TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN NORWAY

At Holmenkollen

Last August 2013, my company send me and my colleague to Oslo, Norway for the attachment program at Norwegian Cooperative. This is my first time went to European country. The purposes of the attachment program is to learn and share the experiences, knowledge and everything about the cooperative retail industry in Norway. I'm not telling about the program here just i want to share about the transportation system in Norway. Norway has very good integrated public transport system, consisting of trains, metro and bus to move us around the city with ease. Public transport in Oslo is coordinated by Ruter AS. Ruter AS has responsibility for planning, pricing, coordinating and managing the system as a whole .In their public transport, i'm so surprise they have very good system whereby at the bus stop we can know in what time the bus is coming based on the screen putting at the bus stop. Then, if the bus stop doesn't have the screen they were putting the printed paper showing the bus schedule and the buses manage to coming on time at the bus stop. They already manage their time at every station they stop. These is an example that our country, Malaysia could followed for the public transport.

At nationaltheatret station

Another system is the T-Bane system which is popular with commuters and leisure travellers. There are 6 lines numbered 1 to 6 covering much of the city. All lines converge through the city centre in a shared tunnel, so from Majorstuen, Nationaltheatret, Stortinget, Jernbanetorget, Gronland and Toyen stations we can pick up any T-Bane line. There is also a central ring formed by lines 4 and 6 which meets at Nydalen/Storo, north of the city centre. Line 1 is popular with tourists as the primary means of getting to Holmenkollen ski jump and national ski arena, and with locals going hiking or skiing in Nordmarka. We manage went to Holmenkollen ski jump using commuters at Line 1 from Nationaltheatret. This systems is very effective and efficient. We just bought one day pass which is cost about NOK 580 per person, then we can went at any places we want to go under the T-Bane area.

Holmenkollen ski jump

The Norwegian people is very respectful to the pedestrians even the way is their routes. If we want to cross the road they will stop to give a way to us. Also if the car are stopping in the middle of the road for the while such as drop off passengers, they are stopping until the car is moving. They will not cross the vehicle in front of them or press the horn. I'm salute the Norwegian people behaviour.

Picture from my personal collection