Tag: transport

Ferry sale fires up feud over Fjord1

Norway's largest ferry company, Fjord1, faces a new wave of conflict after a divided county board in Sogn og Fjordane voted to sell its stake in...

Tesla announces recall of its popular Model S

The California-based electric car producer Tesla Motors announced on Friday that it was recalling 90,000 of its Model S sedans. Several thousand of them...

Police halted an Uber taxi in Oslo

Norwegian police warned they'd crack down on personal transport services that lack regulatory approval, and last weekend they did just that. They stopped cars...

Delays plagued Oslo-Stockholm train line

The new high-speed express train line running between the Norwegian and Swedish capitals had a sluggish start to its first few weeks of service. Newspaper Dagsavisen...

Critics blast plans for Ringerike rail

It didn't take long for environmental activists, who normally hail new railway projects, to bash the government's recently announced plans to improve the train...

Low oil prices not seen at the pump

Two Norwegian government ministers have summoned gasoline station operators in for a meeting, to question them as to why lower oil prices aren't reflected at...

Officials’ tip: ‘Fill tank on Sundays’

State officials in charge of regulating competition in Norway are urging motorists to buy gasoline (petrol) on Sundays, when the price usually dips before being jacked...

E16 still closed at burned-out tunnel

UPDATED: Norway's cross-country E16 highway, the main route between Oslo and Bergen, remains blocked midway after a Swedish tour bus caught fire inside its lengthy...

Faster train line challenges airlines

This week's debut of a new, faster train line between Oslo and Stockholm is aimed at posing a direct challenge to airlines serving the...

Three killed as traffic deaths decline

Three people were killed in a head-on collision on one of Norway's two-lane mountain highways during the night. The fatal crash occurred as the...
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