Entur

Entur AS
FormerlyReiseplan og billett AS
Company typeState-owned
IndustryTransport
PredecessorSalg og Billettering AS
Founded16 June 2016
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Area served
Norway
Key people
Christel Borge CEO
ProductsTicket systems
Number of employees
250 (2017 average)
ParentMinistry of Transport and Communications
Websiteentur.no

Entur AS is a government-owned transportation company in Norway. Owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. It was created to offer sales and ticket solutions for the railways and travel planner for public transport throughout Norway. In the autumn of 2016, the company took over the operation of NSB's ticket systems.

History[edit]

The company was established by NSB on June 16, 2016 under the temporary name, Salg og Billettering AS,[1] as part of the preparations for the restructuring of the railway sector in connection with the railway reform of the Solberg government.[2] The final name was passed on September 14, and the company changed its name to Entur AS.[3][4] On the 15th of October, the company became operational when it took over the operation of the sales and ticket solutions and its employees from the parent company NSB.[5]

On September 1, 2016, the Ministry of Transport and Communications established the company [Reiseplan og billett], which was integrated into Entur AS during the first tertiary 2017.[6]

During 2017, it is also planned that the company Interoperabilitetstjenester will be merged with Entur and that some of the tasks undertaken by Norsk Reiseinformasjon (NRI) will be taken over.[7][8]

Entur has developed a travel planner for public transport throughout Norway,[9] which in the long term will also give the opportunity to buy tickets directly. It also contains travel information from Avinor.[10][11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ NSB-konsernet. "Entur AS: Salgs- og billettselskapet har fått navn". nsbkonsernet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  2. ^ NSB-konsernet. "Etablerer Materiellselskapet AS og Salg og Billettering AS". nsbkonsernet.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
  3. ^ NSB-konsernet. "Entur AS: Salgs- og billettselskapet har fått navn". nsbkonsernet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  4. ^ "Kunngjøringer - Brønnøysundregistrene". w2.brreg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  5. ^ NSB-konsernet. "Virksomhet og ansatte overført til Entur AS og Materiellselskapet AS". nsbkonsernet.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  6. ^ Samferdselsdepartementet (2016-09-01). "Jernbanereformen: Tre nye selskaper er stiftet". Regjeringen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  7. ^ "Om oss - Entur AS". 2017-02-05. Archived from the original on 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  8. ^ "Nå kommer en reiseapp som skal fungere i hele landet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  9. ^ "Entur skal gjøre det enklere å reise kollektivt". DinSide.no (in Norwegian). 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  10. ^ "Lanserer ny reiseapp for hele Norge" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  11. ^ "Entur – nasjonal reiseplanlegger". en-tur.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2018-10-24.
  12. ^ "Nasjonal reiseplanlegger:-En stor milepæl for kollektiv-Norge" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2018-11-02.