Oslo - Gardermoen questions
Maarten Batenburg
In may I will visit Oslo. We will arrive at Gardermoen and use the
train to get in the city. But we would like to have a few questions
answered before. That would be a great help.
- Does the stopping train Eidsvoll - Olso - Kongsberg has a toilet on
board?
- The Flytoget has a special fare, and does not show up in hafas and
nsb.no. Does this also mean that regular and Flytoget tickets are not
interchangable?
- Is a seat resevation compulsory on certains trains?
- I have no experience with online buying tickets at nsb.no. Does one
get a paper ticket by post, a simple number, of does one have to pick
up the ticket at the station?
Thanks in advance.
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Kind regards,
Maarten Batenburg
http://www.ovcentraal.nl
Richard Mlynarik
> In may I will visit Oslo. We will arrive at Gardermoen and use the
> train to get in the city. But we would like to have a few questions
> answered before. That would be a great help.
>
> - Does the stopping train Eidsvoll - Olso - Kongsberg has a toilet on
> board?
Yes. Class BM72 EMUs.
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/no/electric/emu/BM72/pix.html
> - The Flytoget has a special fare, and does not show up in hafas and
> nsb.no. Does this also mean that regular and Flytoget tickets are not
> interchangable?
Regular NSB tickets aren't good on Flytoget. I don't know about
the other way (I suspect not.) Rail passes aren't valid either.
It's a Big Secret (well, not advertised widely) that regular and
much cheaper and only slightly slower suburban trains operate
through Gardermoen.
> - Is a seat resevation compulsory on certains trains?
Not Gardermoen-Oslo S.
Some long-distance do sell out at some times of year.
I'd just ask at the ticket counter when you get there.
Or send mail/phone NSB if you're really worried.
> - I have no experience with online buying tickets at nsb.no. Does one
> get a paper ticket by post, a simple number, of does one have to pick
> up the ticket at the station?
No experience. If you're just buying point-to-point tickets, I'd
just buy them in Oslo where you can ask questions at ticket sales.
Everybody of course speaks perfect English (just like the Dutch!)
Lennart Petersen
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There's a good reason to buy tickets in advance as you can get the many good
prebooking offers. As example a number of tickets at 199NOK for any
distance are available.
Tickets booked over the net isn't distributed by mail but have to be picked
up at the station or Narvesen kiosks.
As an alternative you can have the tickets distributed to the seat, just
memorize coach-number and seat and the conductor prints out the ticket.