Tag: trains
Train passengers hope for a new era
The trains and tracks were the same, but British-owned railway company Go-Ahead Nordic made history over the weekend as the first foreign operator to...
Bergensbanen remains Norwegian
After losing the first two rounds of new competition over train lines in Norway, the country's own state railway has managed to retain the...
Railway’s boss opts to derail
Geir Isaksen has been one of the most unpopular executives in Norway this past year. After turning 65 this fall, he claims, it was...
Next train strike to threaten rush hour
Angry Norwegian railroad workers are threatening to halt Norway's trains once again, if the government doesn't postpone implementation of the latest package of EU...
Political strike halts trains nationwide
Railway employees all over Norway walked off the job for two hours on Thursday, to protest implementation of the latest package of EU rules...
More trains set to roll to Gothenburg
Public demand for more and better train service both within Norway and abroad is finally being recognized. Both state railway Vy (formerly NSB) and...
Calls roll in for a train line to Tromsø
Norway's Socialist Left party (SV) is calling "all aboard" for its proposal to build a long-sought train line to Tromsø in Northern Norway. The...
Huge growth predicted for Dovre trains
The Swedish transport company SJ Norge is predicting as much as 45 percent passenger growth on the main train line between Trondheim and Oslo...
Norwegians still flying more
Climate concerns aside: another new study shows that Norwegians fly more than most other Europeans. Prime Minister Erna Solberg, meanwhile, has also said that...
Swedes win rights to major train lines
Norway's much-criticized state railway, recently ridiculed when it changed its name to Vy, has now lost the rights to run seven train lines including...
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