Key freight line in Norway reopens after nine months
After nine months, freight trains in Norway are running again along the Dovre Line, which stretches for roughly 500 kilometres between Eidsvoll and Trondheim. The…
Onrail to take over Oslo-Narvik route, gains DB Schenker as customer
Norwegian rail operator Onrail will take over the Oslo-Narvik freight route. The company will now gain DB Schenker as a customer. Other companies did not…
North-South Europe fresh produce train may start trial in late 2024
A new rail freight route carrying fresh produce will start a pilot in late 2024. On a weekly basis, a train will make a return…
Accident update
Railway to Bergen reopens, freight traffic restarts
As of last night, freight trains are running again along the railway connecting Oslo and Bergen, as Henning Aandal, the CEO of OnRail, told RailFreight.com.…
Last-minute call avoided tragedy in Norwegian train derailment
The dynamic of the recent train derailment in Norway is still unclear. What is currently known is that the train driver and an employee who…
Accident in Norway: ‘Some cargo will have to wait for the reopening of the line’
There currently is no rail freight traffic between Oslo and Bergen due to the recent derailment in Arna. “Some of the containers will just have…
Derailment in Norway blocks rail access to Bergen indefinitely
A freight train derailed in Arna, near Bergen (Norway) on the evening of Friday 22 March 2024. No serious injuries were reported, but the railway…
What is the future of the Oslo-Gothenburg line?
The railway line stretching from Oslo, in Norway, to Gothenburg, in Sweden, is currently one of the main bottlenecks along the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor. A…
Dutch post back on rail tracks after 25 years
Dutch postal company PostNL will again transport parcels and letters by rail. The company will start with a weekly train service to Oslo. The last…