Fosen Trafikklag is a company operating

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es and

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Trøndelag Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...

and

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. In total the company has approximately 750 vehicles and 16 ships, though numerous of them operate by subsidiaries. The company merged with Namos Trafikkselskap in 2008 to form FosenNamsos Sjø AS. And in 2010 the company was merged into Torghatten ASA.

History

The company was founded on 14 December 1957 as a merger between seven bus and ferry companies in Trøndelag. The seven companies included Hevne Dampskibsselskap (founded 1885), Uttrøndelag Dampskibsselskap (1889), Fosen Aktie Dampskibsselskab (1904), Fosenhalvøya Billag (1937), Fosen Dampskipsselskap (1950) and Trondheimsfjorden Fosenferja (1955). In 1993 the company moved to its new terminal, Pirterminalen at Brattøra in the harbour area of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

, and in 1994 the passenger ferries moved there too. In 1996 Fosen got the concession to operate Norway's second largest car ferry line between

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and

Horten Horten () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Horten (town) ...

in the Oslo Fjord through the subsidiary Bastø Fosen. In 1999 the company bought 66% of TrønderBilene from the

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. The next year the bus division of Fosen was sold to TrønderBilene. Between 2000 and 2003 the company also bought

Norgesbuss Norgesbuss AS is a Norwegian bus company that operates in Akershus and Oslo. Norgesbuss has 450 buses, 900 employees and is owned by Torghatten ASA. The company operates on public service obligation In the context of European Union law, a ...

, operating buses in

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and

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and the ferry company Innherredsferja in 2004.

Operations

Bastø Fosen AS

Bastø Fosen operates the ferries between Horten and Moss in the Oslo Fjord. The company has three ferries, 130 employees and a revenue of NOK 180 million. Offices are located at Kolbotn.

Berg-Hansen

The parent company owns two

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in the Berg-Hansen franchise, located in

and Brekstad.

Cafés

The parent company also operates cafés at ferry terminals and onboard ferries. This division has 70 employees and a revenue of NOK 68 million.

Norgesbuss AS

operates bus services in Oslo and

for the respective counties. The company also operates

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es and airport coaches. The company has 478 vehicles, 853 employees and a revenue of NOK 472 million.

Shipping Midt-Norge

The ferries in Trøndelag are operated by the parent company. This division has 13 ships, 130 employees and a revenue of NOK 175 million.

TrønderBilene AS

Fosen Trafikklag owned 66% while Nord-Trøndelag county municipality owned the remaining 34% of the company. In 2011 Torghatten ASA bought the remaining 34% from Nord-Trøndelag. TrønderBilene is responsible for all the groups bus transport in Trøndelag and operates with concession from the counties of Nord-Trøndelag and

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

. TrønderBilene has 265 vehicles, 309 employees and a revenue of NOK 212 million. The offices are located in Levanger. TrønderBilene owns 39% of Gauldal Billag that again owns Østerdal Billag.

References

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