All of Norway's trains are at a standstill this Christmas – “privatized”

Published December 25, 2024 at 1:15 p.m.

Foreign. At lunchtime, all trains in Norway are once again at a standstill due to a communication error involving all “train operators”, reports VG.

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The replacement buses are not enough and travelers are now being urged to take taxis – which, however, requires extensive access to bank funds as the means of transport can easily ruin people in Norway.

In Norway, the privatization of the railways took off in 2015 when the country opened up to competition in passenger train traffic, which led to a number of similar problems.

Norwegian SJ, which was called NSB, became a competitive train company called Vy, which has been criticized for cutting staff at stations and being plagued by delays and problems that quite quickly reached Swedish levels.

– I thought I would take a taxi, but it cost 4,000 kronor, but I don't have 4,000 kronor. So I'm not going anywhere, says a traveler to Norwegian VG.