Tag: trains

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...

Train cleared in recent derailment

No technical deficiencies have been found on the brand-new Swiss-built train that derailed near Holmestrand last week. State railroad Jernbaneverket, meanwhile, hopes to re-open...

Probe continues into train accident

Officials at state railway NSB are investigating why one of the brand new trains in its major new upgrade program was traveling at a...

New train derails while being tested

UPDATED: The heavily trafficked rail line known as Vestfoldbanen was closed between Tønsberg and Holmestrand on Wednesday morning, after a new high-speed train on...

High-speed trains ‘may be profitable’

Pressure is growing in favour of building new high-speed train lines around Norway, and a long-awaited report released Wednesday didn't put the brakes on...

Derailment aside, trains now on time

The derailment of a cargo train over the weekend has disrupted a line over the mountains known as Dovrebanen, but otherwise there's been a...

High-speed train talk ‘just that’

A former boss of Norwegian state railway NSB is scoffing at new studies and plans for high-speed trains in Norway, believing them to be...
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