Company type | Municipally owned |
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Industry | Public transport |
Predecessors | |
Founded | 1 January 2008 |
Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
Area served | Oslo and Akershus, Norway |
Key people | Bernt Reitan Jenssen (CEO) Ragnar Søegaard (Chair) |
Number of employees | 400 (2023)[1] |
Parent | Oslo Municipality (60%) Akershus County Municipality (40%) |
Website | www.ruter.no |
Ruter AS is the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus counties in Norway. Formally a limited company – 60% of its shares are owned by the Oslo county municipality and 40% by that of Akershus – it is responsible for the administration, funding, and marketing (but not direct operation) of public transport in the two counties, including buses, the Oslo Metro (T-banen i Oslo), Oslo Trams (Trikken i Oslo), and ferry services. Ruter also holds agreements with Entur concerning the regulation of fares on local and regional train services operated within the two counties.