Topic: Norway

Maintenance rather than new investment Norway nearly doubles rail maintenance spending for 2025 and plans new rail tunnel in Oslo

Norway will be spending 6,6 billion Norwegian crowns (563,6 million euros) on the operation and maintenance of the railway network in 2025. The number marks…
Largest terminal in Nordics The Alnabru freight terminal in Oslo is getting an upgrade

The Nordic region’s largest freight terminal will get various technical improvements, in both capacity and infrastructure and is now inviting stakeholders to contribute to the…
Future growth Sweden and Norway concur: Iron Ore Line capacity and traffic will grow. But by how much?

Traffic on the Iron Ore Line will grow, and capacity accordingly needs to be expanded. Both Sweden and Norway, which both have parts of the…
Defense cooperation Norway and Sweden enter into military rail wagon purchasing agreement

Norwegian state-owned railway company Bane NOR, Norway’s Armed Forces and the Swedish Armed Forces have entered into a rail wagon purchasing agreement. Through the deal,…
Key freight line in Norway reopens after nine months

After nine months, freight trains in Norway are running again along the Dovre Line, which stretches for roughly 500 kilometres between Eidsvoll and Trondheim. The…
Onrail to take over Oslo-Narvik route, gains DB Schenker as customer

Norwegian rail operator Onrail will take over the Oslo-Narvik freight route. The company will now gain DB Schenker as a customer. Other companies did not…
DB Cargo Scandinavia completes freight pilot to Danish port of Hirtshals

DB Cargo Scandinavia completed a freight train test to the northern Danish Port of Hirtshals on 2 May. The rail operator ran the test to…
Lack of capacity along Iron Ore Line puts hundreds of LKAB jobs at risk

LKAB, the largest iron ore producer in Europe, said that some of its facilities might close unless capacity along the Iron Ore Line, or Malmbanan,…
North-South Europe fresh produce train may start trial in late 2024

A new rail freight route carrying fresh produce will start a pilot in late 2024. On a weekly basis, a train will make a return…
Accident update Railway to Bergen reopens, freight traffic restarts

As of last night, freight trains are running again along the railway connecting Oslo and Bergen, as Henning Aandal, the CEO of OnRail, told RailFreight.com.…
Last-minute call avoided tragedy in Norwegian train derailment

The dynamic of the recent train derailment in Norway is still unclear. What is currently known is that the train driver and an employee who…
Accident in Norway: ‘Some cargo will have to wait for the reopening of the line’

There currently is no rail freight traffic between Oslo and Bergen due to the recent derailment in Arna. “Some of the containers will just have…