Sørlandsruta is a Norwegian

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...

 bus company that operates in Western Vest-Agder

Vest-Agder

In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

. The company has about 100 employees and operates on contract with Vest-Agder Kollektivtrafikk with base in Mandal. The most important route is Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

 - Mandal - Farsund

Farsund

is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.The town of Farsund was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 , although already recognized as a trading center in 1795...

 that operates on a half-hour headway

Headway

Headway is a measurement of the distance/time between vehicles in a transit system. The precise definition varies depending on the application, but it is most commonly measured as the distance from the tip of one vehicle to the tip of the next one behind it, expressed as the time it will take for...

 and is branded as NOR-WAY Bussekspress

NOR-WAY Bussekspress

NOR-WAY Bussekspress is a Norwegian coach company, with lines in the north and south of Norway. Still, the two networks are separate. The southern network runs as south as Mandal, and as north as Namsos, while the northern network operates between Bodø and the North Cape or Honningsvåg...

. The company is owned by the holding company TK Brøvig

TK Brøvig

T. K. Brøvig AS is a Norwegian holding company concentrating on bus operation in Vest-Agder. The company owns Bussen Trafikkselskap, Sørlandsruta and Vaagsbygdruta. The holding company was founded in 1965 by Tørres Kristian Brøvig and now controls about 85% of all bus operations in Vest-Agder. In...

 that also owns Vaagsbygdruta and Bussen Trafikkselskap

Bussen Trafikkselskap

Bussen Trafikkselskap was a Norwegian bus company that operated the city bus in Kristiansand and surrounding areas Vennesla, Søgne and Songdalen. The company had about 300 employees and operates on contract with Vest-Agder Kollektivtrafikk...

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