Unibus settlement in place: – Fast threat of chapter averted

Unibuss, Oslo’s largest bus operator and wholly owned by the municipality, is struggling financially. These days, work has been accomplished to keep away from chapter and bus collapse.

On Monday, the corporate filed for reconstruction negotiations within the Oslo District Courtroom to attempt to keep away from chapter and a bus disaster within the capital.

– Because of this a authorized course of should be initiated, the intention of which is to reach at an answer that makes it doable for Unibuss to proceed working – additionally in the long term, the corporate writes in a press launch.

It’s anticipated that the reconstruction course of will final a few months. Unibuss has chapter safety whereas this course of is ongoing.

It was NRK and Oslo newspaper who talked about the matter first.

– The buses should proceed to run

Oslo’s Atmosphere and Transport Council Marit Vea (V) known as a press convention on Monday in reference to the state of affairs.

– Crucial factor for me has all the time been that we keep away from a state of affairs the place the bus service stops, says Vea.

– It will be very demanding for Oslo’s residents, who rely upon good and predictable public transport. I’m subsequently happy that the quick menace of chapter has been averted. The buses should proceed to run, says the Swedish Transport Company.

Consider in answer

Whereas the method is ongoing, the buses will run as regular, says Ruter in a press launch. They wish to contribute to a reconstruction of Unibus and are actively working to discover a answer.

– Making certain that the bus runs in order that clients can get to Oslo and Akershus, whereas on the identical time managing the neighborhood’s cash in a great way, is crucial factor for us, says managing director Bernt Reitan Jenssen.

He’s optimistic about the way in which ahead.

– Primarily based on the conversations we now have had with Unibus in latest months, we consider that we’ll discover a answer that secures public transport, says Jenssen.

7 out of 10 buses would cease

Unibuss has unpaid payments of 100 million and fines from accomplice Ruter after a troubled winter.

If Unibuss had gone bankrupt, round 70 per cent of the buses in Oslo would have stopped instantly.

Unibuss is a gaggle of 4 corporations that function the bus routes on contract for Ruter. The corporate presently runs 372 buses on this contract, which makes up between 60 and 70 per cent of the bus service in Oslo, and all in Bærum.