Sporveien
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Native name
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Sporveien Oslo AS |
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| Municipally owned | |
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 28 April 1924 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
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Area served
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Oslo |
| Revenue |
 NOK 3,392.8 million (2012) |
 NOK 97.5 million (2012) |
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| Profit |
NOK 18.7 million (2012) |
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Number of employees
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3,877 (2012) |
| Parent | City of Oslo |
| Subsidiaries |
Sporveien Trikken Sporveien T-banen UniBuss |
| Website | www.sporveien.com |
Sporveien Oslo AS is a municipally owned public transport operator in Oslo, Norway. It operates the trackage and maintains the stock of the Oslo Metro and Oslo Tramway, as well as owning eight operating subsidiaries. In 2005, its 2,365 employees transported 160 million passengers 710 million kilometers, and since 2008 it has operated on contract with the public transport authority Ruter.
Sporveien is itself responsible for the rail infrastructure in Oslo. The Oslo Metro is operated by the subsidiary Sporveien T-banen while the Oslo Tramway is operated by the subsidiary Sporveien Trikken. Some of the city buses are operated by the subsidiaries Sporveisbussene and UniBuss, though these are subject to public service obligation contracts with Ruter.
The responsibility for maintenance and infrastructure is in the hands of the mother company. In addition to the operational subsidiaries of the company, Sporveien also owns three other subsidiaries. AS Sporvognsannonsene is responsible for sale of advertisement on the buses and rails. This company cooperates with JCDecaux, and in 2005 it sold for 28.4 million kr. Sporveien T-banen AS is responsible for the purchase of the new MX3000 cars, while Sporveisbilletter AS is developing the new ticket system.
There are currently major revisions to the infrastructure, paid in part by the city's surrounding toll roads in addition to public funding, upgrading the metro system for NOK 7 billion, known as the Oslo Package 2. A new RFID ticketing system, Flexus with automatic turnstile barriers will (after major delays) be introduced sometime, though announcements of immediate installations have been occurring since the late 1990s, and there will be a major upgrade of the with new electric multiple units from Siemens in Austria and Germany, MX3000, which will be delivered between 2006 and 2010.
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