Tag: transport

Easter holidays off to a chaotic start

As many as 90,000 airline passengers expecting to fly out of Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen on Friday were met with a chaotic start to...

Snow paralyzed Oslo and beyond

Oslo's bus system shut down, trams weren't running, some trains stood still and Norway's gateway airport at Gardermoen, north of Oslo, finally had to close....

Passengers flock to public transport

Record numbers of Norwegians are riding public transport in the Oslo metropolitan area, according to the annual report of transit agency Ruter. The number...

Bus passengers warned to buckle up

Passengers on relatively long-distance buses in Norway, including those running to local airports, face fines of NOK 1,500 if they fail to buckle their...

Bridge blown up, to be built anew

SEE THE VIDEO: State highway authorities had their cameras out over the weekend when they blew up a bridge on the E18 highway that...

Highway department admits to lack of bridge expertise

Norway's state highway department, Statens Vegvesen, has admitted in an internal memo that its in-house competence regarding bridges and geology is critically weak. On...

Police arrest drunk bus driver

The driver of a long-distance bus for the Lavprisekspressen (Low Price Express) line was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on Wednesday...

Metro struggles with blaring horns

The relatively new trains serving Oslo's metro system known as the "T-bane" have been well-received for their comfort and reliability, but a nagging problem has cropped...

Number of flying commuters soars

More Norwegians are flying back to forth to their jobs than ever before. Low fares and high income are behind a steep rise in commuting on airlines instead of...

Foreign trucks face winter ban

Drivers of foreign-registered trucks may soon be banned from using highways over the mountains during the winter months in Norway. Authorities have lost patience with poorly...
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