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  • Military vehicle transport (Photo Marianne Henriksen, Bane NOR)
    News

    Norway and Sweden jointly procure military transport wagons

    2024-08-16T13:00:00Z

    EUROPE: The Swedish and Norwegian armed forces and Norwegian infrastructure manager Bane Nor are to jointly procure wagons for the transport of tanks and other heavy military vehicles. Bane Nor said this reflects the security situation following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Sweden and Finland’s ...

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    Paper or digital ticket machines deployed

    2024-07-20T05:00:00Z

    NORWAY: ALMEX has supplied Olso Gardermoen airport train operator Flytoget with vending machines which can either print a paper ticket or send a digital ticket to a passenger’s mobile phone by text message.

  • Vy Tag train (Photo Vy Tag)
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    SJ to replace Vy Tåg as night train operator

    2024-07-15T09:04:00Z

    SWEDEN: National transport agency Trafikverket has directly awarded state operator SJ a contract to operate Stockholm – Narvik overnight trains for one year from December 15 2024, with an option for a further year. SJ operated the services until December 2020, when the Vy Tåg subsidiary ...

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    Flytoget eyes an open access future

    2024-06-27T09:00:00Z

    NORWAY: Airport express operator Flytoget has applied to the national railway authority Statens Jernbanetilsyn to launch open access passenger services on the Sørlandsbanen between Oslo and Kristiansand from December 2027.

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    Metro Report International

    Oslo orders CAF metro trains

    2024-05-08T16:03:00Z

    NORWAY: Oslo transport operator Sporveien has awarded CAF a €150m contract to supply 20 three-car metro trainsets to accommodate growing ridership and support expansion of the T-banen network. The order announced on May 8 includes spare parts, and there are options for a further 90 trainsets. ...

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    Malmbanan iron ore railway reopens after derailments

    2024-03-13T15:09:00Z

    SWEDEN: Iron ore trains on the single-track railway between Kiruna and Narvik resumed on March 6 following two recent derailments. Toma Bačić reports.

  • Alstom Coradia EMU for Norway (Image Wabtec)
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    Oslo EMU door and HVAC systems ordered

    2024-02-13T12:00:00Z

    NORWAY: Wabtec is to deliver the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units and door systems for up to 200 Coradia Stream electric multiple-units which Alstom is to supply to national rolling stock company Norske Tog. The first of the Class 77 EMUs ordered under the 2021 framework ...

  • Go-Ahead EMU in Bayern (Photo Go-Ahead Group)
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    Go-Ahead sells German rail business to ÖBB

    2023-10-12T14:03:00Z

    GERMANY: Go-Ahead Group has agreed to sell its German rail business to Austrian Federal Railways’ passenger division ÖBB-Personenverkehr, and is looking at options for the future of its Norwegian activities. Managing Director of Go-Ahead Deutschland Fabian Amini said ÖBB ‘has a good reputation in Germany’. The ...

  • Vy Group CEO Gro Bakstad and Railway Director Knut Sletta at the signing of the Østlandet traffic agreements on June 29 (Photo: Jernbanedirectorate/Njål Svingheim)
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    Service enhancements announced as Vy signs Østlandet operating contract

    2023-07-18T10:08:00Z

    NORWAY: Enhanced services are to be rolled out in eastern Norway following the signing of contracts for state-owned operator Vy to run the Østlandet network for 10 years from December 2023.

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    Systra agrees to buy Atkins business in Scandinavia

    2023-07-13T08:00:00Z

    EUROPE: International engineering consultancy Systra has reached agreement to acquire the Atkins businesses in Sweden, Denmark and Norway from SNC-Lavalin Group, strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian market.

  • Bergen Bybanen Bryggen impression
    Metro Report International

    Bergen tram line to Åsane approved

    2023-06-12T11:00:00Z

    NORWAY: Bergen city council has approved plans for the construction of a 12·7 km extension of the Bybanen light rail network from Kaigaten in the city centre north to Vågsbotn in Åsane. Following the council decision on May 31, project promoter Bybanen Utbygging signed a NKr1·1bn ...

  • RB Solutions has awarded Plasser & Theurer contracts to supply a Unimat 08-4x4/4S tamping machine by the end of 2025 and a USP 2010 SWS universal ballast distributing and profiling machine in April of that year.
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    Track machines ordered for Scandinavia

    2023-05-06T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: RB Solutions has awarded Plasser & Theurer contracts to supply a Unimat 08-4x4/4S tamping machine by the end of 2025 and a USP 2010 SWS universal ballast distributing and profiling machine in April of that year. The Austrian manufacturer said the two machine types were ...

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    Norway to donate DMUs to Ukraine

    2023-04-21T09:26:00Z

    UKRAINE: Norway is ready to donate 12 Düwag Type 92 diesel multiple-units to Ukraine, Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård has announced.

  • Plasser and Theurer Unimat 09-2X-4x4 4S Dynamic E3 tamping machine
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    Bi-mode tamper ordered

    2023-03-31T12:01:00Z

    NORWAY: State-owned rail engineering contractor Baneservice has placed the first Scandinavian order for a Plasser & Theurer Unimat 09-2X-4x4/4S Dynamic E³ tamping machine equipped for electric and diesel operation. The tamper will use the 15 kV 16⅔ Hz overhead electrification to provide power for both movement ...

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    High Speed: Keeping track of new line costs

    2023-03-13T12:14:00Z

    Bane Nor and Civity have conducted econometric research into the factors influencing how far high speed rail project costs can be kept under control, with a view to learning lessons for future major rail schemes in Norway and elsewhere.

  • Flytoget airport train
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    Flytoget to withdraw after Vy awarded Østlandet contract

    2023-03-09T09:37:00Z

    NORWAY: Airport express operator Flytoget has announced its intention to withdraw from the rail market after Jernbanedirektoratet selected national operator Vy to run all regional services in eastern Norway. The directly awarded Østlandet contract running for 10 years from December 2023 covers all local and regional ...

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    Follobanen reopens after power supply modifications

    2023-03-07T15:28:00Z

    NORWAY: Trains have resumed running over the Follobanen after a 67-day break for work to enhance the electric traction supply and extensive testing of the modified equipment.

  • Traxx locomotive for Railpool
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    Railpool orders more Traxx locos

    2023-02-22T14:16:00Z

    EUROPE: Leasing company Railpool has awarded Alstom a framework contract for the supply of up to 42 Traxx AC3 and Traxx DC3 locomotives with a firm order for 27, the two companies announced on February 21. The locomotives are intended for use in Poland, Italy, Norway ...

  • Impression of Stadler Flirtnex train for Norske Tog
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    Stadler to supply Norwegian long distance trains making the journey an ‘experience in itself’

    2023-02-17T16:04:00Z

    NORWAY: State-owned rolling stock company Norske Tog has selected Stadler as the winner of a contract to supply 17 long distance trainsets to be branded as Flirtnex, with options for 100 more. ‘This is a big day’, said Norske Tog CEO Øystein Risan on February 17. ...

  • Norske Tog Alstom Coradia Nordic impression
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    Norske Tog orders EMUs

    2023-02-07T12:27:00Z

    NORWAY: The state-owned rolling stock company Norske Tog has exercised an option for Alstom to supply a further 25 Coradia Nordic regional electric multiple-units. The €230m order announced on February 7 is the second to be placed under a framework agreement for up to 200 EMUs ...