Continued Reduced Service on the Sørlandsbanen
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There will be a reduced train service on the Sørlandsbanen until February next year after the Norwegian Railway Directorate approved an application from Go-Ahead Norway.
The Sørlandsbanen in Norway remains limited due to maintenance problems on train type 73. Learn all about replacement traffic and timetable changes.
The need for maintenance on the trainsets is great, and Go-Ahead is having challenges obtaining spare parts. The train company is therefore having to operate fewer departures until February 14th next year.
The Norwegian Railway Directorate has given the train company Go-Ahead permission to extend the reduced train service on the Sørlandsbanen Line until mid-February next year.
Passengers on the Sørlandsbanen must brace themselves for another three months of reduced train service, the Norwegian Railways Directorate said in a press release.
Continued reduced service on the Sørlandsbanen This comes after the Norwegian Railway Directorate has approved an application from Go-Ahead Norway. Faults on the type 73 train sets have led to cancellations and poor punctuality on the route, and this summer the train operator Go-Ahead applied for a reduction in the number of departures. Now they have applied for an extension of the temporary arrangement until February 14, and have been granted …
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