Topic: Northern Europe

Part 1 Norwegian rail became a ‘victim of its own success’, operator Flytoget drew the short straw

The current airport express rail service in Norway will not be continued with Flytoget after the contract with the operator expires. The other national operator, Vy, will take…

Sweden accelerates the North Bothnia railway

Sweden is taking the next step for the Norrbotnia line, a 270 kilometre new coastal high-speed railway between Umeå and Luleå. Infrastructure manager Trafikverket received the task to…

Northern Europe’s busiest single-track railway tunnel gets upgrade

Bane NOR has awarded contractor Azvi the task of rehabilitating the Ulriken tunnel from 1964 between Arna and Bergen. A new tunnel through the mountain Ulriken was recently…