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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...

Oslo lowering its speed limits

Signs went up again this week on major highways leading into and around downtown Oslo, posting "environmental speed limits" of just 60 kilometers per...

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...

Highway workers may lose their jobs

Fully 1,650 jobs at Norway's state highway department (Statens vegvesen) may disappear as a result of cost cuts. A total of 7,824 people work...

Fire, explosions closed metro stations

A fire that broke out in one of the Oslo metro system's main tunnels during the night set off explosions that also caused damage...

Electric ‘city cars’ getting ready to roll

Scores of identical small electric cars have been neatly parked for the past week or so on property owned by state railway NSB in...

Rockslides threaten famed ‘Trollstigen’

After years of fears that a nearby mountain may come crashing down, geologists and state highway officials have turned their attention to one of...

Two big unions merge

Leaders of two of Norway's largest labour unions have agreed to merge. Together they will represent around 160,000 workers in the transport, construction, hotel,...

Oslo politician wants to lower speed limit

Oslo's controversial politician in charge of environmental and transport issues is continuing her drive to tax motorists, this time targeting their patience instead of...

Road toll plazas vandalized

Three of the new toll plazas set to open around the Stavanger area on Monday were out of order, following severe vandalism during the...
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