Tag: trains

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...

Opposition fears great train robbery

Norway's train system continues to seem on the verge of derailment, and opposition politicians have little confidence the government will finally set things right....

Train tunnel to close this summer

Commuters in the Oslo area got the bad news on Tuesday that the key train tunnel under the city will be shut down for...

Transport Minister admits train system is in 'a crisis'

It was another terrible week for Norway's train system, as breakdowns and weather-related problems literally left passengers freezing on platforms all over the country....

More trouble hits train system

Train service for tens of thousands of passengers was disrupted once again on Wednesday, after fire broke out inside a key tunnel west of...

Marathon documentary marks Bergen-Oslo line's 100th year

More than a million Norwegians parked themselves in front of their televisions during the weekend to watch at least portions of a unique documentary...

Majority in Parliament supports high-speed trains

It may only take a few hours to travel by train between Oslo and Bergen or Oslo and Trondheim, if politicians follow through on...
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