SWEDISH National passenger operator SJ has abandoned plans to launch hugely-improved services on the Oslo – Stockholm route because Norwegian infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket is planning more than two years of daytime closures on part of the route for infrastructure work.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) is to test the Erex IT energy management and billing system on 50 of its freight locomotives developed by the Eress consortium of five European infrastructure managers and one railway.
NORWAY's infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has awarded the first of five engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts to Condotte, Italy, for the 22km Follo Line linking Oslo Central and Ski.
THE Norwegian government has revealed plans to increase spending on the country's railway network to record levels next year as part of the 2015 state budget, which was announced on October 8.
NORWAY and Sweden have agreed to draw up a joint strategy for the development of rail traffic on the Oslo – Gothenburg corridor following a meeting between representatives of Sweden's Industry Ministry and the Norwegian ministry of transport in Stockholm on August 27.
A JOINT study by the Norwegian and Swedish infrastructure managers, Jernbaneverket and Trafikverket, recommends upgrading the heavy-haul line linking Kiruna and Narvik to meet a forecast growth in traffic.
NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has awarded Windhoff, Germany, a contract to supply 11 self-propelled track and catenary maintenance vehicles.
NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket (JBV) has issued prequalification documents for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Ski -Langus section of the Follo Line upgrade project, which is currently Norway's largest transport infrastructure project.
NORWAY's infrastructure manager, Jernbaneverket, has pre-qualified nine joint ventures and three companies from Europe and Asia to bid for two contracts for the construction of a 20km tunnel on the new 250km/h Follo line.
IRJ at Nordic Rail: Testing is set to commence in November on Norwegian infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket's pilot ERTMS project.