Norwegian Railway Inspectorate
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Norwegian Railway Inspectorate

Type	Government agency
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Norway
Key people	Erik Johnsen (Director)
Industry	Rail supervision
Employees	28 (2007)
Parent	Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications

The Norwegian Railway Inspectorate (Norwegian: Statens Jernbanetilsyn) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for control and supervision of rail transport in Norway, including railways, tramways, rapid transits, heritage railways and side tracks.¹

The agency was created on October 1, 1996 when the function was removed from the Norwegian State Railway. The inspectorate is subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communication and is located in Oslo.

Railway operators

The following companies have permission to operate railways in Norway:²

• Ordinary railways
  • CargoNet
  • Veolia Transport
  • Flytoget
  • Green Cargo
  • Hector Rail
  • Jernbaneverket
  • Malmtrafikk
  • NSB Anbud
  • Norges Statsbaner
  • Nya Inlandsgods
  • Ofotbanen
  • Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen AB
• Tramways and rapid transits
  • Gråkallbanen
  • Oslo Sporvognsdrift
  • Oslo T-banedrift
• Heritage railways
  • GM-Gruppen
  • Norsk Bergverksmuseum
  • Norsk Jernbaneklubb Gamle Vossebanen
  • Norsk Jernbaneklubb Krøderbanen
  • Orkla Industrimuseum
  • Krøderbanen
  • Rjukanbanen
  • Setesdalsbanen
• Side tracks
  • ABB Group
  • Borregaard
  • Harald A. Møller
  • Helge R. Olsen & Sønn
  • MiTrans
  • Narvik Port
  • Norcem
  • Norske Skog
  • Oslo Port
  • Smurfit Norpapp

References

External links

• Norwegian Railway Inspectorate

v • d • e Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications Companies Baneservice • Norges Statsbaner • Posten Infrastructure Avinor • Rail Administration • Road Administration Authorities Accident Investigation • Civil Aviation • Post and Telecom • Railway Minister of Transport and Communications