Norway’s southern railway struggles to win back passengers

Go-Ahead Nordic train on the Sørlandsbanen
Go-Ahead Nordic train on the Sørlandsbanen Go-Ahead Nordic

Norway’s most southern railway line, the Sørlandsbanen running from Oslo via Kristiansand to Stavanger, has not seen all its passengers return after the pandemic. Some even fear that the line is losing out to roads and might no longer exist in 10 years: researcher and frequent traveller on the line Anders Langeland said this to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.

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Author: Esther Geerts

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Norway’s southern railway struggles to win back passengers

Go-Ahead Nordic train on the Sørlandsbanen
Go-Ahead Nordic train on the Sørlandsbanen Go-Ahead Nordic

Norway’s most southern railway line, the Sørlandsbanen running from Oslo via Kristiansand to Stavanger, has not seen all its passengers return after the pandemic. Some even fear that the line is losing out to roads and might no longer exist in 10 years: researcher and frequent traveller on the line Anders Langeland said this to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.

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Author: Esther Geerts

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