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NORTHERN EUROPE PROFILE: JERNBANEVERKET
wagonload, timber and other bulk traffic. Navarsete, Minister of Transport and therefore become a major bottleneck.
Developments have shown that a Communications, on 21 January 2008. Built Plans for a two-stage expansion have now
competitive concept for rail is intermodal since 2005 at a cost of NOK 500m, Ganddal is been set out. This year, a number of
transport of containers, semitrailers and Norway’s most modern intermodal terminal, improvements will be made to the
swapbodies from Oslo to the country’s replacing an old and antiquated facility in northern part of the terminal, increasing
other main cities, where they are offloaded central Stavanger. In its first year of operation, capacity by more than 135,000 TEUs up
for local transport by road. As well as fast the terminal will handle approximately 85,000 to a total capacity of 600-700,000 TEUs.
transit between terminals, this requires TEU, but it has capacity for more than twice These include constructing a new loading
efficient terminals for the transfer from this volume. yard and lengthening an existing one.
rail to road. A new track will also be built, and an
Alnabru upgrade planned existing track realigned.
New terminal At Alnabru in Oslo, the hub of Norwegian Meanwhile, more extensive works are
The new freight terminal at Ganddal near domestic freight traffic, a major upgrade is planned for the southern part of the
Stavanger entered service at the turn of the planned. The present terminal reached the terminal. Here, large-scale expansion is to
year and was officially opened by Liv Signe limits of its capacity last year and has take place between 2009 and 2012, with
current estimates putting the cost at NOK
650 million. The project is still at the
Intermodal traffic
planning stage, but it has already been
decided that cranes will be used for
predominates in Norway
loading and unloading at the new
terminal, rather than forklift trucks as at
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Intermodal traffic makes up 85% of freight tonnage other terminals in Norway.
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Wagonload freight makes up 5%
There are also plans to increase
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Timber and bulk traffic make up 10%
capacity at the country’s other freight
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In addition, 15 million tonnes of iron ore are transported annually on the Ofoten line
terminals, especially Bodø, Narvik,
Bergen, Trondheim and Drammen.
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