Vy

Vygruppen, branded as Vy, formerly the Norwegian State Railways (Norges statsbaner), branded as NSB, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach services, CargoNet freight trains and the Swedish train transport company Tågkompaniet. In 2009, NSB carried 52 million train passengers and 104 million bus passengers. On 24 April 2019, passenger train and bus services were rebranded as Vy.

For the former government agency, see Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996). For other uses, see Vy (disambiguation).
Vygruppen AS
Company typeState-owned
IndustryTransport
Founded1 December 1996
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Area served
Norway and Sweden (Oslo-Gothenburg line)
Key people
Geir Isaksen, CEO
RevenueNOK 11 billion (2009)
NOK 548 million (2009)
NOK 497 million (2009)
Number of employees
10,646 (2006)
ParentMinistry of Transport and Communications
SubsidiariesVy Buss
Vy Gjøvikbanen
Vy Tåg (Sweden)
CargoNet
Websitewww.vy.no

The company was established as the Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996). In 1996 the company 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. It was controversially renamed Vygruppen in 2019; the then-opposition parties vowed to reverse the name change.

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