Bergen railway
Rail freight takes a 60% modal share between Norway’s two biggest cities
Freight traffic between Oslo and Bergen, Norway’s two biggest cities, now takes place on rail 60% of the time. Rail demand on the route is…
Infrastructure, economy and compensation
Norwegian rail freight market resurges in 2025 after disappointing 2024
In 2025, the Norwegian rail freight operators had a much better year than in 2024. Infrastructure stabilisation and favourable economic conditions helped the companies to…
Onrail excluded from workshop
A mess in the Norwegian rail freight sector: defied legal order turns into lawsuit
A legal battle in Norway is unfolding quite dramatically. Private operator Onrail alleged in December 2024 that it was unfairly being denied access to the…
Problem after problem
“If things don’t get much better, freight train companies in Norway will die”
Rail freight companies in Norway are not having the time of their lives. Problems on the Norwegian network keep on coming, severely hindering rail operations.…
Public versus private
Private operator Onrail locked out of state maintenance facility in Norway
Onrail, a private Norwegian rail operator, was banned from the state rail maintenance facility in Alnabru, Oslo, for the past year and a half. During…
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…
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…
Rail freight in Norway notes minor growth, Bane Nor wants to invest more
Rail freight traffic in Norway grew by two per cent in 2022 compared to the previous year. The growth is not too significant considering that…
TX Logistik to launch new rail connection for Stockholm Norvik Port
TX Logistik, Mercitalia’s subsidiary that offers rail freight services in Europe, will launch a new rail connection between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Eskilstuna Intermodal…
Port of Narvik finds its way to Finland by rail
A new rail freight connection is in the pipeline in Scandinavia. The port of Narvik will launch a rail link connecting it with Haparanda/Tornio on…