 The 1920s saw high inflation and large public deficits . Several public committees were created solely to cut costs . One such proposal was to build a road to Flåm , with the proposal being led by Hans Kristian Seip , who was director of Bergen Public Road Administration . In 1925 , following the appointment of Mowinckel 's First Cabinet , it was proposed that the railway be built as a road , and the tracks laid later . One of NSB 's board members proposed instead building a suspended railway . The plans to cancel the railway were stopped because of parliamentarian support for the railway . Part of the political support was because there was agreement on a national railway plan , and removing parts of it would disrupt the geographical compromise . However , Parliament did vote to reduce the number of intermediate stations to one , which would allow trains to meet at Berekvam . The cost saving for a road was estimated at 30 percent . The issue of a road was taken up in a new vote in Parliament in 1927 , but was again rejected . 
