Talk:Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996)

End of period as agency

If it ever was an agency, when did it cease to be an agency? --Creambreek (talk) 12:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

There is some information at http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/data/en/forvaltning/enhet/8802 Ters (talk) 19:10, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

the articles should be merged

nsb have always been one company. it was never closed so that another one could take its place. companies do some times change their logo however. according to the norwegian wikipedia, it was split into 2 companies and not closed as this article claims.84.212.111.156 (talk) 16:02, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

First, as you write, it was split. In a split, one rarely refer to one of the resulting parts as the original thing that was split. One company kept the name, the other company kept the meaning of the name (Jernbaneverket, the actual Norwegian state-owned railways), and there might even have been a third piece (Statens jernbanetilsyn). This has caused lots of confusion, causing NSB to still get blame for everything wrong with the railways. In fact, the current NORGES STATSBANER AS is not the same company that was formed from the split, but a company formed in 2002[1]. This change was however (as far as I can tell) only a change in how ownership worked, whereas the split in 1996 was a major reform. I'd say changing the current arrangement of articles requires some solid sources stating that the current NSB is the former NSB. However, what I can find indicates that old NSB formed daughter companies out of already existing internal sub-units, and then was disbanded. In particular section 4.5.1 in St.prp. nr. 2 (1996-97) indicates that a new company was to be formed for operating the trains. This must be the current NSB and its current daughter company CargoNet. Ters (talk) 07:59, 30 June 2017 (UTC)