Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest

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, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former

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. In addition to bus services in major parts of Norway, it also operates buses in Sweden through subsidiaries. The company has its headquarters in

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with the operations being performed by subsidiaries. The company has about 25% market share in Norway and offers local and express bus services, and tour coaches through Peer Gynt Tours. The corporation has approximately 5,000 employees. Most of the routes are on contract or public service obligation (PSO) with the

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, and in some counties the buses are branded with the counties public transport brands, like

Ruter Ruter AS is the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus counties in Norway. Formally a limited company – 60% of its shares are owned by the Oslo county municipality and 40% by that of Akershus – it is responsible for the administrat ...

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and

Kolumbus :This article is about a transport agency. "Kolumbus" is also Elisa's GSM brand. Kolumbus AS, formerly Rogaland Kollektivtrafikk FKF, is the public transportation administration in Rogaland, Norway and organised as a county agency. The agency is ...

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. On some regional

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routes Nettbuss uses its own brand TIMEkspressen (the hourly express).

History

NSB Bilruter was established on 9 November 1925 as part of the Norwegian State Railway to offer supplementary bus services in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

. The first route was from Hell to

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, known as Selburuta. The company developed a number of routes to supplement train services. In 1996, the bus division was made a separate

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, NSB Biltrafikk AS, wholly owned by NSB. The new company started a vast acquisition of numerous local bus companies in addition to winning public service obligation contracts with some Norwegian counties. In 2000, the company changed its name to Nettbuss. The same year the truck division was sold to the

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. Among the companies acquired by Nettbuss are: * Drammen og Omegn Busslinjer * Fjerdingen Busstrafikk * Gardermoenbussene * Kjell Lindhjems Bilruter * Orusttrafiken (Swedish) * Peer Gynt Tours * Sirdalsruta *

Team Trafikk Team Trafikk AS was the bus company in Trondheim, Norway, since 2002 owned by Nettbuss. The company had 225 buses, 600 employees, a revenue of NOK 270 million and a daily ridership of ca 70,000 passengers in 2005. The company received subsidies fr ...

* TIMEkspressen Telemark *

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* Säfflebussen In April 2019, it was rebranded from Nettbuss to Vy. In 2020, Vy acquired Swedish bus company Flygbussarna Airport Coaches from

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Brands

Vy bus4you

Luxury intercity coaches, operated on Gothenburg– Stockholm,

– Gothenburg–

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– Stockholm.

Vy express

Intercity coaches in both Norway and Sweden.

Former: TIMEkspressen

TIMEkspressen (''Time Ekspressen'' means "Hourly Express") was an intercity

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brand used by Nettbuss on 9 routes in Norway. The coaches were usually operated at one hour

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, but some routes had higher frequency in rush hour and lower frequency in the weekends.

Operations

Vy Buss has several fully owned and some partially owned subsidiaries.

Nordlandsbuss

Nordlandsbuss is owned 34% by Vy Buss and 66% by Saltens Bilruter and was the result of a merger between Nettbuss Helgeland AS and Saltens Bilruter's bus division. The company operates local and express bus routes in

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, ...

county and has its offices in

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland cou ...

Vy Buss

Previously Orusttrafiken, and is one of Vy Buss' Swedish subsidiaries. Formerly headquartered in

Stenungsund Stenungsund () is a locality and the seat of Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 9,987 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Stenungsund was once only an idyllic bathing and vacation location on the Swedish west coast. A landm ...

, now Gothenburg, the company operates primarily in Southwestern Sweden.

Vy Travel

Vy Travel is another of Vy Buss' Swedish subsidiaries. It operates the Swedish part of the two intercity coach brands Bus4You and

Nettbuss express Vy express, formerly Nettbuss express, is a long distance intercity coach service owned and operated by Vy Buss in Norway and its Swedish subsidiary Vy Travel in Sweden with regular services between the countries' major cities. Other bus service ...

. Routes between cities like

and Stockholm, and Stockholm to Gothenburg. Formerly headquartered in

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them t ...

, now Gothenburg.

Former operations

BorgBuss

Initially 50% of

BorgBuss BorgBuss was a bus company that operated in Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg and Hvaler, Norway between 2004 and 2013. The company itself was founded in 1998 and is still existing, but has no operations anymore. The company is owned 100% by Nettbuss Vy Bu ...

was owned by Nettbuss while the rest was owned by

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and

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municipalities. The company operated local buses in

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. Later Nettbuss obtained a 100% share and bus operations were merged into Nettbuss Øst on 1 July 2013.

Nettbuss Danmark

Nettbuss Danmark was Nettbuss' subsidiary in Danish market. In 2006, Nettbuss acquired Partner Bus AS and has merged it into Netbus Denmark. The headquarters were located in

. In 2014, the operations merged with

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' Danish subsidiary via a joint venture, where Nettbuss owns 25%.

Nettbuss Drammen

Nettbuss Drammen operated bus services in the counties of

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Har ...

and

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

, including the city buses in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konner ...

. Nettbuss Telemark was merged into Nettbuss Drammen in 2005. The company had its headquarters in Drammen. In 2013, it was merged into Nettbuss Sør AS.

Nettbuss Midt-Norge

Nettbuss Midt-Norge AS, formerly Nettbuss Trøndelag AS, was the result of the acquisition of Fjerdingen Busstrafikk, serving

Stjørdal Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipality ...

and

Meråker Meråker is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Midtbygda which is about west of Storlien in Sweden and east of the town of Stjør ...

as well as Hemne og Orkladal Billag, serving large parts of

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a 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. To the west is the No ...

. The company was headquartered in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...

. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the parent company.

Nettbuss Møre

Nettbuss Møre was the result of numerous mergers in

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is t ...

, the latest between Nettbuss Møre and

Nettbuss Ålesund Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk. In addition to bus services in major parts of ...

. The company operated a number of routes in the county, including the city buses in

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and

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

and two intercity coach routes to Oslo. The company was headquartered in Ålesund. In 2013, it was merged into Nettbuss Midt-Norge AS.

Nettbuss Stadsbussarna

Nettbuss Stadsbussarna, formerly Stadsbussarna Sverige, operates the city buses in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön ...

Gävle Gävle () is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the List of cities in Sweden, 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is t ...

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och Lund.Nettbuss
Sweden

Nettbuss Sør

Nettbuss Sør operated local and intercity buses in

Vest-Agder Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway up until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total population of Norway. I ...

(from January 2011 also local buses in

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) and

. The company had its headquarters in

Arendal Arendal () is a municipality in Agder county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Arendal (which is also the seat of Agder county). Some of the not ...

until 2013, when it was moved to

. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the parent company.

Nettbuss Travel

Nettbuss Travel operates several of their intercity coach lines in Norway, Nettbuss express and TIMEkspressen lines. Prior to 1 January 2016, the company was known as Nettbuss Ekspress AS. The company was initially founded in cooperation with

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. Another company named Nettbuss Travel AS was merged into the company in the spring of 2015.

Nettbuss Trondheim (Team Trafikk)

was created by a merger between the

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Trondheim Trafikkselskap and private Hemne og Orkladal Billag. It was then acquired by Nettbuss and the city bus in

and

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kept the name Team Trafikk while the rest of the operations were moved to Nettbuss Møre and Nettbuss Trøndelag. The company also owns the subsidiary Team Verkstedsenter that operates three commercial heavy duty workshops. Headquarters lay in Trondheim. On 1 January 2011, the company changed its name to Nettbuss Trondheim, and was merged into Nettbuss Trøndelag later the same year.

Nettbuss Øst

Nettbuss Øst, formerly Nettbuss Lillestrøm, operated local and intercity buses within the counties of

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merg ...

and

. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the parent company.

Nettbuss Østfold

Nettbuss Østfold operated local and intercity buses in

and was headquartered in

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

. It was merged into Nettbuss Øst in 2013.

References

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