Støtteordning for godstransport i forbindelse med tap på grunn av flommen som førte til kollapsen av Randklev bru på Dovrebanen

Jernbanedirektoratet publishes a page titled "Støtteordning for godstransport etter brukollapsen på Dovrebanen – Randklev bru". The page states that Samferdselsdepartementet introduced two støtteordninger ("to støtteordninger") for freight companies that have, or have had, losses of income as a result of the collapse of Randklev bru on the Dovrebanen line, which followed the flooding from the extreme-weather event "Hans" on 14.08.2023.

This scheme record corresponds to the first of those two støtteordninger. The page describes a first support period running 14.08.2023–13.02.2024, stating that "Den første støtteordningen dekker tapene for de første seks månedene etter at naturkatastrofen inntraff" (the first support scheme covers the losses for the first six months after the natural disaster occurred).

The page states that 120 million kroner was allocated in the 2023 state accounts ("120 millioner kroner til støtte for godsselskaper etter ekstremværet Hans i statsregnskapet for 2023"), alongside 150 million kroner in the 2024 state accounts.

Eligibility, per the page: railway undertakings (jernbaneforetak) as defined in the rail regulations that transported goods on the Dovrebanen at the time of the collapse and can document financial losses as a result of the collapse.

Application: applicants submit a completed application form with required documentation to Jernbanedirektoratet. The page links an application form, "Søknadsskjema om støtteordning for godstransport i forbindelse med ekstremvaret Hans" (PDF, dated 21.09.2023). The page states "Søknadsfristen er passert for denne støtteordningen" (the application deadline has passed for this support scheme); no specific closing date is printed.

Contact details printed on the page: telephone 459 78 800, e-mail post@jernbanedirektoratet.no, organisasjonsnummer 916 810 962.

For reference, this scheme is registered in the EEA/EFTA state-aid register (Stoetteordning) under stoettetiltaksnummer 1000000417, with the English alternate name "Aid scheme for freight rail transport in connection with losses caused by the flood that led to the collapse of Randklev bridge on Dovrebanen" and a registered validity period of 2023-08-14 to 2024-05-31, under the legal basis statsstoettekategori.gruppeunntattStoette (GBER, Commission Regulation 651/2014).