New double tracks will be built in the south-eastern region and important development projects launched in the Bergen and Trondheim areas. This will make room for far more trains, shorter travel times and more reliable train operation. Passing loops will be built along the entire rail network to reduce travel time and double capacity to transport goods by rail.
This is some of the important news in the National Transport Plan for the period 2010 – 2019
In this period the annual distribution of government funding will average out at NOK 9,214 million to the Norwegian National Rail Administration. This is an increase of NOK 3,390 million or 58 per cent compared with the National Transport Plan for the period 2006-2015.
Railway investments will double in the period 2010 to 2019 compared with the previous NTP. Railway development will provide 144 km of new rail track, of which 116 km will be double track. Capacity and punctuality will improve for both passenger and goods transport. Rail goods transport capacity will double thanks to the construction of 45 new passing loops and development of terminals at localities including Alnabru in Oslo.