Rail transport in Norway
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The Norwegian railway system comprises 4,109 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) track of which 2,644 km is electrified and 274 km double track. There are 697 tunnels and 2,760 bridges.
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Operation | |
National railway | Vy |
Infrastructure company | Bane NOR |
Major operators | SJ Norge, SJ AB, Vy and Go-Ahead Norge |
Statistics | |
Ridership | 40.401 million (2021)[1] |
Passenger km | 1780 million (2021)[2] |
Freight | 37.55 million tonnes (2021)[3] |
System length | |
Total | 4,109 km (2,553 mi) |
Double track | 274 km (170 mi) |
Electrified | 2,644 km (1,643 mi) |
High-speed | 161.5 km (100 mi) |
Track gauge | |
Main | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Electrification | |
Main | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
Features | |
No. tunnels | 697 |
Longest tunnel | Blix Tunnel[4][5] |
No. bridges | 2,760 |
Longest bridge | Minnesund Railway Bridge [6] |
Highest elevation | 1,237 metres (4,058 ft) |
at | Finse |
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The Norwegian Railway Directorate manages the railway network in Norway on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation. Bane NOR is a state enterprise which builds and maintains all railway tracks, while other companies operate them. These companies include Vy and subsidiaries Vy Gjøvikbanen and CargoNet, Flytoget, Go-Ahead, SJ Norge, Green Cargo, Grenland Rail and Hector Rail.
Norway is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Norway is 76.