Skøyen is a
light rail station on the
Oslo Tramway
The Oslo tram network ( no, Trikken i Oslo, short from ', 'electric') is the tram system in Oslo, Norway. It consists of six lines with 99 stops and has a daily ridership of 132,000. It is operated by , a subsidiary of the municipally-owned who ...
. It is served by Line 13. It is located between
Thune
Thunes Mekaniske Værksted A/S, Thune for short, was a Norwegian manufacturing company that among other things built locomotives. The production facilities were last located at Skøyen.
History
Thune traced its roots to a workshop founded by Ande ...
and
Hoff.
Located at
Skøyen
Skøyen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the western part of the city, in the borough of Ullern. The district has an increasing share of business activities, a development started in the 80s.
Skøyen is the site of Skøyenpar ...
, it was opened by
Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei
A/S Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei or KES, nicknamed the Blue Tramway ( no, Blåtrikken), was a company which operated part of the Oslo Tramway between 1894 and 1924. It built a network of four lines in Western Oslo, the Briskeby Line and the Frogn ...
as an extension of the
Skøyen Line
The Skøyen Line ( no, Skøyenlinjen/''Skøyenlinja'') is a tram, tramway line running from Palace Park, Slottsparken to Skøyen in Oslo, Norway. It is served by line 13 of the Oslo Tramway. It connects the Briskeby Line at Slottsparken to the Lil ...
on 21 June 1903. In 1919, it also became the first station on the
Lilleaker Line
The Lilleaker Line ( no, Lilleakerbanen) is a suburban tramway from Skøyen in Oslo westwards to Jar, Bærum in Norway. It is operated by Line 13 from Ljabru to Bekkestua of the Oslo Tramway, operated by Oslo Sporvognsdrift. The line continues o ...
.
[Aspenberg, 1994: 18] It is served by line 13. About away is
Skøyen station
Skøyen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the western part of the city, in the borough of Ullern. The district has an increasing share of business activities, a development started in the 80s.
Skøyen is the site of Skøyenpar ...
on the
Drammen Line
The Drammen Line ( no, Drammenbanen) is a railway line between Oslo and Drammen, Norway, which was opened on 7 October 1872. It serves all trains west of Oslo Central Station and is owned by Bane NOR.
The line opened as a narrow gauge railway, ...
, that is served by
Vy and the
Airport Express Train
An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport from an airport to a nearby city by mainline or commuter trains, rapid transit, people mover, or light rail. Direct links operate straight to the airport terminal, while o ...
. The two stations are not adjacent, but within easy walking distance.
References
Oslo Tramway stations in Oslo
Railway stations opened in 1903
1903 establishments in Norway
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