Telemark Bilruter

Telemark Bilruter AS

Scania OmniExpress 3.20 in the current livery.
Founded	August 1, 1972 (1972-08-01) (January 1, 1999 (1999-01-01))
Headquarters	Seljord, Norway
Locale	Vest-Telemark
Service type	Bus and intercity coach
Hubs	Bø Seljord Vrådal Åmot
Fleet	Volvo 9700 Scania OmniExpress Iveco Daily
Chief executive	Svein Olav Straand
Website	www.telemarkbil.no

Volvo 9700HD UG on Haukeliekspressen.

Telemark Bilruter AS is a Norwegian bus company based in Vestfold og Telemark with headquarters in Seljord. The company operates regional and express buses, and through subsidiaries also trucks. They operate routes in the municipalities of Vinje, Tokke, Fyresdal, Kviteseid, Nissedal, Seljord and Bø in Telemark, and Åmli in Aust-Agder. The company has 184 employees, 85 buses and 25 trucks.

The company cooperates with Tide Buss on Haukeliekspressen, and operates the routes Telemarksekspressen and Grenlandsekspressen, all branded as NOR-WAY Bussekspress.

Telemark Bilruter have together with formed a joint subsidiary, , which operates regional traffic in eastern parts of Aust-Agder on a PSO contract from January 2015.

History[]

Telemark Bilruter is the consequence of the constant merger of bus companies in Telemark, and was created in 1998 when and merged. The first operation of a bus by a precessor was in 1910 when bought a French . In 1943 11 companies merged to form , and on 1 August 1972 it merged with Fyresdal-Vrådal-Nissedal Billag and Seljord Automobillag to create . In January 1974 also a part of was taken over. Grenland Nord had its roots back to 1920 and was created by a merger in 1989.^[1]

The largest owners of the company are Municipality of Vinje (16.8%), (9.5%), Municipality of Fyresdal (7.9%), Morgedal AS (5.6%), Vrål Fossli (4.7%), Haugerød & Nilsen AS (3.9%), Tide ASA (3.7%) and Tinn Billag AS (3.4%). Municipalities in Telemark own all in all 32% of the company.^[2]

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External links[]

• Media related to Telemark Bilruter at Wikimedia Commons