Tag: trains

Reaction mixed to transport plan

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg called it the biggest commitment to public transportation projects ever made in Norway, but his left-center government's release of its...

NRK’s ‘slow TV’ won more viewers

Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) made television history with its record-breaking "minute-by-minute" coverage of a coastal voyage on a Hurtigruten vessel two summers ago. It's since...

Electrical trouble halted trains

All train traffic through Oslo's busy central station (Oslo S) ground to a halt Sunday afternoon because of a grounding problem in the station's...

Tunnel fire disrupts train schedules

Tens of thousands of Oslo-area commuters had to find alternative ways of getting to work on Monday after a fire in the main railroad...

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...
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