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'Kollektivtransportproduksjon AS', (formerly 'Oslo Sporveier' or 'Sporveien') is the municipal public transport operator of Oslo, Norway. In 2003, the company had 2,365 employees, and transported its 160 million passengers 710 million kilometres. The company is after July 1 2006 administrated by Oslo Sporveier. The actual operations in the company is performed by eight subsidiaries.
On July 1 2006, Oslo Sporveier changed their name to Kollektivtransportproduksjon AS. The name Oslo Sporveier was taken over by a new administrative company for public transportation in Oslo. Kollektivtransportproduksjon is itself responsible for the rail infrastructure in Oslo. The Oslo T-bane (metro) is operated by the subsidiary Oslo T-banedrift while the tram, Oslotrikken, is operated by the subsidiary Oslo Sporvognsdrift. Some of the city buses are operated by the subsidiaries Sporveisbussene and Nexus Trafikk, though these are subject to public service obligation contracts with Oslo Sporveier.
The responsibility for maintenance and infrastructure is in the hands of the mother company. In addition to the operational subsidiaries of the company, Kollektivtransportproduksjon also ownes 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 NOK 28.4 million. Oslo T-banevogner AS is responsible for the purchase of the new T3000 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[1], upgrading the metro system for NOK 7 billion, known as the MetrOslo project. A new RFID ticketing system, Flexus with automatic turnstile barriers will (after major delays) be introduced in the beginning of 2007, and there will be a major upgrade of the rolling stock with new metrotrains from Siemens in Austria and Germany, T3000, which will be delivered between 2007 and 2010.

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History

The first tramways in Oslo were created by Kristiania Sporveisselskab (the Green trams) in 1875 when it opened a horsecar line between Stortorvet and Homansbyen. In 1894 the company Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei (the Blue trams) opened a line between Jernbanetorget via Briskeby to Majorstuen with a branch line to Skarpsno. This was Scandinavias first electric tram company. A/S Holmenkollbanen was created in 1898 and operated the first suburban line between Majorstuen and Holmenkollen. In 1899 the city established its own tram company that expanded the routes of the Green trams after they transferred to electrical propulsion. This company was taken over by the Green trams in 1905. Holmenkollbanen opened the first subway in Scandinavia in 1928 between Majorstuen and Nationaltheatret.
The municipal 'A/S Kristiania Sporveier' was created in 1924 when the concession for the Blue and Green trams expired. The company changed its name to 'A/S Oslo Sporveier' a year later when the city changed its name from Kristiania to Oslo. In 1940 Oslo Sporveier set up the Oslo trolleybus network, a network of four trolleybus routes, but is was abandoned in 1967. In 1966 Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening was created to take care of defunct material from Oslo Sporveier.
Oslo T-bane, the Oslo Metro, opened in 1966, at the time making Oslo the smallest city in the world with a rapid transit. But it was not until 1993 that the western and eastern networks in the city were connected, and in 2006 the T-bane circle route opened. The company ordered in 2003 99 new metro cars from Siemens. Since the late 1990s the company has been under a constant reorganisation, including the creation of a corporate structure and the separation of production and ordering into two separate companies.

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★ Oslo Sporveier

★ Oslotrikken (tram)

★ Oslo T-bane (metro)

★ Sporveisbussene (bus)

★ Oslofergene (ferries)

★ Fare and timetable information

★ Information about SIS, the new real-time traffic management system in Oslo