Bane NOR

Bane NOR
Company typeGovernment agency
IndustryRailway infrastructure
PredecessorJernbaneverket
Founded5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
HeadquartersOslo, Norway[1]
Area served
Norway
Key people
  • Cato Hellesjø[2] (Chair)
  • Thor Gjermund Eriksen[3] (CEO)
Number of employees
3,468 (2019) Edit this on Wikidata
ParentNorwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications
SubsidiariesSpordrift[4]
Bane NOR Eiendom
Websitewww.banenor.no

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.[5] It took over the operations of Jernbaneverket (railway administration) on 31 December 2016.

Since its official launch on 2 January 2017, Bane NOR has pursued the modernisation and expansion of the rail network; various contracts and partnerships were issued between 2017 and 2020 covering technical cooperation, component supply, design services, civil engineering works, and replacement of obsolete infrastructure. Capacity expansion efforts include the doubling of sections of the Bergen-Fløen and Vestfoldbanen lines, while the comprehensive replacement of over a dozen different signalling systems with the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) has also commenced. During the early 2020s, Bane NOR has encountered considerable difficulty in the delivery of the new Follo Line, which has suffered both delays and technical mishaps.

  1. ^ "Stiftelsesmøte for Jernbaneinfrastrukturforetaket". regjeringen.no. 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Ny styreleder i Bane NOR". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Første dag på jobb for Thor Gjermund Eriksen | Bane NOR" (in Bokmål). 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ "Stein O. Nes skal lede "Spordrift AS" (Stein O. Nes will manage "Spordrift AS")" (in Norwegian). Bane NOR. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Slik er norsk jernbane organisert". 3 July 2023.

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