Tag: trains

Public transport officials breathe sighs of relief

The train, bus and metro systems in and around the Oslo metropolitan area underwent their biggest route changes in several decades early this week,...

Challenges loom for commuters

More than 100,000 Norwegians are being warned that it may be challenging to get to and from work next week and just about anywhere...

Trains to be faster, more comfortable

Norwegian state railway NSB is making more improvements to its train service around the Oslo area, but passengers nonethless faced another weekend of service...

Vandalism halts trains’ comeback

Another summer of major train service disruption in the Oslo area ended on Monday, when the rails re-opened on schedule after six weeks of...

Stoltenberg shakes up government

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced the replacement on Monday of two Center Party ministers in the government coalition he leads. The shake-up is widely...

Nordland train route fatal for wildlife

Animal rights advocates and now the Sami Parliament (Sametinget) in Northern Norway are demanding construction of fences along Norway's northernmost train line, Nordlandsbanen, to...

Critics blast ending to moose drama

The latest urban misadventure of a Norwegian moose over the weekend ended not only with shots inside a busy train tunnel, but with criticism...

Doomed train’s engineer ‘distracted’

The man in charge of a brand-new train due for service on regional lines around Oslo was reportedly "distracted" and failed to see a...

Suddenly spring, slide danger rises

UPDATED: Rain and an unusual spate of warm weather have raised the danger of landslides and avalanches all over Norway, with four separate slides...

Train engineer charged in derailment

The locomotive engineer who was at the controls of a brand-new train on a test run when it derailed last week has been charged...
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