This is Ruter in 2025

Ruter is a joint administrative company for public transport in Oslo municipality and Akershus county. Our mission is to lay the foundation for a coherent, efficient and market-oriented public transport system in Oslo and Akershus. We will build an attractive service for the residents of the region and contribute to a more sustainable social development. A society where people always travel together when they can, and alone only when they must.

We fulfil our mission through the procurement, development, planning, coordination and marketing of public transport services. Within the given financial framework, our services must respond to the transport and climate policy goals that Oslo Municipality and Akershus County Municipality have set for public transport in our area.

The actual public transport services are operated by various companies that have contracts with us. Ruter therefore does not own any buses, cars, trams, boats, metro trains or other means of transport. Sporveien T-banen AS and Sporveien Trikken AS are permanent contract partners, while bus and boat services are awarded contracts through tender competitions.

Ruter AS is owned by Oslo Municipality (60%) and Akershus County Municipality (40%).

Company structure

Ruter has about 350 employees divided between three operating units and four staff and support units. The operating units are directly involved in the development and operation of public transport services:

• Plan
• Operations
• Market and Business Development

The staff and support units help the results units operate efficiently and achieve their goals:

• Communication and Public Relations
• People and organization
• Finance and management
• Technology and strategy
• Radical innovations

Tet Digital

On 1 January 2024, Ruter AS established Tet Digital AS (Tet). Tet is a technology company tasked with developing and delivering digital customer experiences within sustainable mobility.

Through a collaboration between several public transport companies in Norway, Tet serves as a platform for innovation and the development of future mobility solutions. Skyss and Agder Kollektivtrafikk (AKT) became co-owners of the company in March 2025. Today, around 69 percent of all public transport journeys in the country take place through digital services delivered by Tet.

When several county municipalities own digital infrastructure together, we get shared costs, collaboration on innovation, and a strengthened position to meet the customer needs of the future.

Ruter's management

– Public transport is part of Oslo’s identity. In 2025, almost 400 million journeys were made by bus, tram, metro and boat in Oslo and Akershus. This means we are finally back to roughly the same level as before the pandemic.
One of the unique things about Oslo’s public transport system is that it is used by almost all of our residents. A trip on the metro takes you through the city, but the metro and the tram are also part of the shared frame of reference for the people of Oslo.

We use public transport frequently because it is efficient, practical, accessible and good. Ruter’s most important job is to ensure that Oslo’s public transport system continues to be people’s preferred way of travelling, so that even more choose to leave the car at home for their everyday journeys.

2025 was a special year, both for those who work with public transport and for many of the passengers. Even though buses, trams and the metro largely ran as planned, many travelers were affected by the major upgrades on the metro. Among other things, we had a long closure on two lines, and Majorstuen station was closed all summer. This meant replacement buses for the metro on several sections. The projects were carried out as planned. Majorstuen station was fully refurbished, and we are a big step closer to two other major milestones for public transport: the opening of the Fornebu Line and a new signaling and safety system for the entire metro. Both will help provide more departures and increased capacity across the whole metro network. In 2025, the last of a total of 87 new trams also arrived. This means all the old trams have been replaced, and people can now enjoy both more space and universal accessibility on the new trams.

Public transport, both in Oslo and the rest of the country, has experienced a large increase in costs in recent years. To be better prepared in uncertain times, Ruter has launched an efficiency program. The goal is to ensure that the people of Oslo get as much public transport as possible for their money, and that we continue to have one of the very best public transport systems in the world, also in the future.

I would like to thank all Ruter employees for their efforts throughout 2025.

Marit Vea (V)
City Commissioner for Environment and Transport in the City of Oslo

– The number of people using public transport in Akershus grew sharply in 2025. The 2.9 percent increase is the result of targeted efforts to make public transport more attractive for residents. Ruter deserves much of the credit for this development.

At the same time, we know that the strongest population growth in the capital region will occur in Akershus. This commits us as owners to ensuring stable and predictable conditions for public transport over time.

Ruter’s ambitious focus on innovation and technology provides an important foundation for a more future-oriented and tailored public transport service.

I would like to extend a big thank you to all employees and partners who every day help ensure that the residents of Akershus get to their destinations faster and arrive home more safely.

Håkon Snortheim (H)
County Councillor for Transport in Akershus County Municipality