Minister of Transport and Communications, Marit Arnstad, says she will not give priority to the building of high speed trains between Oslo and Trondheim and between Oslo and Trondheim.
In her opinion there are other tasks within the transport sector which are more important, and she will instead give priority to developing the InterCity train services around the larger cities in South Eastern Norway, and in the Bergen region on the West Coast.
- It is difficult to visualize how we in today's economic situation can give priority to high speed trains, Arnstad says.
Instead, the Transport Minister will use the money on further develop the train services around the larger cities.
(NRK)
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