This list of Norwegian railway companies includes public limited companies , municipal companies with partial government support and other companies that have built and / or operated or operate railway lines on the Norwegian railway network. The tables list railway transport companies , railway infrastructure companies and companies that maintain both branches of operation.
Railway companies that do not have their own infrastructure but operate trains on another company's network are marked with "no network of their own".
List of today's Norwegian railway companies
List of former Norwegian railway companies
society |
abbreviation |
Route name |
Route length |
Gauge |
Remarks, e.g. E.g .: operated railway lines
|
Dunderland Iron Ore Company |
DIOC |
Dunderlandsbanen |
23.7 km |
1435 mm |
(1904–1942), Storforshei – Gullsmedvik railway line , expanded in 1942 by Organization Todt and integrated
into Nordlandsbanen |
Holmestrand – Vittingfossbanen |
HVB |
Holmestrand – Vittingfossbanen |
29.8 km |
1067 mm |
(1886–1934), Holmestrand – Vittingfoss railway line , taken over in
1934 by Vestfold Privatbaner |
Jernbaneverket |
JBV |
|
|
1435 mm |
1996 to December 31, 2016 - Bane NOR became his successor
|
Linx |
|
|
|
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joint venture between SJ and Norges Statsbaner
|
Norges Statsbaner |
NSB |
|
|
1067 mm / 1435 mm |
(1883–1996), successor: Norges Statsbaner BA
|
Norges Statsbaner BA |
NSB |
|
|
1435 mm |
(1996–2002) Successor: Norges Statsbaner AS
|
Norges Statsbaner AS |
NSB |
|
|
1435 mm |
(2002– April 23, 2019) Successor: Vy / Vygruppen AS
|
Norsk Hoved-Jernbane |
NHJ |
|
68 km |
1435 mm |
(1850–1926), Hovedbanen , Eidsvoll – Oslo, taken over in
1926 by Norges Statsbaner |
NSB Gods |
NSB |
|
no own network |
|
became CargoNet
|
Ofotbanen AS |
OBAS |
|
no own network |
|
Bankruptcy 2009
|
Peterson Rail |
|
|
no own network |
|
(2007–2012), Swedish-Norwegian company, insolvent
|
Tønsberg – Eidsfossbanen |
TEB |
Tønsberg – Eidsfossbanen |
48.1 km |
1067 mm |
(1901–1934), Tønsberg – Eidsfoss railway line , taken over by Vestfold Privatbaner in
1934 |
Union Express |
|
|
no own network |
|
founded in 2008, bankruptcy in 2009
|
Vestfold private banker |
|
|
77.9 km |
1067 mm |
(1934–1938), Holmestrand – Vittingfoss railway and Tønsberg – Eidsfoss railway , 1938 both lines closed
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List of Norwegian Museum Railway Companies / Museum Railway Associations
Individual evidence
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^ Jernbanen i tall. banenor.no, January 2015, accessed January 9, 2017 (Norwegian).
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↑ Krøderbanen. Norsk Jernbaneklubb, accessed April 27, 2019 (Norwegian).
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↑ Gamle Vossebanen. Norsk Jernbaneklubb, accessed January 9, 2017 (Norwegian).
Web links
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Stasjonsdatabasen. (Overview of all rail routes and companies in Norway). Norsk Jernbaneklubb, accessed February 28, 2014 (Norwegian).