Sporveisbussene

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AS Sporveisbussene
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1997
Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Area served Oslo, Norway
Key people Tore Berg (CEO)
Industry Transport
Revenue NOK 643 million (2005)
Employees 977 (2005)
Parent Kollektivtransportproduksjon
Subsidiaries Nexus Trafikk
Lavprisekspressen
Website www.sporveien.no
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AS Sporveisbussene is a bus company that operates about 75% of the routes in Oslo, Norway. The company was created in 1997 when the then Oslo Sporveier was reorganised. It is now a subsidiary of Kollektivtransportproduksjon, a municipal company responsible for operating public transport in Oslo. In 2003 the Oslo City Council decided that bus transport in Oslo was to be based on public service obligation contracts, and Sporveisbussene has steadily lost its routes to these contracts. Instead, Sporveisbussene has established a subsidiary, Nexus Trafikk, that can compete in the competitions, and has won many of them.[2] The company also operates the express coaches branded Lavprisekspressen.

A MAN NL263 bus operated by Sporveisbussene
A MAN NL263 bus operated by Sporveisbussene

Between them the two companies operate 413 buses, have 977 employees and have the headquarters at Alnabru in Oslo. As of 2005 the bus fleet consisted of:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oslo Sporveier. Om AS Sporveisbussene (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  2. ^ Oslo Sporveier. Buss (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  3. ^ Oslo Sporveier. Busser i Oslo (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2007-01-20.