Drammens Elektriske Bane (lit: Drammens Electric Rail) was a Norwegian company that operated the Drammen trolleybus between December 15, 1909 and April 30, 1916. The company was started by M. Magnus, Otto Aubert and Olaf Berger in 1908 and built the initial 7.7 km of

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line in Drammen with a capital of

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140,000. The company had good economy until

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when the company ran into great economic problems. They initially tried to solve the problem by increasing the ticket price from 10

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to 15 øre and a 25% discount on

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from the municipality, but could not meet their obligations. The remains of the company were taken over by A/S Trikken.

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Defunct bus companies of Norway Trolleybus transport in Norway Companies based in Drammen Transport companies established in 1908 Transport companies disestablished in 1916 1908 establishments in Norway 1916 disestablishments in Norway {{Norway-transport-stub