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Department for Rail, Planning and Environment

This page shows the event history for this unit.

Remarks: * = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

2011-11-01 00:00:00.0 * Founding by merger

Name
Department of Public and Rail Transport

Short name
KBA

Affiliations
Ministry

Hierarchical level
Division

Superior body
Ministry of Transport and Communications

Located
301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2020-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
Department of Planning and Rail Transport

Short name
BPA

The Rail Transport Section is responsible for strategic planning and budgeting in the railway sector and for agency management of The Norwegian Railway Directorate and The Norwegian Railway Authority. The section is also responsible for framework terms and conditions for the railways sector, matters relating to international railways and legislative and regulatory work in the railway sector in addition to the regulations governing cable car and funicular plant and amusement park installations. The Planning Section is responsible for strategic planning, studies & reporting and analysis of cross industry matters in the transport sector and has a key role in the ministry’s work with The National Transport Plan in close co-operation with the NTP Project that pursuant to this revision of The National Transport Plan leads the process. The section is also responsible for the development of planning and analysis tools, leading and co-ordinating the Ministry’s work with new technology, hereunder intelligent transport systems, as well as overarching responsibility for and co-ordination of the Ministry’s research and report work. The work with NTP is organised as a project and is placed under the auspices of The Department of Planning and Rail Transport.
Source: regjeringen.no

2020-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English

2023-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name

Name
Department for Rail, Planning and Environment

Short name
BPM

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English