A new train offer must be ready by 2028 at the latest, when Flytoget’s license expires. – Our aim is to give everyone who travels by train in Eastern Norway a better offer, at the same time that the state gets more for every kroner we spend on railways, says transport minister Jon-Ivar Nygård (Ap) to news. – Making the flight train a subsidiary of Vy will contribute to this. Vy will bring the very best from Flytoget. Now we will have a powerful state passenger train company of which I have great expectations. Flytoget will continue as a subsidiary of Vy, and the ambition is to merge the companies as soon as possible with effect from 1 January 2025. The parties have met with Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygaard (Ap) about the merger in the morning hours today. The capacity in the Oslo tunnel has been exceeded, and the aim of the merger is to make better use of the capacity. – The capacity is blown Marte Mjøs Persen in the transport committee for the Labor Party tells news that the aim of the merger is to improve the capacity of the railway through the capital: – There is no room for more trains on the track and to solve that problem for commuters and others, then we get more passengers on board the trains where there is actually space. – This will strengthen the train service in Eastern Norway, while at the same time we are concerned that there should still be a good and efficient train service for all travelers to and from Oslo Airport, says Persen. Høyre and Frp critical The Høyre’s transport policy spokesperson Trond Helleland reacts strongly to the news. CRITICAL: The Støre government will turn gold into gray stone, says Høyre’s transport policy spokesperson Trond Helleland. – It is incredible that the Støre government wants to turn gold into gray stone. Vy is one of Norway’s least popular brands, while Flytoget is right at the top. – It is not good for train passengers that we once again get an NSB monopoly in the country. The Støre government is now turning back the clock to before Flytoget was established in 1998, says Helleland. The FRP is also strongly critical of the decision. Rail policy spokesperson Morten Stordalen believes the merger of Vy and Flytoget is in reality a closure of the Flytog offer: Frps Morten Stordalen believes the merger is in reality a closure of Flytoget. – This characterizes this government. They put their own ideology before people’s needs. Instead of fixing the problems on Norwegian railways, they close down the offer that does not fit their ideology, says Stordalen. Promises from Hurdal In the Hurdal platform, the government has committed to “Review the company structure in the railway sector with the aim of fewer companies, to ensure an easier everyday life for travellers, and so that the railway can increase its competitiveness against other forms of transport.” The shop stewards in Flytoget, organized in the LO confederations Norsk Jernbaneforbund and Norsk Lokførerforbund, have also expressed strong criticism of a merger. They believe that in reality this means the closure of today’s Flytoget. Published 18.09.2024, at 12.10 Updated 18.09.2024, at 12.36 p.m
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