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NORTHERN EUROPE PROFILE: JERNBANEVERKET
Recognising the
importance of
high-speed rail
in Norway
Studies commissioned by Jernbaneverket, the Norwegian National Rail
Administration, show potential for developing a high-speed network designed
for Norwegian conditions.
Lars Erik Nybø, Project Norway was an early builder of railways. services to a large number of small
Manager for High-Speed Study,
The first line, the 54km route from airports. On the ground, road and rail
Jernbaneverket
Oslo to Eidsvoll, opened back in 1854 – both follow the natural transport
quite some time ago! As in other corridors in southern Norway, where the
countries, the rail network was expanded population is concentrated in mid-sized
to its present extent (over 4,000km) for towns and villages spread along the long,
two main reasons: to accommodate an wide valleys. Given Norway’s scattered
existing need to transport raw materials to settlement pattern and low overall
the coast, and to provide the population population, the transport policy has
with a radically improved long-distance tended to focus on securing road access
transport service. for as many as possible of the smallest
communities, possibly at the expense of a
‘‘There has been public and
high-quality road and rail network serving
political demand for a the busiest national transport corridors.
long-term strategy to
Norway has a largely single-track rail
modernise the Norwegian
network, which is heavily utilised and
overloaded on its most densely trafficked
rail network and develop
sections. Low line speeds apply across the
high-speed lines’’
network. In the light of concerns about the
environment and climate change, and
Norway is very mountainous, and the extensive development of high-speed
construction of high-quality infrastructure rail networks in Europe, there has been
for road and rail transport has failed to public and political demand for a long-
keep pace with general social development term strategy to modernise the Norwegian
and the resulting demand for sustainable rail network and develop high-speed lines.
mobility. Norway has developed a dense, The decision to examine the potential
high-capacity network of scheduled air for high-speed rail in Norway was
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