Homansbyen Line
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Homansbyen
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| Location |
Homansbyen, Frogner, Oslo Norway |
| Coordinates | 59°55′22″N 10°43′35″E / 59.92278°N 10.72639°ECoordinates: 59°55′22″N 10°43′35″E / 59.92278°N 10.72639°E |
| Line(s) |
Briskeby Line  |
| History | |
| Opened | 10 October 1875 |
Briskeby Line
Ullevål Hageby Line
Homansbyen is a tram station located at Homansbyen in Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is on the Homansbyen Line, a short line that connects the Briskeby Line and Ullevål Hageby Line of Oslo Tramway, and is served by line 11 using SL79 trams. This line is the shortest of the three tram lines that connect the city centre with Majorstuen. The city has planned to build a new rapid transit station for the Oslo T-bane at Homansbyen, but as of 2017 this has not been developed.
Homansbyen was opened on 10 October 1875, as the terminus of the first horsecar line built by Kristiania Sporveisselskab. The station became a branch of the main Ullevål Hageby Line when a connection was built between it and the Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei-owned Briskeby Line on 1 May 1912.
In 2002, Oslo Sporveier decided to close Homansbyen Line from 12 April 2003 due to financial difficulties, and reroute the 11-tram to the Ullevåll Hageby Line instead. However, a city grant on 8 April 2003 allowed the service to be retained. A short 11B-line was implemented to run Stortorvet-Homansbyen-Majorstuen until the 11 was returned to the Homansbyen Line in June 2003.
As part of the Oslo Package 3 investment program, the Municipality of Oslo has prosed to build a new station of the Common Tunnel of the Oslo T-bane. After the closing of the station Valkyrie plass in 1985, there are 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) between the stations Majorstuen and Nationaltheatret. Homansbyen would be located about midway between these two stations, serving residential areas in Frogner. Unlike the other stations between Jernbanetorget and Majorstuen of the T-bane, the station would not function as a transport hub or service many working places. The station is estimated to have 10,000 daily travelers. Construction is estimated to start in 2014, and be completed by 2017.
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