Editing Flytoget (section)

===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>