On 22 February 1975, the Tretten train disaster, a head-on collision accident very similar to the one at sta, occurred on the Dovre Line (a Norwegian railway line leading to the historic city of Trondheim), killing 27 people.
The worst Norwegian railway disaster in peacetime also happened on the Dovre Line on 22 February 1975 when two trains collided one kilometer north of Tretten station, killing 27 people and wounding 25. The Dovre Line (Norwegian: Dovrebanen) is a Norwegian railway line with three slightly different lines which all lead to the historic city of Trondheim. The Tretten train disaster occurred on 22 February 1975 when a northbound train (no. 404) from Trondheim, both loaded with vacationing skiers, collided head-on 1 kilometer (0.6 mi) north of Tretten station. The accident was very similar to the one at Asta, as it was a head-on collision on a section with CTC, after the train driver had mis-read a stop signal. On 22 February 1975, the Tretten train disaster occurred on the Dovre Line, killing 27 people. 
