Norway High-speed rail in Europe

the flytoget @ oslo station, norway

norway has several high speed stretches radiating oslo. these have speeds ranging 200 km/h 250 km/h. several new railroad stretches under construction , complete intercity triangle oslo finished 2030.

norway s high-speed line 64 km gardermobanen (the gardermoen railway), links oslo airport (osl) metropolitan areas of oslo. here flytoget (the airport express train) , of nsb (norwegian state railways) trains operate @ speeds of 210 km/h (130 mph). gardermobanen contributes give rail transport relatively high market share. 38% of osl passengers come train, 21% bus, , 40% car.

some more new high-speed lines planned built in oslo region, during 2010 , 2020 decades. today, however, small parts of norway s rail network permit speed faster 130 km/h.

there political climate building more high-speed railway services in norway, including long-distance lines oslo trondheim, bergen, stavanger , gothenburg. assumed dedicated single-track high-speed railways having 250 km/h (160 mph). still @ feasibility planning stages.

the norwegian government examining fives lines radiating out oslo bergen, kristiansand/stavanger, trondheim, göteborg, , stockholm. sixth line coastal line between bergen, haugesund , stavanger. @ least 2 investigations on cost , benefit have been made. more indepth analysis covering route analysis of 6 lines made on order norwegian government beginning late 2010.

the closest 50–100 km oslo on each of these lines have potential regional trains (except direction stockholm). upgrade , new construction high-speed standard have extent taken place gardermobanen. more being built , planned, present ambition take decades have high-speed standard closest 100 km oslo on these lines. ambition day have 200 km/h or more halden, skien, hønefoss , hamar. these projects have higher priority long-distance projects. preconditions long-distance projects, since used long-distance trains.

parts of new built route drammen - tønsberg in operation trains (stadler flirt) capable of 200 km/h. new route planned finished in entirety in 2015, partly permitting 250 km/h.