List of disused Oslo Metro stations

The Oslo Metro is a metro system that serves Oslo and Bærum in Norway. There are in total 73 stations in service, 17 temporarily inoperational and 16 that are disused. All of the 16 disused stations that were closed between 1935 and 2006 are located in the West End of Oslo.[1] The first station to be closed was Engerjordet, which was taken out of use in 1935 because it had too few passengers to make its retention feasible.[2] In the 1990s, several stations on the Røa ans Sognsvann Lines were closed, following the upgrade of the lines from light rail to rapid transit standard.[note 1][3]

Engerjordet was the first station to be closed

Stations
The Røa Line bridge over Grinidammen.
Lysakerelven
Valkyrie plass in 1928.

The following table lists the name of each station, the line the station is located on, the opening and closure date, and the distance from Stortinget. It also lists the grade, which informs whether the station is underground, built-in or above ground (at-grade). Note that some of the stations have been rebuilt under the same name in different locations.

Station Line Opened Closed Distance Grade Ref(s)
BjørnslettaKolsås194220067.8 km (4.8 mi)At-grade[1]
Egne hjemKolsås1924200610.8 km (6.7 mi)At-grade[1][4]
EngerjordetHolmenkoll190519355.7 km (3.5 mi)At-grade[2][5][6][7]
GriniRøa194819958.4 km (5.2 mi)At-grade[8]
HeggeliRøa191219954.2 km (2.6 mi)At-grade[1]
Huseby skoleRøa193519957.0 km (4.3 mi)At-grade[1]
HusebybakkenKolsås200620085.5 km (3.4 mi)At-grade[9][note 2]
LysakerelvenKolsås194220068.4 km (5.2 mi)At-grade[1]
MerradalenKolsås194219576.4 km (4.0 mi)At-grade[11]
NordbergSognsvann193419927.6 km (4.7 mi)At-grade[12][13]
RingstabekkKolsås1924200610.5 km (6.5 mi)At-grade[1]
SørbyhaugenRøa193519955.1 km (3.2 mi)At-grade[1]
TjernsrudKolsås192420069.9 km (6.2 mi)At-grade[1][note 3]
Valkyrie plassCommon192819852.4 km (1.5 mi)Underground[15]
VestgrensaSognsvann193419994.7 km (2.9 mi)At-grade[16]
VolvatRøa193619973.4 km (2.1 mi)Underground[17]

See also

Notes
  1. This involved replacing overhead wires with third rail.
  2. Husebybakken was constructed to serve as a contemporary station on the Kolsås Line from 2006 to 2008.[10]
  3. Tjernsrud was closed for upgrades in 1 July 2006, and demolished 15 February 2009.[14] The station was served by the line 13 of the Oslo Tramway in the meantime from 20 August 2007.[1]

References
  1. "T-banestasjonene i vest" (in Norwegian). Ruter. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  2. Mellingsæter, Hanne (8 October 2008). "Slik fikk banen sine navn". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 14.
  3. Aspenberg 1995, p. 47.
  4. Halvor, Hegtun (15 March 2009). "Kolsåsbanen i det blå". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  5. Nilsen 1998, p. 105.
  6. Munthe, Preben (2004). "Steinerud stasjon" (PDF). Vinderen Historielags medlemsblad (in Norwegian). Vinderen Historielag. 49: 30–1. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  7. Norwegian Railway Club. "Engerjordet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  8. Vevatne, Jan W. (25 July 1995). "DEBATT Grini stasjon Stasjonen bør gjenreises". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 6.
  9. "Husebybakken stasjon stenger" (in Norwegian). Oslo T-banedrift. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  10. Aspenberg, Nils C., ed. (2007). "Kolsåsbanen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  11. "Merradalen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Railway Club. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  12. "Bystyret og komiteene 1992 0095074069-1-WSG-1-4-0" (in Norwegian). Municipality of Oslo. 29 October 1991. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  13. Vatne, Paul Einar (7 January 1992). "Fjerner Frøen og Nordberg". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 5.
  14. "Status Kolsåsbaneprosjektet mars 2009" (in Norwegian). Oslo T-banedrift. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  15. Nilsen 1998, p. 97.
  16. Kagge, Gunnar (22 August 1999). "Nye Oslo-ruter, men mangel på rutebøker". Aftenposten Morgen (in Norwegian). p. 3.
  17. Solli, Berit (7 April 1997). "Store forandringer på kollektivrutene". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 6.

Bibliography
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