abbreviated shortened norwegian state enterprise operated restaurant carriages norwegian trains restaurants railway stations railway hotels company established december started catering service originally owned acquired state meals served restaurant carriages relatively expensive available passengers 1950s company began serving trains january merged convenience store chain new company called enterprise partly owned norwegian state railways merged background establishment railways norway dining service offered aboard trains passengers allowed bring food train stations lacked dining facilities dining service started established restaurant station asked establish dining service aboard express trains open investigating similar operations england germany ordered carriages paid state parliament norway delayed grants long debate restaurant carriages trains plans opposed faction parliament majority favor dining service carriages time personally guaranteed production cost case state grant allocated parliamentary decision cost carriages president united_states visited oslo receive nobel peace prize restaurant carriages ordered solely occasion years later restaurant carriages regular service line early days executive board state railways wanted operation restaurant carriages important station restaurants norway management board stated wanted conflict interest railway company dining car operator saw operations way larger share revenue railway company ensure high quality service new lines time line line planning stages intended introduce dining services opened oslo east station restaurant operated private norwegian trunk railway agreement signed september railway companies agreed new restaurant operator controlled company decision restaurant carriages operate line model inspired sweden separate dining company established company paid railway company revenue fixed fee restaurant carriage swedish model involved including operation station restaurants locations restaurant carriages depots december established share capital norwegian nok shares owned directors christian representing trunk railway director general january appointed chair managing director company took restaurant carriages restaurant april february parliament voted trunk railway debate organisation criticised state sole owner march recommended company remain state owned limited company minority parliament wanted state enterprise 1930s managing director appointed managing director company succeeded company employees restaurant carriages restaurant carriages open dining expensive passengers travelling class service usually dishes offered restaurant carriages course dinner cost norwegian 1920s expensive time warm dishes usually prepared small restaurant carriage kitchen busy days prepared delivered rail depots staffed attendant blocks ice instead opening established dining car service june train ride trondheim lasted approximately hours average waiting time station minutes july dining service introduced line july meals served board addition drinks company offered light breakfast night trains lines second world war dining car service discontinued war trains faced competition aviation automobiles serving installed norwegian trains cart service trains food service faster prices lowered 1970s cars passengers serve restaurants derived revenue operation restaurants railway stations amounted initially company operated restaurant took operation restaurants oslo west station following year restaurants added hell established company allowed restaurants railway districts oslo taken operation restaurants ski trondheim decided obtain additional restaurants value strategy company took restaurants dining service steamship ran half 1940s acquired new restaurants including station company solid profit lack food onwards transformed profit loss late 1940s took restaurants oslo airport hotels operated hotel built operation room hotel taken october time building oslo trondheim considering establishing hotels line passed considered areas served operators instead established tourist hotel adjacent opened june bed hotel floor area square metres marketed tourist destination winter tennis summer hotel closed municipality allow serve alcoholic oslo company offices workings spread town main depot head office fred gate gate management wanted new depot administrative offices single location close railway station located hotel work began hotel project cancelled proposed hotel rooms street plans blocked parliament opposed state railway operating hotels instead administration moved new building built lot owned bergen company established investors hotel failed money late 1940s company bought later operated short period completed selected operator remained hotel operator government sold million dissolution exclusive agreement operate shops railway stations stations restaurants operated near monopoly norway rented facilities public places owners intended create foundation obtain company plans started difficulties finding way transfer shares foundation having pay tax transaction tax laws permitted tax free transaction restructuring merger considered restructuring established owners share company agreement july december passed parliament voted merger established january owned new company assumed late 1980s company sold hotel operations merged company retained obligation operate dining services trains 1980s necessitated considerable subsidies decided organize operation dining services contracts contract won subsidiary owners agreement sell approval sold shares approval company listed reduced stock share fall accepted proposal merge merged company named held shares november sold shares renamed
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