Storforshei to their port at Gullsmedvik in Mo.  It was officially handed over from the construction company on 1 November 1904. Revenue service started in 1906. The mine only operated in three short periods, from 1906 to 1908, from the mid 1920s to 1931 and from 1937 to 1939.
caption: The Dunderland Line as it reaches the mines at Storforshei in 1936
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