NSB Biltrafikk was the former road transport division of the

Norwegian State Railways Vygruppen, branded as Vy, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach s ...

from the first bus routes in 1925, as a subsidiary of NSB BA from 1 December 1996, until it was divided into bus operator

Nettbuss Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk. In addition to bus services in major parts of ...

and truck operator Nettlast on 10 February 2000.

History

The Norwegian Storting (parliament) Standing Committee on Railways' recommendation of 10 December 1921 on "the revision of principles for railway construction" stated that in cases where a new railway would be expensive or difficult to build, or where the traffic would be too small to give any good income, one should always consider the possibility of starting an automobile route instead. On the basis of this it was decided that the State Railways would start some test routes to gain knowledge on this form of transportation. The first three test routes were started in late 1925 with the very first being the "Selbu route" between

Selbu Selbu is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Trøa, Tømra, and Vikvarvet. T ...

and

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on 9 November, then the "Karmøy route" between

Skudeneshavn (also known as Skudeneshamn or simply Skudenes) is a town in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy at the entrance to the Boknafjorden and Karmsundet strait. The town is ...

and Haugesund on 21 November and the "Lågendal route" between Skollenborg and Larvik on 19 December. The test routes were started as a separate division of the State Railways, but other routes being started in the following years became part of the local railway district, and as the years went by, the test routes also became part of their local railway district. But on 1 September 1988, the bus and truck routes became formally part of its own business division known as ''NSB Biltrafikk''. At the same time as the demerger of the State Railways on 1 December 1996, NSB Biltrafikk became its own subsidiary under the new NSB BA. On 10 February 2000, NSB Biltrafikk was divided into

for bus transport and Nettlast for haulage operations. Nettlast was sold off to

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on 15 November the same year.

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