Ruter

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Ruter AS
Type	Municipal owned
Founded	January 1, 2008
Headquarters	Oslo, Norway
Area served	Oslo and Akershus, Norway
Key people	Bernt Reitan Jenssen (CEO) Ragnar Søegaard (Chairman)
Industry	Public transport
Employees	90 (2007)
Parent	Oslo municipality (60%) Akershus county municipality (40%)
Website	www.ruter.no

Ruter AS is the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus, Norway. The company, organized as a limited company is responsible for managing, but not operating, public transport in the two counties, including bus, the Oslo T-bane, the Oslo Tramway and ferries. It also holds agreements with Norges Statsbaner for price regulation on some of their commuter trains.

[edit] Operation

Operation is performed by other companies. Bus routes are subject to public service obligation, and operators include UniBuss, Nettbuss, Norgesbuss, Schau's Buss, Schøyens Bilcentraler and Veolia Transport Norway. The T-bane is operated by Oslo T-banedrift while the tramway is operated by Oslo Sporvognsdrift, both subsidiaries of the Oslo municipality owned Kollektivtransportproduksjon. Ferries are operated by Nesodden-Bundefjord Dampskipsselskap and Sandvika Fjordturer. The company plans to introduce its new electronic ticketing system Fleux in 2008, though plans for near introduction have been active since 1996.

[edit] History

The company was created on January 1, 2008 as a merger between Oslo Sporveier and Stor-Oslo Lokaltrafikk. It is owned by the Oslo municipality (60%) and the Akershus county municipality (40%). The green buses used in Akershus and red buses in Oslo will eventually change color, this will be presented along with the companies profile on April 1, 2008.