Editing Rauma Line (section)

===Planning===
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 (Norway)|Ministry of the Interior]] to also make plan for a branch to the coast of Møre og Romsdal.<ref name="hoel">{{Cite web |last=Hoel |first=Arve |year=2008 |title=På baksiden av konvolutten |url=http://www.aalesundfilatelistklubb.no/portal//data/sites/1/aafk_filer/filateli-nytt/Filateli-Nytt_nr_3_2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903022834/http://www.aalesundfilatelistklubb.no/portal//data/sites/1/aafk_filer/filateli-nytt/Filateli-Nytt_nr_3_2008.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2011 |access-date=13 July 2011 |website=Filateli-Nytt |pages=36–37 |language=no |issue=3}}</ref> There were made three proposals for a route: via [[Surnadal Municipality|Surnadal]] to [[Kristiansund Municipality|Kristiansund]], via [[Sunndal Municipality|Sunndal]] to [[Molde Municipality|Molde]] and via [[Romsdalen]] to [[Ålesund Municipality|Ålesund]].<ref name="b78">Bjørnstad (1990): 78</ref>

The first official plans for a railway through Romsdalen was made following a meeting in Romsdal County Council in 1872, who appointed a committee to look into the construction of a railway from [[Mjøsa]] via [[Gudbrandsdalen]] and Romsdalen to Romsdal. Two years later, the council bought shares for 100,000 [[Norwegian speciedaler]] ({{NOK|400,000}}) while municipalities and private investors bought shares for 396,532 specidaler.<ref name="r19">Raumabanen (1994): 19</ref>

In part because of the intense rivalry between the three regions, [[List of County Governors of Møre og Romsdal|County Governor]] [[Alexander Kielland]] was forced to call a referendum, which resulted in a majority for the Romsdalen route.<ref name="b78" /> However, no specific political decisions was made until 1908, when plans for the line were made part of a national railway plan, approved by the [[Parliament of Norway]] on 9 and 10 June.<ref name="r19" /> At the time, the line was estimated to cost {{NOK|8.5 million}}.<ref name="b77">Bjørnstad (1990): 77</ref>

On 18 July 1909, the [[Ministry of Labour (Norway 1885–1946)|Ministry of Labour]] gave permission for surveying, which started on 8 August. 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. However, the vote did not include any allocation of money. Additional surveying started on 18 August 1911 and was led by W. Sandberg. This time two alternatives were to be surveyed, one with a maximum gradient of 2.6 percent, and one with 2.0. On 29 June, the government approved a [[concession (contract)|concession]] for the line to be built as a [[private railways of Norway|private railway]].<ref name="r19" /> 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.<ref name="r24">Raumabanen (1994): 24</ref>

[[File:Dombås stasjon.jpeg|thumb|left|[[Dombås Station]] in 1924]]