Tag: transport

Train strike to force more cancellations

One of the main commuter lines around Oslo, Østfoldbanen, may all but grind to a halt this weekend. A strike by locomotive engineers is...

Transit expansion will cost users

Oslo's new Labour-led government was unveiling its first city budget on Wednesday, highlighted by major improvements to the Norwegian capital's public transportation system. It will...

State would need to approve sky-high tolls

Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen from the anti-road-toll Progress Party would need to approve a proposed spike in road tolls sought by city governments in...

Bus passengers face fines for not buckling up

Traffic authorities from state highway department Statens vegvesen have launched random controls of bus passengers, and are now fining those who haven't bucked their...

Oslo plans major tram line expansion

Norway's capital, intent on getting residents out of their cars and riding public transport instead, plans to spend NOK 10 billion over the next eight years...

Bad week for train service around Oslo

Norway's long-struggling train system has been receiving lots of extra public funding for improvements in recent years, but commuters in the Oslo area have...

Segways flop in Norway

Political hype and approval didn't assure the future in Norway of the self-balancing battery-powered vehicles known as Segways. Two years after Norway's then-new conservative coalition...

Bergen’s new tram system collapsed again

Commuters and public transport officials in Bergen were frustrated and furious on Thursday after the city's still-new tram system known as Bybanen stopped operating once again....

Train lines shut down at Oslo S

Nearly all east- and northbound trains between Oslo’s central station (Oslo S) and Grefsen, Bryn, Lillestrøm and Ski will be shut down this week,...

E16 reopened, new highway planned

State emergency road crews managed to reopen a key portion of Norway's E16 highway on Sunday afternoon, less than a week after it was buried by...
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