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Norges Statsbaner AS , trading as NSB AS and known in English as the Norwegian State Railways , is a government - owned railway company which operates most passenger train services in Norway . Owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications , it is also engaged in real estate through Rom Eiendom , bus transport through Nettbuss , cargo trains through CargoNet and Swedish train transport through Tågkompaniet . NSB transported 52 million train passengers and 104 million bus passengers in ___MASK29___ . The current company was established on 1 December ___MASK50___ , when the former Norwegian State Railways ( 1883  ___MASK50___ ) was split into the new NSB , the infrastructure company the Norwegian National Rail Administration and the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate . In 2002 the freight operations were split to the subsidiary CargoNet , and the maintenance department became Mantena . Mantena is a Norwegian rolling stock maintenance company owned by Norges Statsbaner (" Norwegian State Railways "). It has workshops at Grorud and Lodalen in Oslo , Marienborg in Trondheim as well as in Skien , Drammen and Stavanger . In addition to NSB , customers include CargoNet , Kollektivtransportproduksjon , Ofotbanen , Green Cargo , Hector Rail and Tågkompaniet . The company was separated from NSB as a separate limited company in ___MASK69___ . It has 900 employees and head offices in downtown Oslo . MiTrans , that performs rebuilding of rolling stock , is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mantena . The Faroe Islands ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland , north - northwest of mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a ___MASK66___ population of 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark . Nettbuss AS is the largest bus company in Norway , owned by the Norwegian State Railways ( NSB ). It was established on 10 February ___MASK67___ as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk . In addition to bus services in major parts of Norway , it also operates buses in Sweden through subsidiaries . The Østfold Line is a railway line which runs from Oslo through the western parts of Follo and Østfold to Kornsjø in Norway . It continues through Sweden as the Norway / Vänern Line . The northern half is double track and the entire line is electrified . It serves a combination of commuter , regional and freight trains and is the main rail corridor south of Norway . The Eastern Østfold Line branches off at Ski Station and runs before rejoining at Sarpsborg Station . Norway (; Norwegian : ( Bokmål ) or ( Nynorsk ); Sami : " Norgga "), officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a sovereign and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard . The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub - Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom . Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land . Until 1814 , the Kingdom included the Faroe Islands ( since 1035 ), Greenland ( 1261 ), and Iceland ( 1262 ). It also included Shetland and Orkney until 1468 . It also included the following provinces , now in Sweden : Jämtland , Härjedalen and Bohuslän . Tågkompaniet or Svenska Tågkompaniet AB (" The Swedish Train Company ") is a Swedish railway company that operates franchises in Northern Sweden and Greater Stockholm . The company was founded in ___MASK80___ by three former railway employees in Statens Järnvägar and the investment company Småföretagsinvest / Fylkinvest . In 2005 Norwegian State Railways purchased 34 % of Svenska Tågkompaniet , and later on October 31 , 2006 increased its ownership stake to 85 %. Oslo Commuter Rail is a commuter rail centered in Oslo , Norway , connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway . The system is operated by the Norwegian State Railways ( NSB ) and its subsidiary NSB Gjøvikbanen , using Class 69 and Class 72 electric multiple units ( EMU ). The network spans eight routes and 128 stations , with Oslo Central Station ( Oslo S ) as the central hub . The trains run on of electrified mainline railway owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration . Deficits are financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications , although the network also has a ticketing cooperation with Ruter , the public transport authority in Oslo and Akershus . The network is the longest commuter rail network in the Nordic countries , and among top ten in Europe . Nesodden is a municipality in Akershus county , Norway . It is part of the traditional region of Follo . The administrative centre of the municipality is Nesoddtangen . The parish of " Næsodden " was established as a municipality on 1 January ___MASK9___ ( see formannskapsdistrikt ). The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from Nesodden on 1 July ___MASK25___ . Rom Eiendom is a subsidiary of the Norwegian State Railways responsible for managing the commercial sections of the companies real estate . With headquarters in Oslo , the company manages . The vast majority of this is in or in connection with railway stations . Rom owns all railway stations in Norway built before ___MASK50___ . CargoNet AS is the primary operator of freight trains on the Norwegian railway system . It was formed as NSB Gods after NSB fissioned into a passenger and a freight company . NSB Gods changed its name to CargoNet at the beginning of ___MASK69___ . It was originally owned by NSB ( 55 % share hold ) and the Swedish freight company Green Cargo ; however Green Cargo sold their share to NSB in 2010 , making the latter the sole owner . The Norwegian CargoNet AS has a subsidiary company in Sweden called CargoNet AB which was purchased as RailCombi AB . Kornsjø is a village in Enningdalen in Halden , Norway on the border to Sweden . The village has 250 residents ( ___MASK51___ ). At Kornsjø is the border crossing for the railway lines the Østfold Line ( Norway ) and the Norway / Vänern Line ( Sweden ). Previously change of crew was performed at Kornsjø Station , but this has since been closed . Oppegård is a village and municipality in Akershus county , Norway . It is part of the traditional region of Follo . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kolbotn . The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from the municipality of Nesodden on 1 July ___MASK25___ . The municipality has an area of , hence it is the smallest municipality in Akershus by area . Oslo is the capital and the most populous city in Norway . It constitutes both a county and a municipality . Founded in the year 1040 , and established as a " kaupstad " or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada , the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300 . Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to ___MASK19___ reduced its influence . After being destroyed by a fire in 1624 , the city was moved closer to Akershus Fortress during the reign of Christian IV of Denmark and renamed Christiania in his honour . It was established as a municipality (" formannskapsdistrikt ") on 1 January 1838 . Following a spelling reform , it was known as Kristiania from ___MASK35___ to ___MASK77___ , at which time its original Norwegian name was restored . Queen Maud Land is a c . 2 . 7 million - square - kilometre ( 1 million sq mi ) region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway . The territory lies between 20 ° west and 45 ° east , between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east . On most maps there had been an unclaimed area between Queen Maud Land ' s borders of ___MASK38___ and the South Pole until June 12 , 2015 when Norway formally annexed that area . Positioned in East Antarctica , the territory comprises about one - fifth of the total area of Antarctica . The claim is named after the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales ( 1869  1938 ). Nynorsk , literally New Norwegian or New Norse , is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language , the other being Bokmål . From ___MASK43___ , when the parliament declared them official and equal , until new voting in ___MASK53___ , their names were Landsmål and Riksmål . The Landsmål language standard was constructed by the Norwegian linguist Ivar Aasen during the mid - 19th century , to provide a Norwegian - based alternative to Danish , which was commonly written , and to some extent spoken , in Norway at the time . The official standard of Nynorsk has since been significantly altered . A minor purist fraction of the Nynorsk populace has stayed firm with the Aasen norm , which is known as Høgnorsk ( analogous to High German ). Sarpsborg Station is located at the city of Sarpsborg in Norway on the Østfold Line . The station is served by regional trains between Oslo and Halden with hourly headway by the Norwegian State Railways . History . The station was opened in ___MASK96___ as part of the Østfold line . In 1882 the Eastern Østfold Line was built with terminus at Sarpsborg Station . Oslo Central Station ( abbreviated ) is the main railway station in Oslo , and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system . It is the terminus of Drammen Line , Gardermoen Line , Gjøvik Line , Hoved Line and Østfold Line . It serves express , regional and local rail services by four companies . The railway station is owned by Rom Eiendom and operated by Bane NOR , and was opened in ___MASK5___ . Myrvoll Station ( Norwegian : Myrvoll stasjon ) is a railway station at Myrvoll in Oppegård , Norway . Located on the Østfold Line , it is served by the Oslo Commuter Rail line 500 operated by Norwegian State Railways with two hourly services . The station was opened in 1919 .