Tag: trains

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...

Train service improves, station declines

State railway NSB could boast new figures this week showing a marked improvement in its on-time record and passenger satisfaction. The main station serving NSB...

Trains collide in Oslo

A locomotive used for maintenance and carrying a crane collided with a passenger train at Alna in Oslo on Tuesday morning. No one was...

Old train station restored and reopened with shops, restaurants

Oslo's old eastern train station, "Østbanen," has reopened after two years of renovation. Hundreds turned up last week to be the first to see...

Metro struggles with blaring horns

The relatively new trains serving Oslo's metro system known as the "T-bane" have been well-received for their comfort and reliability, but a nagging problem has cropped...
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