Editing Rauma Line (section)

===Construction===
Construction started on 12 January 1912 at Dombås.<ref name="b77" /> The work was divided into four geographic divisions, with offices located at Åndalsnes, Ormheim, Sørsletten and Holaker.<ref>Raumabanen (1994): 35</ref> The working week consisted of six days, with a ten-hour working day during summer, eight hours during winter and nine hours in spring and autumn. From 1921, a new law reduced the work week to 48 hours. The entire construction took 14,462,247 man-hours.<ref>Raumabanen (1994): 36</ref> The number of people employed varied between 615 and 550.<ref name="b77" /> Most of the workforce consisted of people from other parts of the country, and some foreigners, mostly from Sweden. The [[navvie]]s were often unmarried and spent large parts of their income on alcohol.<ref name="b78" />

In Åndalsnes, a cutting was made for the line and the earthwork from the cutting was used to create artificial land for the station and port.<ref>Raumabanen (1994): 37</ref> To secure sufficient water for the locomotives, the municipality built a larger water supply, including a new dam at Bjørmosen, which could secure {{convert|120|m3}} per year for the railway.<ref>Raumabanen (1994): 44</ref> 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 (architect)|Gerhard Fischer]]. Some minor buildings were reused designs from the Dovre Line by [[Erik Glosimodt]].<ref>Hartmann (1997): 184</ref>

The railway opened in three stages: the {{convert|56.8|km}} from Dombås to Bjorli on 19 November 1921, and the {{convert|18.3|km}} from Bjorli to Verma on 25 November 1923.<ref name="r24" /> Until the whole line was taken into use, there was a [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]] in use at Bjorli.<ref>Hartmann (1997): 141</ref>  The line was officially opened on 29 November 1924 and regular operations started the next day.<ref name="r24" />

[[File:63a-2770 Stuguflåtbrua 2004 SRS.jpg|thumb|A preserved [[DRB Class 52|Class 63]] "Great German" on [[Stuguflåt Bridge]]]]