Go-Ahead Nordic is a railway operator in Norway that commenced operations in December 2019. It is a subsidiary of the

Go-Ahead Group Go-Ahead Group Limited is a Multinational corporation, multi-national transport group based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. While the majority of its operations are within Great Britain, it also operates services in Ireland, Australia, Singapo ...

History

In October 2018, Go-Ahead Nordic was awarded an eight-year contract by the

Norwegian Railway Directorate The Norwegian Railway Directorate (, abbr.: JBD or JBDIR) is a government agency holding the strategic responsibility for the Norwegian railway network. It is formed on the basis of the railway reform and became operational on 1 January 2017. Th ...

to operate the Oslo South package, consisting of three routes operated by Vy beating off competition from

SJ Norge SJ is the primary passenger train operator in Sweden. A wholly state-owned company operated for-profit under market conditions, SJ operates various services across Sweden. SJ's operations include high-speed trains, intercity trains, night trains ...

and Vy with operations commencing on 15 December 2019. When next tendered, the contract was awarded to Vy who will takeover in 2027.

Services

Go-Ahead Nordic operates services on the

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

Jæren Jæren is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Rogaland county, Norway. The other districts in Rogaland are Dalane, Ryfylke, and Haugalandet. Jæren is one of the 15 districts that comprise Western Norway. At about , Jæren is the large ...

and

Sørlandet Southern Norway (; lit. "The Southland") is the geographical List of regions of Norway, region (''landsdel'') along the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway. The region is an informal description since it does not have any governmental function ...

lines.

Rolling stock

Go-Ahead Nordic operates 20

electric multiple units An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number ...

; two Class 69s, 11 Class 72s and seven Class 73s. It also operates three El 18 electric locomotives and 14 B7 carriages. All are leased from Norske Tog.Go-Ahead Wins Tender ''Modern Railways'' issue 843 December 2018 page 80

References

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* {{Railway companies of Norway Go-Ahead Group companies Railway companies of Norway Railway companies established in 2019 2019 establishments in Norway