Myrdal Station, as there is little else at Myrdal, is the junction stop on the Oslo – Bergen train line which connects with the famous Flåm Railway (Flåmsbana).
98% of people arriving into Myrdal will be transferring onto the Flåm Railway, leaving the Flåm Railway to continue their journey on the Bergen Line or immediately returning to Flåm on the Flåmsbana having just arrived from there. 1% of people will be transferring to a bicycle (available for hire here) to ride down the valley to Flåm. Of the remaining 1%, a few hardy souls will stop here for hiking, a few will actually work here at the guesthouse (yes, there are a couple of accommodation options should you want to stay) or the railway and its related businesses and the remaining few will have alighted in error!
When you book through tickets to/from Flåm from/to Oslo, Bergen or elsewhere you may be offered trains with very fine connections here in Myrdal – 5-10 minutes. This can be disconcerting, it certainly was for me. As such, I contacted NSB (Norwegian Railways) which operates both trains asking if I should select a later connection down to Flåm (trains thereto run hourly at peak times). I was told not to do this as, firstly, the Flåm train (as would the mainline train if going in the other direction) will wait for the mainline train if it was late and, secondly, in the event that it was excessively late I would be guaranteed a seat on the next train to Flåm. However if I booked a later train and arrived into Flåm on schedule I could not be assured of being able to take an earlier train to Flåm. I booked with a seven minutes connection time and the mainline train from Oslo arrived exactly on schedule, as I understand it generally does.
Connecting between the two trains is simple – you just walk across the platform – a distance of maybe 10 -20 metres.
In the event that you do chose to, or are forced to have a longer connection (more likely if arriving up from Flåm given the much greater frequency of the Flåmsbana than the mainline train) there is a coffee shop and small souvenir shop within the station confines.
My seven minutes stopover did not give me time to do more than have a quick look at each establishment and, more importantly, enjoy the views from the station platform itself.
Should you take the Flåmsbana up to Myrdal from Flåm and be returning to Flåm (e.g. to re-join a cruise ship) I strongly recommend that you cycle back down (of course, not for everyone). Do not cycle if you are only going one way down from Flåm as the train is an experience not to be missed – and it is the only way to get up close to the amazing Kjosfossen (waterfall). If you are only coming one way up from Flåm to Myrdal I would consider you mad if you even thought of cycling (it’s a 865 metres ascent in around 20 kms) so no further discussion on that is necessary!
Myrdal is a cute station with nice views but there is no need to linger here. The thing to do here is to admire the view, transfer to your next mode of transport and continue your journey.
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The Rambling Wombat 
Lovely setting for a station 🙂
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