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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. The Norwegian Railway Directorate manages the railway network in Norway on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation.
The signalling system used on the rail transport in Norway is regulated by the Regulations of December 4, 2001 no. 1336 about signals and signs on the state's railway network and connected private tracks. The first signalling system on the Norwegian railway system was a mechanically operated semaphore system introduced at Drammen station in 1893.
The Norwegian railway network consists as of March 2010 of 4,159 kilometres (2,584 mi) of line, owned and managed by the Norwegian National Rail Administration. Of this, 3,900 kilometres (2,400 mi) has regular traffic. This includes 30 lines in regular traffic and 10 lines with irregular traffic. Twenty-four of these lines are electrified.
The Thamshavn Line became Norway's first electrified when it opened in 1908. Class 73 train near Dombås on the Dovre Line. The Norwegian railway network consists of 2,552 kilometers (1,586 mi) of electrified railway lines, constituting 62% of the Norwegian National Rail Administration's 4,114 kilometers (2,556 mi) of line. [1]
The Norwegian Railway Authority (Norwegian: Statens jernbanetilsyn) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for practical control and supervision of rail transport in Norway, including railways, tramways, rapid transits, heritage railways and side tracks.
In the years between 1862 and 1883, a series of more or less isolated lines was opened throughout southern Norway, including isolated railways in central and western Norway. The earliest railways were built to the 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) ( standard gauge ) but to reduce costs under the influence of Carl Pihl this was changed to 3 ft 6 ...
The administration also ran the Norwegian Railway College in Oslo and the Norwegian Railway Museum in Hamar. [26] The agency had about 2,900 employees. [27] In 2007, the administration had a revenue of NOK 5,661 million, of which 1,934 M went to operation, 1,369 M to maintenance, 67 M to the Gardermoen Line and 2,291 M to investments. [28]
Bane NOR SF is the Norwegian government agency responsible for owning, maintaining, operating and developing the Norwegian railway network, including the track, stations, and the majority of other infrastructure assets. [3] It took over the operations of Jernbaneverket (railway administration) on 31 December 2016.