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Maintenance work cuts train service

Just as commuters are returning to work after the summer holidays, and tourist season remains in full swing, Norway's national railroad has forced cuts...

Ferry revolution now well underway

More than 50 electric ferries will be in service on the fjords around Norway by the end of 2020, reported the state highway department this...

Oslo to test driverless transport service

Norwegian officials plan to introduce some boxy-looking electric vehicles next summer that will drive themselves where passengers want to go. They're set to be...

More road tolls set to cordon off Oslo

Oslo-area residents stuck in traffic while returning from the long Pinse (Whitsund) holiday weekend Monday evening were greeted by news reports that they'll soon have to...

Politician rode metro without buying a ticket

Member of Parliament Hadia Tajik, a former government minister who now ranks as deputy leader of the Labour Party, managed to avoid a fine after...

New tunnel fire fuels safety concerns

Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen was himself only a few kilometers away from the Fjærlands Tunnel in Western Norway Monday night when a maintenance truck...

National Theater metro station closed during Easter

Oslo's National Theater station for T-bane (metro) lines was due to close from late Monday night, April 10 and through the entire Easter week...

Green light for new Fornebu metro line

After years of talk and little action, Norway's conservative state government formally gave a green light and proposed nearly NOK 15 billion in state...

Speeding politicians lose their licenses

Norwegian politicians are busy folks but that's no excuse when they get pulled over by police for speeding. Police in both Telemark and the...

Woman convicted for using trams as toilets

Norway's tram and metro system has been dealing with an unusually messy problem for several years. A woman in her 50s habitually uses tram...

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