Stops train traffic throughout Norway Monday – Adresseavisen

In Trondheim comes around 500 railway workers to mark the strike at the main station.

– Railways Band comes and it gets other entertainment. There will be appeals with representatives from the Norwegian Railway Association and Norwegian lokmannsforbund, said Jomar White Land, head of State railway’s workshop union.

When his ends around 12 pm, will all return to their jobs.

– Most people go to Marienborg. Between the hours of 12 and 13 will therefore be several hundred railway workers in central Trondheim, said the White Land.

Additional shuttles in Oslo

In Oslo, inserted extra shuttles if the influx of affected passengers becomes too large.

There are members of the Norwegian Locomotive Man Association and Norwegian Railway Association that goes to political strikes. The background is the government’s proposed Railways Form, as discussed in the Parliament the same day.

The trains will stop between 10 am and at 13 o’clock.

Association Chairman Rolf Jorgensen in Norwegian Lokomotiv Mann Federation sorry consequences strike gets for passengers.

– I think that’s regrettable, but we strike just for passengers so they should get one that train that they deserve, says Jorgensen said.

Train underway when the strike begins, will stop at the nearest station and wait until the strike ends. It does not run alternative transport during the strike, says NSB

Privatization

The government and cooperative parties put forward the proposal for the reorganization of the Norwegian railway on May 11.

A railway directorate will get the overall responsibility and will manage and coordinate the Norwegian railway. The Directorate shall also organize competition of train operations, which the four parties envisage could happen on some stretches from 2016 or 2017. In addition to the new agency, should one company be responsible for the infrastructure.

The unions believe the proposal facilitates privatization and a complete breakdown of the current rail. They also react to what they believe is an urgent hearing of the case, and a lack of involvement and impact analyzes.

Inserts buses

While the trains are Monday will unions organize markups in including Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger and Voss.

If the number of calls to the airport buses from Oslo Bus Terminal to Gardermoen becomes too large while the strike is ongoing, there will be extra buses, says CEO Atle Rønning in Norway Bus said.

– This is not something we do especially in connection with this strike, but something we do every time there is a lot of people. We will manage to bring everyone, says Rønning.

NSB refers to information about each train on their website and on their mobile app.