Norway Yearbook - 1996

Transport and communication
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Norwegian State Railways. Network, mobile equipment, traffic and persons
employed
Unit 19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Network at end of the year Km 4044 4027 4027 4023 4023 4023
Of which
Electrified 2426 2 426 2426 2422 2422 2422
Doubletrack 99 99 99 99 111 115
Mobile equipment at end of the year
Electric locomotives Number 153 149 147 141 138 115
Diesel locomotives 98 97 97 79 77 71
Diesel rail motor vehicles 30 29 28 28 28 22
Electric rail motor vehicles 131 131 132 141 145 123
Ordinarycoaches 614 609 610 637 653 616
Sleeping cars 83 82 82 81 78 77
Restaurant cars 8
Buffet cars 5 22 22 21 56 53
Other passenger cars 9
Post office and guard vans 32 32 32 32 32 28
Goods wagons1 5819 5976 5690 4860 4189 4055
Seats2 51694 51419 51 906 58621 56836 53024
Berths
U
2629 2629 2628 2581 2481 2448
Carriing capacity of goods wagons in
tons Tons 176228 179761 168905 142028 133374 130382
Traffic-train-km. total 1 000 km 36705 33047 33690 34358 37 181 36568
With electric locomotive 18432 17555 17431 17069 16077 15067
U
With diesel locomotive
5396 4548 4572 4535 5334 5524
U
With electric rail motor vehicle
10462 8637 9391 10670 13048 13 528
U
With diesel rail motor vehicle
1 986 1 942 1 945 1 835 2 572 2319
U
With diesel shunting tractor
429 365 351 249 150 130
Passenger service3
Journeys 1000 34465 33429 35806 37514 37926 39594
Passenger km Mill. 2 104 2 150 2256 2316 2398 2381
Average length of journey Km 61 63 63 64 63 60
Percentage of seats used P.c. 35 35 35 36 32
Goods transport4
Tons carried 1000 21 546 21760 18634 20246 19997 20909
Of which
Iron ore on the Ofoten Line
U
13559 13676 13404 13608 13526 14839
Ton-km Mill. 2596 2681 2161 2873 2678 2715
Of which
Iron ore on the Ofoten Line
U
542 547 560 545 541 595
Aver, length of haul per ton Km 121 123 116 142 134 130
Persons employed5 Number 13 965 13433 12450 12 162 12 069 12 143
Group company
U
286 261 251 230 288
Service division
U
.. 4190 4039 3903
Property division
U
178 189 196 226 402
Railway division
U
.. 2728 2802 2898
Travel agency division
U
311 303 297 298 300
Passenger transport division
U
4995 5262 2453 2445 2 157
Goods transport division
U
1 798 961 1 398 1154 1 098
Road traffic 1 021 961 937 968 1 023
1Excludingprivately owned wagons.2lncluding seats in rail motor vehicles, but excluding seats in restaurant cars.3txcluding journeys on
free-ticket. Including service goods.5Annual average.
Source: Norwegian State Railways Executve Offices. More information: Division for Transport and Tourism Statistics.
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