Tag: transport

State goes digital, and drops car registration stickers

Vehicle owners will no longer be sent the small registration stickers they've received every year for the past two decades. State authorities have come...

Strong krone threatens hotels

Economic problems abroad combined with Norway's strong currency, the krone, have left Norwegian hotel owners in outlying areas fearing that fewer tourists will be...

Train cleared in recent derailment

No technical deficiencies have been found on the brand-new Swiss-built train that derailed near Holmestrand last week. State railroad Jernbaneverket, meanwhile, hopes to re-open...

Probe continues into train accident

Officials at state railway NSB are investigating why one of the brand new trains in its major new upgrade program was traveling at a...

High-speed trains ‘may be profitable’

Pressure is growing in favour of building new high-speed train lines around Norway, and a long-awaited report released Wednesday didn't put the brakes on...

High-speed train talk ‘just that’

A former boss of Norwegian state railway NSB is scoffing at new studies and plans for high-speed trains in Norway, believing them to be...

Butter shortage slices high tariffs

Norwegian authorities eased their strict protectionist policies this week when they finally lowered import tariffs to offset a sudden shortage of butter. Otherwise, though,...

Trains running on time!

Trains that run on schedule normally don't prompt headlines, but in Oslo they do. After years of delays, cancellations and generally unreliable service, it...

Police renew fight against pirate taxis

Oslo police already have vastly increased their presence on the streets of the capital, to battle a rising tide of rape and other forms...

New highway project takes a toll

A long-awaited expansion of the E6 highway opened this week north of Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen, but the road improvement comes at a...
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