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since March. They stated that the deal with
Ofotbanen was discontinued because the majority owner—Rail Management, in turn owned by Mons Bolin—would not allow additional private placements of capital, nor sell their shares to Autolink. From 29 July, all automotive trains stopped running, and no cars were transported for ten days. The same day, all board members in Ofotbanen representing Autolink withdrew from their positions.
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The matter ended in court, with a case to determine whether
Autolink should be allowed to take control of four train radios that were located in locomotives owned by Autolink, but operated by Ofotbanen. In a shareholder agreement between Autolink and Rail Management, the ownership of the train radios
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ruled on 17 July 2008 against
Autolink's demand for an interim order to transfer the ownership of the radios to Autolink. The court ruled that an interim decision could not be made due to the complexity of the contracts, and that a normal lawsuit would have to be carried out to determine the matter.
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Ofotbanen had not documented necessary accounts for 2007, nor provided evidence of necessary liquidity. On 24 October, the company was declared bankrupt. Rail Management subsequently established the new company Ofotbanen Drift, and stated that the cause
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Ofotbanen have since their establishment had financial difficulties. The contract with
Autolink had helped, but in July 2008, Autolink canceled their contract with Ofotbanen. Two weeks later, Autolink announced that they would establish their own railway company, which they had been working with
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Autolink in March 2008, with the company formally established on 27 March. It received an operating license from the Norwegian Railway Inspectorate on 18 September 2008. Five shunters that were operated by Ofotbanen, but owned by
407:. CargoNet and Ofotbanen had been using the Dovre Line because it is electrified, giving lower operating costs despite its elevation, 350 m (1,150 ft) higher than the Røros Line. After initial trial runs with only three locomotives, full service was introduced later in November.
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Autolink, but the agreement has clauses that specified that Autolink could not start a competing railway company. Stating that Autolink had been disloyal in regard to the contract,
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Each route has up to five weekly departures in both directions with combined autorack and container trains. The company transports 55,000 cars annually on 600 trains, giving a revenue of 65 million
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717:"Usikker fremtid for biltogkjøringen"
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684:"Autolink inn i Ofotbanen AS"
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978:Brønnøysund Register Centre
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782:"Autolink i bitter togkrig"
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812:"Ofotbanen fikk medhold"
465:"Premiere for Cargolink"
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1196:Sydvaranger
495:"Transport"
233:Bergen Line
206:Hector Rail
83:Area served
1277:Categories
1171:Nesttun–Os
1131:Dunderland
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411:References
405:Dovre Line
401:Røros Line
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339:Dovre Line
329:Cargolink
249:Rauma Line
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40:Subsidiary
1243:Companies
1181:Ofotbanen
1126:Cargolink
526:Ny Teknik
393:Trondheim
320:Ofotbanen
275:to reach
265:Mo i Rana
253:Ă…ndalsnes
245:Trondheim
229:Stavanger
210:autoracks
194:Di 6
180:Operation
174:Ofotbanen
143:autoracks
135:container
120:Norwegian
1141:Grimstad
1100:SJ Norge
1085:Flytoget
1080:CargoNet
1075:Bane NOR
755:Fremover
491:Autolink
356:shunters
316:CargoNet
202:Dispolok
170:CargoNet
163:Nordland
147:Sørland-
139:shunters
131:autorack
127:Autolink
98:Autolink
46:Industry
1229:Portals
1211:Valdres
1068:Current
389:Vossloh
337:on the
295:History
261:Mosjøen
151:Bergen-
104:Website
69:Drammen
56:Founded
1267:Trains
1255:Norway
1119:Former
589:15 May
277:Narvik
273:Sweden
237:Bergen
159:Røros-
155:Rauma-
141:, 100
93:Parent
87:Norway
75:Norway
1201:Trunk
1136:Elkem
281:Malmö
198:TRAXX
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