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General presentation, about Jernbaneverket
June 2016
Jernbaneverket in Norwegian society
About Jernbaneverket
History and obligations
Jernbaneverket was established in 1996 after
the former Norwegian State Railways (NSB)
was devided into a train company, NSB BA,
and an infrastructure manager, The Norwegian
National Rail Administration (Jernbaneverket).
Jernbaneverket owns
• Railway lines
• Platforms and waiting areas
• Stations built after 1996
• Power supply and catenary system
• Signaling and interlocking systems
• Traffic control systems
• Telecommunications systems
About Jernbaneverket
Our tasks
• To provide Norway’s train companies
with a safe and efficient transport system
• To plan, improve and maintain the rail
network, including stations and freight
terminals
• To manage railway traffic and provide
traffic information
• To allocate track capacity between
different train companies
• To plan and produce timetables
Our expenditures 2015
Operations and maintenance
Investments
(NOK millions)
7,449
9,823
17,272
​The Norwegian rail network
• 4 209 route-km
• 256 km (ca. 6 %) double track
• 736 tunnels
• 2 577 bridges
• 337 stations and stops with
passenger traffic
Traffic
Freight
Including iron ore and cross-border traffic
the Norwegian railways transported more
than 31 million tonnes of freight in 2015.
About 10,6 million tonnes were domestic
freight traffic.
Passenger services
More than 73 million passengers travelled
by train in 2015.
Train companies that have
track access agreement
with Jernbaneverket in 2016
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Cargo Net AS
Flytoget AS (Airport Express)
Green Cargo AB
Grenland Rail AS
Hector Rail AB
LKAB Malmtrafikk AS
NSB AS (Norwegian State Railways)
NSB Gjøvikbanen AS
SJ AB (Swedish Railways)
Togåkeriet i Bergslagen AB
Organisation
Action Programme 2014-2023
Important projects
in the periode
Major construction projects
• IC, Follo line, Bergen-Arna, electrification
Trønder and Meråker lines
Major renewal projects
• ERTMS
• More resilient infrastructure
• Renewal of machines (yellow fleet)
• Renewal of public areas at train stations
from 2018
Aims and target areas 2014–2017
Our target areas
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Development of Intercity
Nation-wide signalling renewal (ERTMS)
Increase track capacity for freight transport
Make Jernbaneverket a more efficient
organisation
• Improve and develop railway expertise in
close collaboration with the supply chain
More information? Visit www.jernbaneverket.no