A subsidiary of the state-owned Vy, it operates a fleet of nine Class 69g three-car electric multiple units.

The company was created in 2004 as NSB Anbud AS to compete for the tender bid for a ten-year public service obligation (PSO) contract with the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications on the Gjøvik Line.

The company won the bid and operations started on 11 June 2005, with newly renovated trains.

The company operates both regional trains to Gjøvik, as well as Line R31, the Regonial Commuter Rail, to Hakadal or Jaren.

The Gjøvik Line accounts for six percent of passenger transport on the national rail network.

Prior to the PSO process, the trains were rebuilt by Danske Statsbaner in Denmark, and were completely renovated and refurbished, at the expense of the Ministry of Transport.

The refurbishments included a new color design, where the deep red exterior was supplemented with details in silver and orange.

Originally named the North Line, the first section from Grefsen to Røykenvik opened on 20 December 1900.

The line was electrified at 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC north to Jaren in 1961, and to Gjøvik two years later.

[8] Following the right-winged Second cabinet Bondevik victory in the 2001 parliamentary election, Minister of Transport, Torild Skogsholm from the Liberal Party announced that the government would make all subsidized passenger trains services in the country subject to public service obligation (PSO).

[11][12] At the time, the government was spending NOK 1.4 billion annually on purchasing passenger transport from NSB.

By introducing PSO, Skogsholm stated that she hoped the costs would be reduced, and that quality and safety levels would remain, or even improve.

[19] An alternative was launched were NSB would have to lease locomotives, carriages and multiple units to the winner, and also sell tickets for them at railway stations, a solution that was later chosen.

[26] After the tender, 80 employees were transferred to the subsidiary, including the director, chartered engineer Arne Fosen.

Representatives from the labor union said they feared for the flexibility of NSB, since 80 employees were now bound up in serving only a single line.

[31] In September, NSB Anbud launched a service allowing passenger riding from the Gjøvik and Toten areas to transfer to a coach at Roa Station, and continue onwards to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.

[32] Since the establishment, NSB Anbud has requested an additional passing loop on the Gjøvik Line.

Millions were needed for external consultant fees to prepare the contracts, in addition to the cost of upgrading the rolling stock.

[3] Following the left-winged Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet's victory in the 2005 parliamentary election, the new Minister of Transport, Liv Signe Navarsete from the Centre Party, announced that there would be no more public tenders in the railway sector.

The government stated that experience from Sweden and the United Kingdom showed that employees rights and safety was reduced after privatization was introduced.