NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has awarded a NKr 250m ($US 28.9m) signalling contract to Thales for the Follo Line project, Norway largest infrastructure project.

CAPACITY on the southern section of the Eidsvoll - Lillehammer - Trondheim Dovre Line was increased significantly on December 1, when Norwegian infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket completed construction of a new 17km double-track section between Langset and Kleverud, which runs alongside Lake Mjøsa.

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has appointed Atkins to provide technical consultancy services to support the complete renewal of its signalling infrastructure on 4000km of lines with ERTMS Level 2 Baseline 3, which is due for completion by 2030.

THE first of eight 42.1m-long Variobahn low-floor LRVs being supplied by Stadler Pankow for the light rail network in Bergen arrived at the Norwegian city's port on October 19.

THE Norwegian government has allocated Norwegian State Railways (NSB) NKr 1.55bn ($US 190m) towards the acquisition of 26 additional Stadler Flirt EMUs as part its 2016 state budget, which was unveiled on October 7.

STATE secretary for Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications Mr John-Ragnar Aarseth visited Rombak station in the Arctic Circle on September 17 to mark the completion of a project to increase capacity on the 43km Norwegian section of the heavy-haul line linking iron-ore mines in the Kiruna area of northern Sweden with the port of Narvik.

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket marked the completion of the country's first ERTMS deployment on August 31, when transport minister Mr Ketil Solvik-Olsen officially reopened the 80km Ski – Sarpsborg Østfold Line.

THE final phase of a 10-year project to upgrade Oslo Sporveien's Kolsås line to metro standards has been completed with the commissioning of new signalling at Avløs depot.

SWEDISH national train operator SJ marked the launch of its enhanced services between the Norwegian and Swedish capitals in a ceremony at Oslo Central station on August 10, which was attended by Norway's transport minister Mr Ketil Solvik-Olsen, the mayor of Oslo Mr Stian Berger Røsland, and SJ CEO Mr Crister Fritzson.

NORWEGIAN infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has selected Obrascón Huarte Lain, Spain, for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 3.5km section of the new double-track 22km Follo Line from Oslo Central to Ski.