Jernbaneverket
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Jernbaneverket () was a government agency responsible for owning, maintaining, operating and developing the Norwegian railway network, including the track, stations, classification yards, traffic management and timetables. Safety oversight was the duty of the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate, while numerous operating companies run trains on the lines; the largest being the state owned passenger company Vy (formerly NSB) and the freight company CargoNet.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1996
- Location
- Oslo, Norway
- Also known as
- Jernbaneverket
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.458131.a · ISNI 0000 0001 2240 1559
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Operations
- Organization
- Stations
- Railway companies
- Rolling stock
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Jernbaneverket () was a government agency responsible for owning, maintaining, operating and developing the Norwegian railway network, including the track, stations, classification yards, traffic management and timetables. Safety oversight was the duty of the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate, while numerous operating companies run trains on the lines; the largest being the state owned passenger company Vy (formerly NSB) and the freight company CargoNet.
The administration operated all railways in Norway, except public station areas and freight terminals built before 1997 and private sidings. All track is standard gauge, with a total of , of which is electrified, and is double track. The Norwegian Railway Museum was a subsidiary of the rail administration.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jernbaneverket” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.