Topic: OnRail

DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COUPLING Norway unveils plans for DAC commercial tests

Large-scale commercial tests for Digital Automatic Coupling (DAC) will begin next year all across Europe. For Norway, trains operated by Onrail will be equipped with…
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…
Rauma Line closed “We are the victims of subpar infrastructure” says Norwegian rail challenger

The Norwegian Rauma Line is closed for traffic. The reason for the closure is a landslide, so not much could have been done to prevent…
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…
reshuffling Big rail transport contracts change hands in Sweden

The end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 will change the landscape in Swedish rail freight services. Big transport contracts are about to change…
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…