 In 1915 , the first proposal was launched for using a bus service as an alternative to the train . This was rejected because buses were not able to give the comfort and reliability of a train . The idea was proposed again in 1922 by the director of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration . Among the strongest opponents to the bus alternative was <unk> Elster Christensen , County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane and later parliamentarian , who stated that the Nordre Bergenhus County ( today Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality ) had paid part of the regional financing of the Bergen Line on condition that they receive a branch line to the Sognefjord . 
