{"id":103846,"date":"2024-12-11T20:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/politicians-and-commuters-demand-improvements-news-vestfold-and-telemark-local-news-tv-and-radio\/"},"modified":"2024-12-11T20:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:50:50","slug":"politicians-and-commuters-demand-improvements-news-vestfold-and-telemark-local-news-tv-and-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/politicians-and-commuters-demand-improvements-news-vestfold-and-telemark-local-news-tv-and-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians and commuters demand improvements – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The case in summary Train delays in Norway have increased, despite promises of improvements. The commuters are frustrated by the constant delays, and think it is not sustainable with so many deviations. Politicians have criticized Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nyg\u00e5rd for a lack of action. Nyg\u00e5rd has replied that there is no quick solution to improving punctuality, but promises to work on the problem. Bane Nor’s general manager, Thor Gjermund Eriksen, admits that the offer is too poor, but believes the situation will improve over the next 3-5 years. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s \u200b\u200bjournalists before publication. – When the train leaves, it’s absolutely beautiful. But it is very often not on schedule. It is quite demanding, says Henrik Ulrichsen. He has been commuting by train from Sandefjord to Oslo for four years. He often arrives ten minutes to a quarter of an hour late. Other times up to several hours. Every morning he goes into the app to see how it is that day. – It is not sustainable that there is so much deviation. It is completely beyond. Henrik Ulrichsen works in Oslo, but lives in Sandefjord. – In many periods there are a lot of mistakes. Signal failure and a lot of trouble on the line to Oslo. Other days it goes just fine, he says. Photo: Knut NordhagenHenrik Ulrichsen works in Oslo, but lives in Sandefjord. – In many periods there are a lot of mistakes. Signal failure and a lot of trouble on the line to Oslo. Other days it goes just fine, he says. Photo: Knut Nordhagen Ulrichsen highlights the fire in Sandefjord a few years ago, where the trains were out of service for a long time. Now it is operational, but still unstable. Often it is from Drammen and towards Oslo that it is worst, he says. Put the minister to bed Since 2021, punctuality has gotten worse every year. In 2022 and 2023, around 87 percent of the passenger trains ran when they were supposed to. So far this year, the figure is even lower. Air trains and freight trains are also lagging behind last year, and far behind Bane Nor’s goals for 2024. What do you think about the punctuality of the trains? I tend to be on track when I use it \ud83d\ude04 Unsustainable! Something has to be done\ud83d\ude21 I don’t care \ud83d\ude44 Show result In Wednesday’s question time, the government and Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nyg\u00e5rd (Ap) were confronted about the train chaos. Christian Torset from SV, Liv Kari Eskeland from H\u00f8yre and Morten Stordalen from Frp pointed out, among other things, that Nyg\u00e5rd promised in January that more trains would run. – We cannot have a situation where people in Eastern Norway experience almost daily that the trains do not run, are delayed or that they have to stand like herring in a barrel, says Liv Kari Eskeland (H) to news. Liv Kari Eskeland (R) Photo: Olav R\u00f8liLiv Kari Eskeland (R) Photo: Olav R\u00f8li – Nyg\u00e5rd has done nothing to make life better for commuters in Eastern Norway, she believes. – For poor results, Nyg\u00e5rd (Ap) says they have always said that there is no “quick fix” to improve punctuality. – It is probably not correct to describe this as train chaos in everyday life, but of course there are far too many people who experience that things do not work as they should. Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nyg\u00e5rd (Ap) promises to improve punctuality, but says it may take time. – The railway infrastructure is worn out, and too little money has been spent over time, he believes. Photo: Inger Kristine Lee \/ news Transport Minister Jon-Ivar Nyg\u00e5rd (Ap) promises to improve punctuality, but says it may take time. – The railway infrastructure is worn out, and too little money has been spent over time, he believes. Photo: Inger Kristine Lee \/ news He says it is only in the two pandemic years 2020 and 2021 that one has had good punctuality. – This is because they ran smaller trains and had fewer passengers. He again promises to do something about the poor results. More money must be spent on operation, maintenance and renewal. – New local trains, new regional trains and new long-distance trains have been ordered. When these new trains arrive, we will have fewer challenges with stopping faults on the trainsets. Have a higher goal The punctuality of the trains in this country is on a par with that in Sweden and Denmark, but better than Germany. That’s what the general manager of Bane Nor, Thor Gjermund Eriksen, says. Nevertheless, he admits that the offer is too poor. – There is a lack of maintenance over many decades, we have too old trains, an old signaling system, and in addition traffic has increased enormously. Photo: Hans Cosson-Eide \/ news Photo: Hans Cosson-Eide \/ news Eriksen points out that this year’s train departures have been on schedule at almost the same level as last year, but believes that a lot of work needs to be done in the coming years. – We have to do a job so that punctuality will be higher over time. In the next few years, I think punctuality will be a little unstable, but in 3\u20135 years it will improve, and Norwegian railways will become more operationally stable, says Eriksen. – What would you say to all those who depend on traveling by train and have to get to work on time? – It’s just to be sorry. I think everyone understands that it is frustrating not to get where you are going. At the same time, we see that traffic and the number of trains have increased on an infrastructure that is quite worn and poor. I wouldn’t be honest if I said this will get better in the short term. Published 11.12.2024, at 19.14 Updated 11.12.2024, at 20.11
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