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===Commuter services=== Around the cities of [[Bergen (city)|Bergen]], [[Oslo]] and [[Skien (town)|Skien]] Vy operates commuter train services using [[NSB Class 69|Class 69]], [[NSB Class 72|Class 72]], [[NSB Class 74|Class 74]] and [[NSB Class 75|Class 75]] electric multiple units and [[NSB Class 92|Class 92]] diesel multiple units. The services usually have hourly or semi-hourly frequency. NSB tried using the brand name ''Puls'' for the commuter trains, and have painted some of the trains green. The Puls brand has been discontinued. The [[Oslo Commuter Rail]] provides the following services, with Class 69, Class 72 and Class 75: * L1 ([[Spikkestad]])–[[Asker]]–Oslo–[[Lillestrøm (town)|Lillestrøm]] (Trunk Line ) * L12 [[Eidsvoll]]–Oslo–Drammen–[[Kongsberg (town)|Kongsberg]] (Trunk Line and Sørland Line) * L13 Drammen–[[Skøyen]]–Oslo–[[Jessheim]]–[[Dal, Norway|Dal]] (Trunk Line and Drammen Line) * L14 Asker–[[Lillestrøm (town)|Lillestrøm]]–[[Årnes]]–[[Kongsvinger (town)|Kongsvinger]] ([[Kongsvinger Line]]) * L2 Stabekk–Oslo–[[Ski (town)|Ski]] (Østfold Line) * L21 [[Stabekk]]–Oslo–[[Moss (town)|Moss]] (Østfold Line) * L22 Skøyen–Oslo–[[Mysen]]–([[Rakkestad (village)|Rakkestad]]) (Østfold Line) Other commuter train services: * The [[Bergen Commuter Rail]]: Bergen–[[Vossevangen|Voss]]–[[Myrdal]] (Bergen Line) with Class 69 * [[Porsgrunn (town)|Porsgrunn]]–[[Notodden (town)|Notodden]] ([[Bratsberg Line]]) with Y1 class railcar In 2005, services on [[Gjøvik Line]] were transferred to [[Vy Gjøvikbanen|NSB Gjøvikbanen]] (now Vy Gjøvikbanen) after the NSB subsidiary had won a public [[Request for tender|tender bid]] for a ten-year [[Public Service Obligation|public service obligation]] contract with the Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communication. The [[Minister of Transport and Communications (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Transportation and Communications]], [[Liv Signe Navarsete]] ([[Centre Party (Norway)|Centre Party]]), has announced that the [[Second cabinet Stoltenberg|present government]] (as of 2006) will discontinue the [[Second cabinet Bondevik|previous government's]] announcements to put more rail line operations on public tender.
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