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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NSB (Norske tog) WLAB-2 21102 in Drammen: Øyvind Berg· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. WLAB-2 GoAhed: Kolbkorr· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. NSB WLAB-2 21097: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. NSB WLAB2 night train in Trondheim: Alasdair McLellan· Public domain
- 5. Sovekupe WLAB-2 SJ Nord: Asbjørn· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
NSB WLAB-2 or WLAB2 is a class of twenty sleeping cars built by Strømmens Verksted for the Norwegian State Railways (NSB). They serve as the sole sleepers in Norway, being used on the Bergen Line, Dovre Line, Nordland Line and Sørlandet Line. Each car features fifteen compartments, which can each be utilized with a single or twin bunk configuration.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 40 years ago, in 1986.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 27 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- number built
- 20
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Strømmens Værksted
- operators
- Go-Ahead Norge, SJ AB, Vy, SJ Norge, Norges Statsbaner, Vy Tog
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- —
- length
- 27 m
- weight
- 48 t
- capacity
- 15 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19382473, Wikipedia: NSB WLAB-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.