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    Sixth Oslo metro line approved

    2017-11-16T11:47:49Z

    NORWAY: Oslo city council approved plans for the city’s sixth metro line on November 13. Planned to open in 2024, the 8·2 km line with six stations would run from Majorstuen on the existing network to Fornebusenter to the west of the city centre, where the depot would be ...

  • Satellite technology has been developed to try to reduce collisions between trains and reindeer.
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    Reindeer collisions avoided with satellite technology

    2017-10-24T14:57:39Z

    NORWAY: Satellite technology has been developed to try to reduce collisions between trains and reindeer in remote areas of Norway. Because reindeer are free-roaming herd animals, a single incident can injure as many as 50 animals. Developed by animal tracking technology company FindMy as a result of hackathon organised by ...

  • Jernbanedirektoratet said tendering passenger services is intended to achieve ‘more satisfied customers, increased passenger numbers and better value for money for the government’.(Photo: Njaal Svingheim/Jernbaneverket).
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    Norwegian passenger service tendering underway

    2017-10-12T15:32:20Z

    NORWAY: Invitations to tender for the Lot 1 Sør passenger train operating contract were issued to prequalified bidders by Jernbanedirektoratet on October 12, when the national railway agency also announced plans for further competitive tendering. The Lot 1 Sør contract covers inter-city services on the Sørlandet line to Stavanger, Jær ...

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    Metro Report International

    Keolis to operate Bergen light rail line

    2009-04-03T15:18:00Z

    NORWAY: The Fjord1 Partner AS consortium led by Keolis has been awarded a seven-year contract with a two-year extension to operate the 9?8 km Bybanen light rail line in Bergen. The operating contract is valued at NKr400m, although this does not take into account the value of ...