Engerjordet (station)

Engerjordet is a former light rail station on the Holmenkollen Line in Oslo, Norway. It opened in 1898, initially as a stop for the rail company's executives, who lived there. The station had a simple wooden platform and saw limited patronage. It was closed in 1935.

Engerjordet
Engerjordet Station ca. 1910-1915
LocationOslo
Norway
Coordinates59°56′57.10″N 10°41′57.15″E
Owned byHolmenkolbanen
Line(s)Holmenkollen Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened1898
Closed1935

History

The station was established concurrently with the line, on 31 May 1898.[1] The distance to the neighboring stations was negligible: only 250 meters to Slemdal However, two influential people in the operating company Holmenkolbanen lived in the vicinity. The one was engineer Halvor Emil Heyerdahl, who lived at Heyerdahls vei 1 (named for himself). Presumably the station was at first not official, but trams would stop there to let the executives on and off. During the 1900s it received a platform. By then Johannes Harbitz, who also lived adjacent to the station, had become the company's director. Owing to limited patronage the station was closed in 1935, despite protests from residents.[1] It remains the only station to have been closed on the line.[2]

Facilities

The station was situated at the intersection of Slemsdalsveien and Heyerdals vei. It was equipped with a simple, wooden platform on the one side. The station was located between Slemdal and Ris. Due to the vicinity to these stations there were few passengers who used Engerjordet.[2] The station was named for the farm Enger.[3]

References
  1. Holden, Finn (2000). Vinderen – fra fangstboplass til moderne bydel. Oslo: Baneforlaget. pp. 92–95.
  2. Munthe, Preben (2004). "Steinerud stasjon" (PDF). Vinderen Historielags medlemsblad (in Norwegian). Vinderen Historielag. 49: 30–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. "Engerjordet". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2000. p. 124.
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