NSB with the “secret” busstilbud – buses run almost empty – Aftenposten

Togstreiken that has hit thousands of passengers for over a month, was called off Sunday morning.

Still want the trains on many routes will not be in the route before Tuesday morning.

This is because if you need out Monday to move the train and personnel in place.

NSB tried yesterday to get in the buses that they could put in for lokaltogene, but only got a hold of 23. These was in the morning inserted in the direktetrafikk between Ski and Oslo S.

NSB announces on its homepage not on the offer, and the company’s pressevakt told not about the offer when Aftenposten spoke with her on Monday morning.

Running with four people

Emma Osnes Eliassen took the bus for trains from Ski to Oslo city centre 08.45 this morning. According to her, there were only eight people on the bus.

Eliassen got to hear about the nearby bus connections via her mother, who heard about it on the radio.

I tried to find information on the internet, but nothing came up, ” she says.

the bus driver and managing director of Autoreiser, Tore Bergheim, confirms that there have been few passengers on the bus his in the morning.

– I’ve run four trips between Ski and Oslo S and have well had four passasjasjerer on average, he says to Aftenposten.

Sources Aftenposten has talked with the get stated that the NSB staff at Oslo S, has informed the passengers that there is a bus to the train to the Ski. Thus, running the buses practically empty back.

Dare not inform about the offer

After the Aftenposten understand, it still buses every fifteen minutes between Oslo S and Ski on Monday.

director of information in the NSB, Åge Christoffer Lundeby, says the company does not communicate the nearby bus connections to the customers because the offer is too bad.

– the Offer is far too small, so it is only to terge people if we disclose it, he says.

instead running the buses with five passengers on board. Isn’t it also to terge?

– It is better that we overoppfyller anyone’s expectations but that we are linking thousands of people today. It is a conscious strategy that we are doing as well as we can with the to set up the buses, but we can’t communicate it because we create expectations we can’t meet, says Lundeby.

Monday morning informing the NSB on its homepage that it is set in 23 buses for the train on Østfoldbanen. The company encourages customers to take advantage of the other transport, because it takes almost 200 buses on the route to provide customers a full alternative.

Reisegarantien apply

NSB put up 23 buses in the traffic between Ski and Oslo until at ten. What happens out of the afternoon, Lundeby’t currently say anything about this.

It is the same situation in the afternoon. We are always working to find replacements. They are not good enough, so they can find another solution, should do it, ” he says.

On the question from newspaper Aftenposten about the reisegarantier comes Monday, when the strike is over, the answer Lundeby that he must investigate.

– NSBs conditions of carriage apply today, and provided that the customer has a valid NSB ticket, we cover the costs for the cheapest alternative travel, provided that we do not have a private option, type Lundeby in a text a little later.

On the question whether the NSB will provide information about the reisegarantien to customers, answer Lundeby that the company will now post information about the rules that apply.

So is the situation Monday:

• commuter Train in southern california, and all the train on Østfoldbanen run first as normal from the and with on Tuesday at 03.00.
• R20 Halden-Oslo will run as during the strike, without a stop between Rygge and Oslo S, Monday, 31. October.
• train connections between Oslo and Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim are running as normal from night to Monday.
• commuter Train in Bergen and Vossabanen will also run as normal from night to Monday.

NSB recommend everyone to go in on the NSBs website to check on train on your route goes and if it is in the route.