Vygruppen, branded as Vy, formerly the Norwegian State Railways (, NSB), is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach services, CargoNet freight trains and the Swedish train transport company Tågkompaniet. In 2009, NSB carried 52 million train passengers and 104 million bus passengers. On 24 April 2019, passenger train and bus services were rebranded as Vy.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Vygruppen AS
- Company.logo_size
- 175
- Company.type
- State-owned
- Company.foundation
- 1 December 1996
- Company.location
- Oslo, Norway
- Company.key_people
- Gro Bakstad, CEO
- Company.area_served
- Norway and Sweden (Oslo-Gothenburg line)
- Company.industry
- Transport
- Company.revenue
- NOK 11 billion (2009)
- Company.operating_income
- NOK 548 million (2009)
- Company.net_income
- NOK 497 million (2009)
- Company.num_employees
- 10,646 (2006)
- Company.parent
- Ministry of Transport and Communications
- Company.subsid
- FlytogetVy BussVy GjøvikbanenVy Tåg (Sweden)CargoNet
- Company.homepage
- (Norway) (Sweden)
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Services
- Inter-city services
- Regional services
- Commuter services
- Rolling stock
- Locomotives
- Electric multiple units
- Diesel railcar
- Carriages
- Subsidiaries
- Vy Tog
- Chief executives
- References
- External links
Vygruppen, branded as Vy, formerly the Norwegian State Railways (, NSB), is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach services, CargoNet freight trains and the Swedish train transport company Tågkompaniet. In 2009, NSB carried 52 million train passengers and 104 million bus passengers. On 24 April 2019, passenger train and bus services were rebranded as Vy.
The company was established as the Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996). In 1996 the company was split into the new NSB, the infrastructure company, Jernbaneverket and the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate. In 2002, the freight operations were split to the subsidiary CargoNet, and the maintenance department became Mantena. It was controversially renamed Vygruppen in 2019; the then-opposition parties vowed to reverse the name change.