Haugastøl, Ustaoset, Voss

Today I'm traveling from Geilo to Voss

Guided bus tour to Vøringsfossen waterfall

On my way to Voss, I'm making a stop in Haugastøl

Cyckilsts are overrepresented today

Haugastøl station is located in the Hol municipality, situated between the stations Ustaoset to the east and Finse to the west. The station is 275.50 km from Oslo if one follows the track over Roa. The altitude is 988 m above sea level. The station was opened in 1908. The station building was designed by the architect Paul Armin Due (1870-1926) and is a hybrid between the National Romantic style and the Jugendstil. The building was renovated in 1963 with the addition of lavatories. In 2002, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage declared the building worthy of protection. The Rallarvegen cycling and hiking path, which was initially built to support railway construction, starts at Haugastøl, bringing the station significant traffic during the summer. The station is also staffed during the summer. Haugastøl is not among the main stations on the mountainous stretch, and the fast express trains do not stop there. (Wikipedia)

It's actually red signal, so the train has to wait for the incoming train from Bergen

EL18 2247

The other train is here now

Beautiful station 

CargoNet 85506 to Oslo

187 400 is making a stop here

My next stop is at Ustaoset

Please stand back

I'm on my next train to Voss, some seats may be reservered

But most of them are availalble

Arriving at Voss

Since 2019, there has been a Voss Gondola available just next to the station 

Before taking the gondola, I'm checking in at the hotel which is also located just next to the station

The Swiss style Fleischer's hotel has been here since 1889

Time for the gondola

800m up in almost 8 minutes

Paragliding

Many activities up here

My hotel viewed from above

The beach

View from my hotel window.

Train 5507 to Bergen

187 421 and 187 411

OnRail 5924 to Oslo

187 423

Rainbow train from VY

Just out of nowhere, a heavy rain

CargoNet 5510

BLS Rail 4258

143 046, a familiar locomotive