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NORTHERN EUROPE PROFILE: JERNBANEVERKET
Strategies
aiming to double
Norwegian
freight traffic
Freight traffic on Norwegian railways is enjoying strong growth. All the operators
on the network are reporting increased demand – signalling the need to run
additional and longer freight trains. A few sections are already operating beyond
their capacity. Jernbaneverket, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, is
responding to this trend and proposing measures to double freight traffic over
the next decade.
Anita Skauge, Executive Jernbaneverket has drawn up a dedicated strategy calls for freight services to have a
Director of Strategic Planning,
strategy for ensuring that freight traffic 90% punctuality rate. Jernbaneverket
Jernbaneverket
continues to grow. Besides the objective of proposes to invest NOK 3.7 billion in
doubling freight traffic by 2019, the capacity enhancements for freight between
2010 and 2019. The key measures will be
terminal expansion and additional passing
loops. This strategy is underpinned by a
cross-party policy objective of moving
freight from road to rail in order to
improve the environment, road safety and
conditions for other road users. The
freight strategy will form part of
Jernbaneverket’s submission for the next
National Transport Plan, which is to be
presented to the Norwegian parliament
this year.
Intermodal traffic
One distinctive feature of the Norwegian
rail freight market is the very high
proportion of intermodal traffic. In terms
The Alnabru terminal in Oslo is the hub of Norway’s rail freight system. Major expansion is now
of tonnage, intermodal traffic accounts for
planned to increase the terminal’s capacity Photo Credit: Øystein Grue / Jernbaneverket
85%, with the remaining 15% made up of
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