Updated August 1, 2007
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month - August 2007
(Go to collection of earlier pictures of the
week) If you ever go to Norway you will frequently come across these purple express buses exposed as TIMEkspressen. TIME means "hour" in Norwegian, implying that this is an hourly express service. 13 lines all in Southern Norway is in operation. The concept is owned by Norway's largest bus company Nettbuss, which again is owned ny NSB - The Norwegian State Railway. Interestingly enough, the buses compete heavily with the railways. The picture is taken at Oslo Busterminal-
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Bus fun on the ice - see pictures from this years training - go here (9.1.05) line 37 - the busiest bus line in Norway - Have a look Check to see if you have the bus fever Downloadable bus sounds - a
collection of various engines and other bus sounds as mp3-files-
go here
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Check here to find pictures of buses in Trondheim in the '70-ies Fun pictures of not-so-serious bus and transport accidents - have a look New computerised traffic information system under test in Oslo - read more
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Background for this website I am Tore Wiik, and my career in the bus business started when I was a student at the Technical University of Trondheim, Norway back in 1970. I had been a milk driver for a few summers, and had acquired the type of driver's licence required for heavy vehicles. I found it might be better to drive passengers instead of loading heavy milk stuff, and applied for a job as a part time bus driver in Trondheim Sporvei, the local street car company owned by the city. The company had some 30 trams and 11 buses. The buses were all fairly new 1967 and '68 models Büssing Prefekt 13. Robust and reliable vehicles, but slightly undermotorized. The 7 litres U7D diesel engine delivered 155 hp. Check here to find pictures of buses in Trondheim at that time. I left this job in 1974, I missed it ever since, so the spring of 2003 - 29 years later- I applied for a part time bus driver job in Sporveisbussene AS in Oslo. I went through a training course, and on July 7th I had my first shift, and since then I've been driving basically 2 out of 3 weekends. I enjoy it more and more. I'm hooked and I have become a busaholic! On this site you will find several bus pictures, some of historic buses, some of newer buses. By double clicking the picture, you can download a larger picture.
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Please contact me by mail on wiik@online.no