Øvre Slottsgate is a tram rail station on both the

Vika Line The Vika Line () is a light rail section of the Oslo Tramway in Oslo, Norway. It runs between Wessels plass, through the neighborhood of Vika and Aker Brygge, before arriving at Solli. The section is served by SL79 trams on line 12. The line is ...

and the

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. The station is served by lines 11, 12 and 13. Therefore, it is operated with

SL79 SL79 is a class of 40 articulated tram, articulated trams operated by the Oslo Tramway of Norway. The trams were a variation of the Duewag trams that had been developed by the German manufacturer since the 1950s. The six-axle vehicles are unidir ...

high-floor trams and

SL95 SL95 is a series of 32 low-floor tram, low-floor, articulated tram, articulated trams operated on the Oslo Tramway. The series was built by Italian rail manufacturer Gio. Ansaldo & C., Ansaldo/Firema, later known as AnsaldoBreda (now Hitachi Rail ...

low-floor trams. The station replaced the former Kongens gate and the Wessels plass tram stops.

Transfers

Øvre Slottsgate is a short minute walk from the bus stations at ''Kvadraturen'', ''Wessels Plass'' and the now defunct bus and tram stop, Christiania Torv.

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(11,13) and Kontraskjæret (12) are stations succeeding Øvre Slottsgate westbound, while Dronningens gate succeeds Øvre Slottsgate eastbound. The station is also close to the

Stortinget station Stortinget is an underground rapid transit station on the Common Line of the Oslo Metro, Norway. It is located in the heart of the city center, next to the Parliament of Norway Building (Stortinget). The station is served by all of the five lin ...

, so it is easy to transfer between the tramway and the metro.

References

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