E16 and Bergen line was closed after several landslides in Vaksdal – TV 2

Time 5:55 p.m. went there a new slide in the same valley. The first slide police received notification bit before the clock 16 Thursday afternoon.

Vaksdal: Boge. Ras at the same place as last week.

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– The first slide should be 30-40 meters wide, says operations manager Vibeke Naess in Hordaland police told TV2.

The road is still closed, and cleanup efforts are not yet started.

– The entire mountainside from Kjenes tunnel to Bogatunnelen is unstable and no one will enter there, says Næss.

A geologist is on its way and should consider when it is safe to clean up.

– Will it be closed tonight?

– Yes, we estimate that it will be closed for a while, says Næss.

No taken

The slide should have gone across the road and railway tracks by Bogen in Vaksdal. Trains are also stopped, reports Jernbaneverket on Twitter .

The police were sent from both Bergen and Voss.

– Nobody seems that some are taken off the slide, neither cars on the road or train on the way, says Næss.

The fire department reported on Twitter that it was a landslide in the same place last week.

Estimates 2000 affected passengers

Håkon Myhre NSB tells TV2 that all commuter and regional trains affected . He does not have exact figures on how many people are affected, but would estimate that we are talking about at least 2,000 people.

– It is difficult to say whether it is 3000 or 4000, but in 2000 we can say that it is, says Myhre.

After slide last time they got hold of a boat which they used as alternative transportation. It has the obtained now.

trains from Arna to Stanghelle is set, so it runs a shuttle from Arna to Garnes and boat from there to Stanghelle, and vice versa.