Tag: trains

Stalled train leaves passengers freezing

The main rail line between Oslo and Kristiansand, called Sørlandsbanen, was blocked on Wednesday after a train broke down in extremely cold weather at Herefoss in...

Cold snap halted trains in their tracks

After months of unseasonably warm temperatures, the weather finally got cold this week all over Norway. Thermometers sunk so low Wednesday morning that they...

‘Slow TV’ train ride a hit in the air

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK's) groundbreaking "slow TV" program six years ago, which followed the entire journey of a train on the scenic route between Oslo and...

Delays plagued Oslo-Stockholm train line

The new high-speed express train line running between the Norwegian and Swedish capitals had a sluggish start to its first few weeks of service. Newspaper Dagsavisen...

Critics blast plans for Ringerike rail

It didn't take long for environmental activists, who normally hail new railway projects, to bash the government's recently announced plans to improve the train...

New Oslo-Stockholm express train rolls to success

Passengers have been flocking to the new high-speed train line that Swedish railway SJ recently introduced between Stockholm and Oslo. Traffic has jumped 18...

Faster train line challenges airlines

This week's debut of a new, faster train line between Oslo and Stockholm is aimed at posing a direct challenge to airlines serving the...

Union protest set to halt all trains

Train passengers and cargo customers in Norway were being warned that the country's entire railroad system would grind to a halt on Monday. Train...

Trains delayed even without a strike

Commuters and other passengers of state railway NSB avoided the disruption of a strike threatened by locomotive engineers on Thursday. They couldn't avoid the...

Reform to put trains ‘on the right track’

Norway's state rail system is rolling through a tough week: Technical trouble halted service and resulted in major delays on Monday, just after state railway NSB also was...
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