“Bergen Railway Wedding Drama: Groom Finally Reunited with Bride in Finse”

Bergensbanen has reopened. Thus, 17 hours of nerve-wracking wedding drama are over for groom Tord Torvund.

For a long time he was in danger of remaining an unmarried man.

– We’ll make it to the wedding! says comrade Lars Henrik Hjellestad to VG on Saturday morning.

It is a relieved groom Tord Torvund who tells VG that he is holding his own wedding in Finse.

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He and the bridal party were stuck at Voss, where they have spent the night.

– The shape is nice, assures Trond Torvund happily.

– It is very nice that we are off now. I think the day will go pretty much as planned.

Champagne shock

The power problems between Voss and Myrdal interrupted the champagne line

– We sat and drank champagne and beer and enjoyed ourselves, then it came over the loudspeaker that the end station was Voss, comrade Lars Henrik Hjellestad from the wedding party told VG on Friday.

Just before 5.30pm on Friday, the message came from Bane NOR that Bergensbanen was closed. The train had dragged the contact wires with it and stood without electricity on the rails.

Vy’s plan to have a diesel locomotive push the train from Urdland to Reimegrend, but this could not be carried out.

As a result, the wedding party had to spend the night at a hotel in Voss.

Neither the priest, who is from Voss, nor the photographer arrived as planned.

The bride in place

For the bride, it was easier: She took the train between Oslo and Finse and arrived at the right time.

– Fortunately, I have many good friends and family around me, so despite the circumstances we have a very nice time, the bride, Thea Kristiansen, told VG on Friday.

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Together with family and friends, she waits for the groom and the rest of the bridal party. They are now expected to arrive in Finse at 11am on Saturday.

– Now I’m going to start with the welcome speech. There will be part 2 of the speech, because part 1 should have been given by the groom, the bride said with a laugh on Friday.

All preparations before Saturday are done.

– Everything is ready, we just need the groom! And his family and friends.