Editing Flytoget (section)

==Operations==
{{Flytoget map}}
Departures operate every ten minutes from Oslo Central Station (Oslo&nbsp;S) to the airport - i.e. six trains per hour. Half of the trains originate in Drammen, making five intermediate stops before Oslo&nbsp;S, and again at Lillestrøm. One starts from Oslo&nbsp;S and goes directly to Gardermoen without intermediate stops. Two start from Stabekk with stops at Lysaker, Skøyen, Nationaltheateret and Oslo S. On Saturdays, Sunday mornings and during most of July, Flytoget does not operate the direct trains from Oslo&nbsp;S or Stabekk — only the 20-minute [[headway]] all-stop trains.<ref name=time>{{Cite web|url=http://www.flytoget.no/nor/content/download/395/2899/version/2/file/FLY+infokort+No+Fra_+Jun.08_.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124021620/https://www.flytoget.no/nor/content/download/395/2899/version/2/file/FLY+infokort+No+Fra_+Jun.08_.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-01-24 |title=From Oslo Airport |author=Flytoget AS |date=2008-01-06 |access-date=2008-09-13  }}</ref> While the services northeast from Oslo&nbsp;S to the airport use the high-speed Gardermo Line, those westwards towards Asker use the [[Drammen Line]] built in 1870–72<ref name=jbvstat45 /> and the [[Asker Line]]; so while the {{convert|48|km|mi}} from Oslo&nbsp;S to the airport can be done in 19&nbsp;minutes, the {{convert|24|km|mi}} from Asker to Oslo&nbsp;S takes 26&nbsp;minutes. The latter does however include stops at five stations: [[Nationaltheatret Station|Nationaltheatret]], [[Skøyen Station|Skøyen]], [[Lysaker Station|Lysaker]], [[Sandvika Station|Sandvika]] and [[Asker Station|Asker]].<ref name=time />

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Service !! From !! To !! Trains pr. hour
|-
| FLY1 ||[[Drammen Station|Drammen]]|| [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen]]|| align="center" | 3
|-
| FLY2 ||[[Stabekk Station|Stabekk]]/[[Oslo Central Station|Oslo S]]|| [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen]]|| align="center" | 3
|}

Competition is offered from other means of ground transport and by Vy who operate trains from and to the airport. This includes one hourly departure with line R12 of the [[Oslo Commuter Rail]] north to [[Eidsvoll Station|Eidsvoll]] and south to Oslo, [[Drammen Station|Drammen]] and [[Kongsberg Station|Kongsberg]];<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/Bilder/Rutetabeller/450-Kongsberg-Eidsvoll-2008.pdf |title=Kongsberg-Eidsvoll |author=NSB |date=2008-01-06 |access-date=2008-09-13 |author-link=Vy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007104734/http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/Bilder/Rutetabeller/450-Kongsberg-Eidsvoll-2008.pdf |archive-date=2009-10-07 }}</ref> two regional trains (line RE10 and RE11) hourly north to [[Eidsvoll Station|Eidsvoll]] and [[Lillehammer Station|Lillehammer]] and south to Drammen and [[Vestfold]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/PDF/Rutetabeller/Norsk/2008/020___Skien-Lillehammer__2008.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612101804/http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/PDF/Rutetabeller/Norsk/2008/020___Skien-Lillehammer__2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-12 |title=Skien-Lillehammer |author=Norges Statsbaner |date=2008-01-06 |access-date=2008-09-13 }}</ref> and five daily express trains to Dombås and Trondheim calling Oslo Airport Station, including one [[Night trains of Norway|night train]] (although the express trains to Trondheim do not accept passengers only travelling between Oslo and Gardermoen).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/PDF/Rutetabeller/Norsk/2008/021-Oslo-Trondheimdovre-2008.pdf |title=Oslo-Trondheim |author=Norges Statsbaner |date=2008-01-06 |access-date=2008-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612110033/http://www.nsb.no/getfile.php/www.nsb.no/nsb.no/PDF/Rutetabeller/Norsk/2008/021-Oslo-Trondheimdovre-2008.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}</ref>

The price of a ticket to Oslo is NOK&nbsp;230, though higher if departing from Sandvika, Asker and Drammen. Reduced fares with 50% discount are offered to senior citizens, children, youth under 21 years, students, benefit recipients and military personnel.<ref name=fares>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flytoget.no/eng/Travel-info/Fares |title=Fares |author=Flytoget AS |access-date=2009-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704203925/http://www.flytoget.no/eng/Travel-info/Fares |archive-date=2010-07-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Flytoget tickets are not valid on Vy trains, and vice versa. Vy tickets are generally cheaper, though not for some groups with reduced fare; for instance students are granted a greater discount with Flytoget than with Vy.<ref name=fares /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nsb.no/billetter_og_betingelser/rabatter/article24536-2655.html |title=Studentrabatt |author=Norges Statsbaner |access-date=2008-05-24 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022023554/http://www.nsb.no/billetter_og_betingelser/rabatter/article24536-2655.html |archive-date=October 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ticket can either be bought at [[vending machine]]s or as [[electronic ticket|e-ticket]]s; there is no seat reservation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flytoget.no/eng/Travel-info/Tickets |title=Tickets |author=Flytoget AS |access-date=2008-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421025906/http://www.flytoget.no/eng/Travel-info/Tickets |archive-date=2008-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Flytoget transported 5.4&nbsp;million passengers in 2007,<ref name=ar07 /> a 34% market share of airport ground transport.<ref name=utbytte /> Flytoget boasts a high service quality, with 96% of departures arriving within 3&nbsp;minutes of schedule and only 0.4% of departures canceled.<ref name=about /> Part of this is due to the airport express trains receiving priority over other trains in the limited capacity around Oslo.<ref name=boarding04 /> Flytoget was announced to have the most satisfied, and the fourth most loyal customers of all Norwegian companies in 2008, by the customer satisfaction survey conducted by the [[Norwegian School of Management]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kundebarometer.com/ |title=Flytoget vinner kundetilfredshetsprisen 2008 |author=[[Norwegian School of Management]]. |date=2008-05-07 |access-date=2008-09-13 |language=no}}</ref> The same year Flytoget was declared the best place of work in Norway by ''Great Place to Work''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatplacetowork.no/best/list-no.htm |title=Norges Beste Arbeidsplasser 2008 |author=Great Place to Work |year=2008 |access-date=2008-09-13 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204064240/http://www.greatplacetowork.no/best/list-no.htm |archive-date=2008-12-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 2007 recruitment half of the newly educated train drivers chose Flytoget over Vy, mostly due to higher wages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1967049.ece |title=Halve kullet gikk til Flytoget |author=Aftenposten |date=2007-08-31 |access-date=2008-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106054946/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1967049.ece |archive-date=2007-11-06 }}</ref>

===Stations===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
|-
!
!Station
!Distance<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/jernbanenettet/stasjonssok/stasjonsoversikt/Kongsberg_-_Oslo_-_Eidsvoll/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080208141000/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/jernbanenettet/stasjonssok/stasjonsoversikt/Kongsberg_-_Oslo_-_Eidsvoll/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-02-08 |title=Stasjonsoversikt Kongsberg – Oslo – Eidsvoll from Oslo Airport |author=Norwegian National Rail Administration |access-date=2008-05-24 |language=no}}</ref>
!Time<ref name=time />
!Fare<ref name=fares />
!Reduced fare<ref name=fares />
|-
|[[File:Flytoget at Gardermoen.jpg|100px]]
|[[Oslo Airport Station|Oslo Airport]]
|align="right"|0.00&nbsp;km
|align="right"|0 min
|n/a
|n/a
|-
|[[File:Flytoget Lillestrøm stasjon.jpg|100px]]
|[[Lillestrøm Station|Lillestrøm]]
|align="right"|30.90&nbsp;km
|align="right"|12 min
|NOK 140
|NOK 70
|-
|[[File:Flytoget Oslo S.jpg|100px]]
|[[Oslo Central Station]]
|align="right"|48.07&nbsp;km
|align="right"|19 / 22 min
|NOK 180
|NOK 90
|-
|[[File:Flytoget nationalteateret1.jpg|100px]]
|[[Nationaltheatret Station|Nationaltheatret]]
|align="right"|49.50&nbsp;km
|align="right"|27 min
|NOK 180
|NOK 90
|-
|[[File:Skøyen Station.jpg|100px]]
|[[Skøyen Station|Skøyen]]
|align="right"|52.43&nbsp;km
|align="right"|32 min
|NOK 180
|NOK 90
|-
|[[File:Graphics of Lysaker Station.jpg|100px]]
|[[Lysaker Station|Lysaker]]
|align="right"|55.07&nbsp;km
|align="right"|34 min
|NOK 180
|NOK 90
|-
|[[File:Stabekk stasjon.JPG|100px]]
|[[Stabekk Station|Stabekk]]
|align="right"|57.06&nbsp;km
|align="right"|32 min
|NOK 180
|NOK 90
|-
|[[File:Sandvika Railway station TRS 070407 001.jpg|100px]]
|[[Sandvika Station|Sandvika]]
|align="right"|62.24&nbsp;km
|align="right"|42 min
|NOK 210
|NOK 105
|-
|[[File:IC-tog til Larvik og Flytoget på Asker stasjon TRS 061028 027.jpg|100px]]
|[[Asker Station|Asker]]
|align="right"|71.93&nbsp;km
|align="right"|48 min
|NOK 210
|NOK 105
|-
|[[File:Drammen Railway Station TRS 061216 008.jpg|100px]]
|[[Drammen Station|Drammen]]
|align="right"|100.96&nbsp;km
|align="right"|60 min
|NOK 260
|NOK 130
|}

===Incidents===
[[Image:Flytoget at Gardermoen.jpg|thumb|Train awaiting departure from [[Oslo Airport Station]]]]
Several deaths have taken place on the route, but only one due to an accident. In 1999, an employee of the National Rail Administration was killed by a train because it was operating at {{convert|160|km/h|mph}} instead of the temporarily reduced limit of {{convert|80|km/h|mph}}; Flytoget was fined for not informing the engineer of the speed limit reduction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=169292 |title=Flytoget bøtelagt etter dødsulykke |author=Norsk Telegrambyrå |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2001-02-21 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611220145/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=169292 |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref> Several other deaths on the line have been classified as [[suicide]]s, and so are not in the accident statistics;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jernbanetilsynet.no/upload/documents/Publikasjoner/Statisitikk/rsstatistikk_ulykker/Ulykkesstatistikk_2002.pdf |title=Ulykkesstatisktikk 2002 |author=[[Norwegian Railway Inspectorate]] |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |pages=4 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=3893031 |title=- Satt i skinnegangen da toget kom |author=Verdens Gang |date=2001-01-26 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611220115/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=3893031 |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref> they do however cause delays on all services for hours after the incident takes place.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2136315.ece |title=Fullt tog-kaos på Romerike |author1=Ihlebæk, Jostein |author2=Holm, Per Annar |publisher=Aftenposten |date=2007-12-04 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |pages=4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105522/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2136315.ece |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref>

In 2000–01, Flytoget experienced three derailments with empty trains at Gardermoen; one caused by the engineer falling asleep and two by the train passing a red light.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jernbanetilsynet.no/Publikasjoner/Ulykkesstatistikk/Arleg-ulykkesstatistikk/Ulykkesstatistikk-2000/ |title=Ulykkesstatisktikk 2000 |author=Norwegian Railway Inspectorate |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=8573837 |title=Flytoget sporet av |author=Norsk Telegrambyrå |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2001-01-03 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611220523/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=8573837 |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=2880460 |title=Sovnet - kræsjet flytoget |author=Verdens Gang |date=2000-06-20 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611220605/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=2880460 |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=104861 |title=Flytoget kjørte mot stoppsignal |author=Verdens Gang |date=2000-06-14 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611220804/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=104861 |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref> No more such accidents occurred after [[automatic Train Control]] was installed in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jernbanetilsynet.no/Publikasjoner/Ulykkesstatistikk/Arleg-ulykkesstatistikk/Ulykkesstatistikk-for-2001/ |title=Ulykkesstatisktikk 2001 |author=Norwegian Railway Inspectorate |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Delays have been experienced many times by travelers due to technical problems on the infrastructure. In particular the old line west of Oslo causes much delay,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2184993.ece |title=Ny stans for flytoget |author=Tonstad, Hans Marius |publisher=Aftenposten |date=2008-01-08 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309200536/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2184993.ece |archive-date=March 9, 2008 }}</ref> and the National Rail Administration performed during 2008 a NOK&nbsp;100&nbsp;million upgrade to the [[Oslo Tunnel]] to ensure better performance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/incoming/Presse/article.jhtml?articleID=1894032 |title=100 millioner sikrer full fart på oppgradering av Oslotunnelen |author=Norwegian National Rail Administration |date=2008-05-15 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080519221416/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/incoming/Presse/article.jhtml?articleID=1894032 |archive-date = May 19, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> But problems also incur on the new sections, regularly delaying service or capacity, and forcing Flytoget to operate fewer departures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=504596 |title=Feil forsinker flytogene |author=Norsk Telegrambyrå |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2008-03-14 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=8283581 |title=Flytoget fast i tunnel i én time i Oslo |author=Norsk Telegrambyrå |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2001-03-22 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no}}</ref> In total 96% of departures arrived within 3&nbsp;minutes of schedule and 0.4% of departures were canceled in 2007.<ref name=about />

[[Pickpocketing]] has been a problem since the start; even the Chief of Police in Oslo has been robbed on the train.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=38897 |title=Velstelte tyver på flytoget |author=Verdens Gang |date=1998-12-12 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=188570 |title=Oslos politimester rundstjålet |author=Norsk Telegrambyrå |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2007-05-25 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no}}</ref> The train has also been the target of sabotage,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=82305 |title=Livsfarlig sabotasje mot flytog |author=Norsk Telegrambyrå |publisher=Verdens Gang |date=2003-10-27 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no}}</ref> and embezzlement for NOK&nbsp;1&nbsp;million by an employed ticket salesman, who found a way to print two tickets with the system only charging for one, by turning off and on the ticket printer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=2241947 |title=Svindlet Flytoget med printer-triks |author=Verdens Gang |date=2001-08-17 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no}}</ref>

When [[Al Gore]] came to Oslo to receive his [[Nobel Peace Prize]] on 7 December 2007, he used the Airport Express Train to make his journey as environmentally friendly as possible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article326557.ece |title=Optimistisk Gore håper på ny klimaavtale i 2010 |author=Hauge, Linus |publisher=[[Dagsavisen]] |date=2007-12-07 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206220316/http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article326557.ece |archive-date=February 6, 2008 }}</ref> The company has initiated a program to ensure better diet for the employees; this had made several lose weight and has reduced the level of sick leave from 12 to 8%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article356929.ece |title=Flytoget slanker staben |author=Sandberg, Tor |publisher=Dagsavisen |date=2008-06-26 |access-date=2008-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703021936/http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article356929.ece |archive-date=July 3, 2009 }}</ref> In 2005–07, a program to reduce the energy use of the trains through smarter operation reduced energy consumption by 15%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2008397.ece |title=Energi på banen |author=Aftenposten |date=2007-10-18 |access-date=2007-06-30 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013130700/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2008397.ece |archive-date=2007-10-13 }}</ref>

During the [[Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption|2010 volcano air travel disruption]], the Gardermoen airport was closed for a period, and the Flytoget trains were used by NSB instead, to give extra train capacity for long-distance routes.<ref>[http://www.nsb.no/aktuelt/flytog-paa-strekningen-oslo-halden-article35410-2707.html Flytog på strekningen Oslo - Halden] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418193141/http://www.nsb.no/aktuelt/flytog-paa-strekningen-oslo-halden-article35410-2707.html |date=April 18, 2010 }}</ref>