Bus chaos in Oslo on Wednesday morning – Greater Oslo

Wednesday morning started with bus chaos in the capital. Among other things, several of the departures on the popular lines 21, 31, 34, 37 and 54 have been cancelled. Communications manager at Ruter Cathrine Myhren-Haugen says that dozens of buses are at the workshop with minor damage, following the snowy weather earlier this week. This led to around a hundred departures being canceled on Wednesday morning. – We have close to 1,200 buses, so the vast majority of departures have been run. But we still had some settings this morning due to a lack of buses. Several of the departures for, among other things, the 31 bus have been cancelled, and there are major delays on the bus line. Photo: Hallgeir Braastad / news According to Myhren-Haugen, the buses that are in the workshop have minor damage, and will soon be back on the roads. – There are mirrors that don’t work, lights and the type of minor damage that is fixed continuously. The tram is also struggling in the snow The Sporveien also has problems today, and trams 11, 12 and 19 have canceled departures. Several trams are also out of service after crashing into wrongly parked cars. Photo: Hallgeir Braastad / news Communication manager in Sporveien Cato Asperud says that several trams are out of service, after running into cars that are too close to the tram tracks. – There is a lot of snow and cars on the roads now, and you end up in collisions. This has meant that we have to repair the trams. The travel guarantee applies to The Communications Manager encourages travelers to use the travel planner to check their journey in advance. She clarifies that the travel guarantee applies to the canceled departures, so the travelers can have their taxi bill paid by Ruter.



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