Tag: transport

Problems rise around foreign truck drivers

Police in Norway are sounding alarms over what they call a hazardous driving culture among foreign truck drivers. Many from eastern European countries have...

Airport trains need to expand

Heavy and constantly growing traffic in and out of Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen (OSL) is forcing expansion not only of the airport itself...

Bankruptcy halts major projects

The bankruptcy last week of an Austrian construction firm is causing problems for some major road projects in Norway. Work stopped on the expansion...

Lunchbreaks halt harbour traffic

A fierce labour battle has created severe indigestion among maritime employers, harbour workers in Oslo and their trade unions over the workers' longstanding tradition...

Deadly mass crash closed highway

UPDATED: Five cars and at least one truck were involved in a dramatic collision on the heavily trafficked E18 highway west of Oslo Thursday...

Overtime mediation averted strike

Norway's labour federations LO and YS came to terms with national employers' organization NHO at around 3am on Monday, after three hours of mediation...

Strike threat looms Monday

Ferries, flights, other forms of public transport, shipyards and even supplies of beer and soft drinks will be disrupted next week, if nearly 20,000...

Burning brown cheese closes tunnel

A tunnel in Northern Norway is likely to remain closed for another few weeks because of a smoldering mound of  Norway's ubiquitous sweet brown...

Electrical trouble halted trains

All train traffic through Oslo's busy central station (Oslo S) ground to a halt Sunday afternoon because of a grounding problem in the station's...

Tunnel fire disrupts train schedules

Tens of thousands of Oslo-area commuters had to find alternative ways of getting to work on Monday after a fire in the main railroad...
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