Tag: trains

Fatal accident halted Dovrebanen

UPDATED: The railway line between Oslo and Trondheim known as Dovrebanen was halted on Wednesday after a passenger train collided with a truck on...

More train disruption looms

Norway's unreliable train system looks set for ongoing disruption, but there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. More Norwegians are...

Train line hit by sabotage attempt

Someone has placed a log over train tracks near Modum for the past two nights in a row, in what police fear is a...

Labour ready to invest in trains

After decades of neglect by a long series of governments, the ruling Labour Party now claims it wants to further boost funding for Norway's...

Railroad on verge of full breakdown

Norway's ailing rail network may be "approaching the end of its lifetime," admits the director of state railroad Jernbaneverket. Railroad infrastructure "is deteriorating faster...

More talks on train woes

Another rash of train trouble during the Easter holidays prompted more high-level talks on Tuesday, between Norway's transport minister and the head of the...

Trains stood still nationwide

All trains in the entire country stood still Monday evening, because of a breakdown in the communications system used by Norway's beleaguered state railroad...

Accident probe: No technical failure

It will be a few more weeks before their report is finished, but investigators probing the cause of a fatal accident involving runaway railcars...

Mystery surrounds fatal rail accident

A formal inquiry is underway into Wednesday's fatal and bizarre accident in Oslo involving 16 runaway railroad boxcars and spectacular drama. "This never should...

Runaway train spurs death, injury

UPDATED: Several railroad cars suddenly started rolling on their own out of the Alnabru terminal on Oslo's east side Wednesday afternoon, careened out of...
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