INSET: DOWNTOWN OSLO
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Sporveien Trikken
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Majorstuen – Rosenborg – Welhavens gate – Tinghuset – Stortorvet –
Kirkeristen – Hausmanns gate – Birkelunden – Torshov – Storo – Disen – Kjelsås |
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Majorstuen – Frogner plass – Solli – Rådhusplassen – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Kirkeristen - Hausmanns gate – Birkelunden – Torshov – Storo – Disen – Kjelsås |
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Bekkestua - Jar - Lilleaker – Ullern – Skøyen – Solli – Nationaltheatret – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Hausmanns gate – Birkelunden – Torshov – Storo – Grefsen stasjon |
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Rikshospitalet – Ullevål – Adamstuen – Bislett – Welhavens gate – Tinghuset – Stortorvet – Kirkeristen –
Hausmanns gate – Sofienberg – Carl Berners plass – Sinsen – Grefsen stasjon |
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Rikshospitalet – Ullevål – Adamstuen – Bislett – Welhavens gate – Tinghuset – Stortorvet – Kirkeristen –
Gamblebyen – Oslo Hospital – Sjømannsskolen – Holtet – Kastellet – Ljabru [To Holtet only ca. 9 am to 2 pm on weekdays, and ca.
noon to 6 pm on Saturdays] [Between Oslo Hospital and Ljabru, operated like a light rail line] |
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Majorstuen – Rosenborg – Uranienborg – Briskeby – Nationaltheatret – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Gamblebyen – Oslo Hospital – Sjømannsskolen – Holtet – Kastellet – Ljabru [Between Oslo Hospital and Ljabru, operated like a Light Rail Line] |
T-BANEN (UNDERGROUND) ROUTES
Operator: Sporveien Oslo AS
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Frognerseteren – Skogen – Besserud – Midstuen – Vinderen – Frøen – Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret – Stortinget – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Grønland – Tøyen – Ensjø – Helsfyr [Weekdays during the day: Brynseng – Ryen – Lambertseter – Bergkrystallen] |
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Østerås – Røa - Smestad – Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret – Stortinget – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Grønland – Tøyen – Ensjø – Helsfyr – Brynseng – Hellerud – Haugerud – Trosterud – Furuset – Ellingsrudåsen |
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Kolsås - Avløs - Gjønnes - Bekkestua - Jar - Smestad – Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret – Stortinget – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Grønland – Ensjø – Helsfyr – Brynseng – Oppsal – Skullerud – Mortensrud |
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Vestli - Rommen - Grorud – Linderud – Økern – Sinsen - Storo - Nydalen – Ullevål st. – Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret – Stortinget – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Grønland – Tøyen – Ensjø – Helsfyr – Brynseng – Ryen – Lambertseter – Bergkrystallen |
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Sognsvann - Ullevål st. – Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret – Stortinget – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Grønland – Tøyen – Carl Berners plass – Sinsen - Storo - Nydalen – Ullevål st. – Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret – Stortinget – Jernbanetorget (Oslo Station) –
Grønland – Tøyen - Carl Berners plass – Økern – Linderud – Grorud – Rommen – Vestli [This line follows a complete
circle around the centre of Oslo in between its radial segments to and from Sognsvann and Vestli] |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways (Oslo): ca. 40 km.
- T-Bane (Metro) [both underground and LRT]: 86 km. (of which the Common Tunnel: 4.8 km)
HISTORY
- Urban tramways: (horse-drawn): 6 Oct. 1875 - 1900; (electric): 2 March 1894 - today.
- Suburban tramways (LRT): 1898 - today.
- T-bane (Metro): 22 May 1966 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways: 1435 mm.
- Suburban tramways (LRT): 1435 mm.
- T-bane (Metro): 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Sporveismuseet (Oslo Tram Museum) has two locations: one in Majorstuen displays old trams,
while the one in Vinterbro (near Tusenfryd, 15 km south of Oslo, under construction) will run trams on a 300m track.
SOURCES
PRINT
- Sporveiskart Oslo (Utgave 1987). Oslo: AS Oslo Sporveier, 1987.
- "Systems Factfile: No.14 - Oslo, Norway", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2008 (71:851), p.427-429.
- Wansbeek, C.J. (with assistance by Andersen, B.) "A key role for Oslo's new tram fleet", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 1998 (61:724), p.140-143.
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