Skip to content
Flytoget
EntityQ2167417· pop 11· linked from 112 articles

Also known as Airport Express Train

thumb|Previous logo Flytoget (') is a high-speed airport railway service connecting Oslo Airport to Oslo Central Station. Run by Flytoget AS''' (formerly NSB Gardermobanen AS), it operates on the high-speed Gardermoen Line using sixteen GMB Class 71 electric trains. Normal service frequency is once every ten minutes, with five of the services each hour continuing westwards beyond Oslo Central. The journey takes nineteen minutes, with extended services serving nine stops within Greater Oslo and taking up to 60 minutes.

Key facts

Company.name
Flytoget AS
Company.logo
Flytoget logo.svg
Company.type
State owned
Company.foundation
24 November 1992
Company.founder
Norges Statsbaner
Company.location
Oslo, Norway
Company.key_people
Philipp Engedal (CEO)Endre Skjørestad (Chair)
Company.area_served
Greater Oslo
Company.industry
Rail transport
Company.products
Airport rail link
Company.revenue
NOK 1,019.1 million (2024)
Company.operating_income
NOK 65.1 million (2024)
Company.net_income
NOK 34.6 million (2024)
Company.num_employees
343 (end of 2024)
Company.parent
Vygruppen AS

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official website
www.flytoget.no
Image
GMB BFM 71104 1.jpg
Show 4 more facts
date of official opening
1998-10-08
Commons category
Flytoget
inception
1998-09-27
service retirement
2027-12-12
Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

~18 min read

Article

15 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Decision for a new airport connection
  • Construction
  • Challenges
  • Reorganisation
  • Operations
  • Stations
  • Incidents
  • Rolling stock
  • Class 71
  • Class 78
  • Future
  • New tracks
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Previous logo Flytoget (') is a high-speed airport railway service connecting Oslo Airport to Oslo Central Station. Run by Flytoget AS''' (formerly NSB Gardermobanen AS), it operates on the high-speed Gardermoen Line using sixteen GMB Class 71 electric trains. Normal service frequency is once every ten minutes, with five of the services each hour continuing westwards beyond Oslo Central. The journey takes nineteen minutes, with extended services serving nine stops within Greater Oslo and taking up to 60 minutes.

Flytoget transported 5.4 million passengers in 2007, a 34-percent market share of airport ground transport. The service, which has a top speed of , is the only high-speed rail service in Norway. Construction started in 1994 and high-speed trains began serving Gardermoen Airport from the date of its opening on 8 October 1998, although full operation using the Romerike Tunnel had to wait another ten and a half months after severe leaks caused by the tunnel's construction led to the partial depletion of two lakes.

Gallery (30)

Connections

Categories