Tag: trains

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...

More trains from Norway to Sweden

After months of criticism over poor train transport among the Scandinavian countries, some new routes have been announced. A new departure from Oslo to...

Royals headed for the hills

King Harald and Queen Sonja are among the hundreds of thousands of Norwegians who've traveled to higher elevations to spend the Easter holidays in...

Critics try to derail NSB’s name change

Leaders of Norway's state railway NSB ran into a torrent of angry opposition and criticism on Tuesday when they rolled out their proposal to...

Commuters plagued by train delays

Tens of thousands of commuters in the Oslo area have had a rough week. State railroad Bane NOR hasn't been able to provide them...

Man stabbed on board train

A man in his 30s was attacked by another knife-wielding man late Monday afternoon on board the commuter train that runs between Oslo and...

Trains spark fires again

Trains on the rail line between Oslo and Gjøvik, which is used by thousands of commuters, ground to a halt again on Monday after...

Train improvements face major delays

Just before train service between Kristiansand and Stavanger ground to a halt on Tuesday, because of communication problems, came confirmation that long-anticipated improvents in...

Train trouble spoiled Easter holidays

Norway's often unreliable train system stranded passengers once again, just as many were leaving home at the start of the country's five-day Easter holiday...

Kirkenes welcomes new train line from Finland

"This is a big day," the mayor in Norway's northern city of Kirkenes, Rune Rafaelsen, proclaimed after transport authorities in Finland said they want...
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