Tag: transport

Outrage grows over railroad fiasco

Officials at Norway's state-owned and much criticized train system are facing more public outrage in the New Year, after they had to shut down...

State rail agency hailed and blasted

Officials at BaneNor, the state agency in charge of Norway's rail systems, found themselves the targets of both praise and anger this week. Just...

No transit fare relief as tolls rise

Oslo promotes an image of itself as a climate-minded capital, but fares for public transport remain much higher than in most other cities around...

14 bridges closed after another collapsed

Norwegian highway authorities have ordered the closure of 14 bridges, including five in the township of Eidsvoll alone, after one of similar construction collapsed...

Green light for expensive metro line

Construction of the much debated and delayed metro line between Oslo and Fornebu, where Oslo's main airport used to be located, has finally been...

New el-scooter rules loom

Everyone using the both loved and hated electric scooters in Norway next week will need to abide by stricter rules beginning next week. As...

Metro line to Fornebu stalled

It took more than 20 years for Oslo-area politicians to finally agree on building a long-awaited metro line to the rapidly redeveloping Fornebu area...

Calls go out to lower speed limits

Norway's national automobile federation NAF has joined environmentalists, farmers and the Greens Party in recommending that speed limits on Norwegian highways be rolled back...

Cruise-ferries ‘welcome competition’

Cruise-ferry lines in Norway that run to Germany, Denmark and Sweden claim they welcome competition from a new player that announced its entry into...

Trains to start running abroad

Norwegians haven't been able to take the train to any foreign destinations since the Corona pandemic first shut down operations in March of last...
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