Skyss
Encyclopedia
Skyss is a county owned public transport
administration company that will take over the management, but not operation, of public transport
in Hordaland
, Norway
. The company will administrate public service obligation
(PSO) contracts as well as promote public transport in the county. The administration is also responsible for ticket
ing and branding
of the transport. Included in its range of authority is bus
es, fast ferries as well as the Bergen trolleybus
and Bergen Light Rail
, the latter from the opening in 2010.
The first routes to be administrated are the ones in Austevoll
, starting on January 1, 2008. Other areas will be taken over when PSO contracts are taken into use. Prior to this, basically all routes in the county are operated by Tide
, who operate under their own brand. Skyss will also launch Skysskortet, a wireless ticket system for payment of travel throughout the county, to be launched step-wise in 2008.
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
administration company that will take over the management, but not operation, of public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
in Hordaland
Hordaland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The company will administrate public service obligation
Public Service Obligation
In transport, public service obligation or PSO is an arrangement in which a governing body or other authority offers an auction for subsidies, permit the winning company a monopoly to operate a specified service of public transport for a specified period of time for the given subsidy...
(PSO) contracts as well as promote public transport in the county. The administration is also responsible for ticket
Ticket (admission)
A ticket is a voucher that indicates that one has paid for admission to an event or establishment such as a theatre, movie theater, amusement park, zoo, museum, concert, or other attraction, or permission to travel on a vehicle such as an airliner, train, bus, or boat, typically because one has...
ing and branding
Brand management
Brand management is the application of marketing techniques to a specific product, product line, or brand.The discipline of brand management was started at Procter & Gamble as a result of a famous memo by Neil H...
of the transport. Included in its range of authority is bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es, fast ferries as well as the Bergen trolleybus
Bergen trolleybus
The Bergen trolleybus system serves the city of Bergen, Norway. It is the only trolleybus system still in operation in Norway.The system opened on February 24, 1950, as the Bergen Tramway was gradually closed and some of the tramway lines were transferred to trolleybus operation...
and Bergen Light Rail
Bergen Light Rail
Bergen Light Rail is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project is a fifteen-station, stretch between the city center and Nesttun, which opened on 22 June 2010...
, the latter from the opening in 2010.
The first routes to be administrated are the ones in Austevoll
Austevoll
Austevoll is a municipality and an archipelago in the district of Midthordland in the county of Hordaland in Western Norway, Norway. Austevoll was separated from Sund on 1 January 1886....
, starting on January 1, 2008. Other areas will be taken over when PSO contracts are taken into use. Prior to this, basically all routes in the county are operated by Tide
Tide (transportation company)
Tide ASA is a public transport company in Hordaland, Norway which resulted from the merger of Gaia Trafikk and Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap . The company provides the public transit network in the city of Bergen, and most of the bus service in Hordaland...
, who operate under their own brand. Skyss will also launch Skysskortet, a wireless ticket system for payment of travel throughout the county, to be launched step-wise in 2008.