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Øst-Telemark Automobilselskap AS (ØTA) was a
bus company A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used i ...
based in
Notodden is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Aust-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden. Other population centres include the villages of Bolkesjø, G ...
, Norway. It was taken over by
NSB Biltrafikk NSB Biltrafikk was the former road transport division of the Norwegian State Railways 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 and truck operator Nettlast ...
on 1 May 1998, and was renamed Nettbuss Telemark AS in 2000. In 2005 it was merged into Nettbuss Drammen. On 4 August 1997, it launched the TIMEkspressen hourly coach service from Notodden to
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. Nettbuss later made this a national brand for its hourly intercity coach services. In 1998, the company's owners, Gjermund Jamtveit and Halvor Grene, also started the train company TIMEtoget, that attempted to operate the
Bratsberg Line The Bratsberg Line () is a railway line between Eidanger and Notodden in Telemark county, Norway. It opened in 1917, connecting the Tinnos Line, the Sørland Line and the Vestfold Line; allowing Norsk Hydro to transport fertilizer from their pl ...
on a similar, hourly concept.


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{{Norway-transport-stub Companies based in Telemark Transport companies disestablished in 2005 Hjartdal Notodden Bus companies of Telemark Transport companies established in 1908 Former subsidiaries of Vy Buss 1908 establishments in Norway 2005 disestablishments in Norway Defunct bus companies of Norway