Hi All, I'm now back from Norway. Upon arrival at Moss Airport I asked the tourist information desk (surprisingly still open at 23:15), if there was any public transport options for getting to Moss, but the answer was 'no'. So I had to get a taxi, which cost me 42 Kroner (£35.50) for a 12 minute journey. I wonder if this is why so many Ryanair flights must land there late, as they might be cheaper landing slots?
Anyway, Moss was a lovely little town, the ferry to Horten was worth doing at 4 Kroner each way. Horten was nothing special though. I saw two freight trains pass through Moss, both heading North, one was a double headed container train of sorts (they were square containers, so not sure what they actually were), the other was hauling engineering equipment. On both occasions I was too far away to get a photo or film - sods law. Around 6 passenger trains an hour (local, regional, inter-city) go through Moss, the station is small, and there is no ticket office, but the ticket machine is very easy to use and has an English option. There is an office on the platform with a member of staff in, but it's not obvious until you see him / her come out when a train is approaching. To get across the platforms there are two options, both a pedestrian footbridge, or directly crossing the tracks on a wooden crossing. I didn't see a single person use the bridge while I was there.
Out of the 3 days I was there it threw it down all day on Sunday, the day I went to Oslo, which put a bit of a dampener on it to be honest. The trains were excellent, cinema style flip up seats for space optimisation, and they were very comfortable. Seats were arranged in a 3 - 2 configuration. The return fare to Oslo was around 23 Kroner for a 50 minute journey, not an excessive price, but not 'cheap' either. My ticket was not checked either way. A one hour tram ticket cost 3 Kroner, I didn't bother with a day ticket, as I got a tram one way out of the city, then walked back to the Central Station via several key sites I wanted to see (and got truly soaked in the process).
The journey back to Moss Airport was seamless, a single ticket to Rygge was around 4 Kroner (I forget the exact price), the journey was 6 minutes (1 stop). At Rygge station the free shuttle bus to the airport was already there waiting, and it filled up with people disembarking the southbound train I was on. The bus then drove around to the Northbound platform to await any passengers coming to Rygge airport from the South - none did, and it's a good job as the bus was full.
Journey time to Moss Airport on the bus from Rygge station was around 7 minutes. Photography at Moss Airport is banned and there are warning signs all over the fences....
All in all, this was a good little break, prices in Norway for food and drink are roughly double what you pay here, and for 'imported' items such as English Cider you will pay even more. I was paying an average of £8.00 a pint for the local pilsner which was 4.7% ABV, and to be fair not that amazing (I prefer ale). I did go to the Amundsen Microbrewery pub in Oslo and drank some stronger stuff, but that was about £10 for a 400ml glass. I would recommend Moss and Oslo to others based upon my experience, my flight was very cheap to get there which was counteracted by the Norwegian prices, but I didn't let that spoil my experience.
