Departments

Director General

The Director General leads the work of the Norwegian Railway Authority and ensures that this is carried out in accordance with the instructions from the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Authority's plans.

Administration

• Accounting
• Personnel
• Management system
• IT
• Archives
• Information management
• Administration of contracts
• Office operations
• National databases

Legal

• Development of regulations
• Licences and approvals
• Legal advice
• Handling of complaints and exceptions

Audits

• Audits and inspections

Safety and Technology

• Approval of rolling stock
• Approval of infrastructure
• Approval of operating procedures
• Safety certificates
• Safety authorisation of infrastructure managers
• Safety management and risk analyses
• Handling of exceptions from regulations regarding signals and train operation
• Technical standardisation
• Co-ordination of international collaboration
• Evaluation and follow-up of recommendations from the Norwegian Accident Investigation Board
• Incidents
• Statistics
• Safety authorisation of infrastructure managers