The Rauma Line (Norwegian: Raumabanen) is a 114.2 kilometres (71.0 mi) long railway between the town of Åndalsnes (in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county), and the village of Dombås (in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county), in Norway.

Originally intended as the first stage to connect Ålesund, and possibly also Molde and Kristiansund, no extensions have ever been realized.

The line is equipped with Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway (GSM-R),[5] but lacks centralized traffic control (CTC).

[3] The line crosses the river Rauma on the Stuguflåt Bridge, and then runs through the 1,396 metres (4,580 ft) long Stavem Tunnel.

It is constructed as part of a horseshoe curve, and the railway continues, backtracking further down the valley and reaching Verma Station.

It is located 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Dombås and at 273 metres (896 ft) elevation; it is normally unmanned, but is manned in case trains need to pass.

[12] The last part of the line is the most scenic, with excellent views of the valley of Romsdalen, including the Romsdalsalpene, and features such as Trollveggen and Romsdalshorn.

The station is 457 kilometres (284 mi) from Oslo[17] and serves a town with 3,000 people located on a fjord.

[18] Following the plans of a railway between Oslo and Trondheim via Dovre, members of parliament from Møre og Romsdal asked the Ministry of the Interior to also make plan for a branch to the coast of Møre og Romsdal.

[21] In part because of the intense rivalry between the three regions, County Governor Alexander Kielland was forced to call a referendum, which resulted in a majority for the Romsdalen route.

The Railway Board send a proposal for a plan for the Rauma Line to the ministry on 23 May 1910, which was passed by parliament on 20 July.

[21] The final plan for construction was presented by the Railway Board to the ministry of 17 June 1912, and was passed by parliament on 27 July.

[22] The work was divided into four geographic divisions, with offices located at Åndalsnes, Ormheim, Sørsletten and Holaker.

[27] The stations were built in wood in a simple, balanced style similar to what was found on the Dovre Line.

The buildings were designed in-house by NSB Arkitektkontor; the main architect being Gudmund Hoel, while other major contributors were Bjarte Baastad and Gerhard Fischer.

[19] The line played an important role in the World War II in 1940, when Germany attacked Norway ("Operation Weserübung").

Bergen and Trondheim and with a little delay Oslo, were quickly occupied by Germany, but not Åndalsnes, Ålesund and Molde.

This allowed British forces to land in this area, and the king, government and the gold reserve could be sent to the United Kingdom.

Travel time is 1 hour and 17 minutes, and serves mostly as a feeding service to express trains on the Dovre Line.

A report by the Institute of Transport Economics in 2004 concluded that the low population density, the lack of termination in a city and the nature of being a branch line with correspondence at Dombås made it impossible to attract sufficient ridership to make operations profitable.

[18] The lobbyist organisation Norsk Bane has paid for an investigation made by Deutsche Bahn which proposes to construct a high-speed railway between Ålesund and Oslo, which would run through Romsdalen.

It is estimated to cost NOK 30 billion and give a travel time of 2 hours and 33 minutes from Ålesund to Oslo.