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25 September 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
Tide Buss in Norway has ordered 35 electric buses, including 25 Volvo buses, meaning the city of Trondheim has the largest electric bus fleet in the country.
1 September 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
Scania are set to deliver 140 buses - including many hybrid vehicles - for public transport in Kristiansand, south-west of the Norwegian capital Oslo. The order includes a fleet care package in which the company takes full responsibility for vehicle repair and maintenance.
23 August 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
Five new Urbino 12 electric will boost a fleet of Boreal Norge AS, which is one of the leading Norwegian public transport operators.
3 April 2017 | By Intelligent Transport
Two Urbino 12 electric vehicles have been purchased by Unibuss, marking a new electric era for the Norwegian public transport operator.
26 August 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Polish bus manufacturer Solaris is to supply 99 new buses to the Norwegian capital with delivery expected at the beginning of next year.
3 July 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Intelligent Transport
Nobina, the Norwegian transport company, has taken delivery of 36 Scania gas powered buses.
In this issue: A foreword from Ketil Solvik-Olsen, plus articles from our Scandinavian Profile, as well as our features on developments at stations and stops to improve passenger experience and Graffiti Crime...
30 June 2015 | By Oddmund Sylta, Managing Director, Skyss
‘The number of cars on the roads shall not increase, even though the population is growing’. This is the ambitious political goal adopted by national and regional authorities in Norway. However, getting more people to use public transport is challenging in a country where people live spread out in urban…
30 June 2015 | By Audun M. Solheim, Head of Strategy and Development, Kolumbus
Kolumbus AS is an independent public transport authority fully owned by Rogaland County Municipality – the regional governing administration of Rogaland, Norway. Rogaland is inhabited by close to 500,000 people and covers around 10,000km2 in the south-western parts of Norway. Half the population lives in and around Stavanger, Rogaland’s main…
13 April 2015 | By Lizzie Fuller
IoT platform company FourC AS has been awarded a grant from the Research Council of Norway to research and develop new technology solutions for public transport...
4 July 2014 | By Cato Hellesjø, CEO of Sporveien Oslo AS
Sporveien Oslo AS is Norway’s largest public transport provider, transporting approximately 200 million passengers by tram, bus and metro. Sporveien also undertakes extensive activities relating to the operation and maintenance of trams and metro carriages, as well as the development and management of infrastructure and real estate relating to public…
22 August 2013 | By Erik Kolbjørnsen, Head of Electronic Tickets, Ruter As
The Norwegian capital region has in recent years become Europe’s most rapidly growing metropolitan area. A 2% annual population growth is outbalanced by a 5% growth in public transport journeys. Figures from 2012 indicate a 29% increase on 2007, whereas private car use in Oslo itself remains stable at 2005…
3 July 2013 | By Thomas J. Potter, previous Chief Engineer of Bybanen AS, now Senior Transport Engineer at Norconsult AS
Like many other cities in the world, the City of Bergen closed its tram system in the 1960s which originally opened in 1897. In 2000, Bergen decided to build a new light-rail system. After 20 years of heated discussion, a determined search for resources, visits to many other successful light-rail…
20 June 2013 | By Atkins
The second phase of Bergen Light Rail in Norway opens officially on Saturday 22 June...
25 April 2013 | By Siemens
Siemens delivered its 100th metro train to Oslo, ten years after the signing of first contract for what has meanwhile become the biggest metro order in the history of the company...
