Gevingåsen Tunnel
Eastern entrance near Hell Station | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | Nordlandsbanen |
| Location | Trøndelag, Norway |
| Coordinates | 63°25′3″N 10°49′42″E / 63.41750°N 10.82833°E |
| Status | In use |
| System | Norwegian railways |
| Start | Hommelvik |
| End | Hell |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 15 August 2011 |
| Owner | Bane NOR |
| Operator | Norwegian Railway Directorate |
| Traffic | Rail |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 4.4 km (2.7 mi) |
| No. of tracks | Single |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Electrified | No |
Gevingåsen Tunnel is a 4.4-kilometer (2.7 mi) single track railway tunnel between the villages of Hommelvik (in Malvik Municipality) and Hell (in Stjørdal Municipality) in Trøndelag county, Norway. The tunnel is located along the Nordland Line. Blasting started in 2009, and the tunnel opened on 15 August 2011, having cost 635 million kr. Built by the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the tunnel has shortened travel time southwest of Stjørdalshalsen by five minutes and increased the capacity of the Trondheim–Stjørdal to four trains per hour in each direction.
The tunnel was the first stage in a project to reduce travel time between Steinkjer and Trondheim to one hour. The tunnel section will not be suitable for high-speed trains, as it was built with curves with too small a diameter, notwithstanding political debate about both these tight curves and the possibility of double track. The whole project involved 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) of new tracks and permanent way. The blasted rock is used to build a new apron at Trondheim Airport, Værnes.