The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications examined a private member's bill from six MPs proposing the creation of New Railways as a division within the state infrastructure company responsible for roads, with authority over railway development and operations. The committee recommends that the Storting reject the proposal. A majority from the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Green Party backed rejection, while Progress Party members supported it.
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The Storting calls on the government to ensure that Norway's train maintenance capacity develops in line with planned service expansions and anticipated increases in demand from population growth, new infrastructure, and other measures to strengthen public transport, and to report back to the Storting with details in connection with the 2027 state budget.
The Storting calls on the government to propose the establishment of New Railways as a division under the state infrastructure company responsible for roads, with authority over both development and operation of the railway network.
The Storting calls on the government to establish a startup portfolio for New Railways that, in addition to the Ringeriksbanen project, would assume responsibility for a comprehensive development of the Ofotbanen line.