Lørenskog is a

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on the

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Lørenskog is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. A suburb of Oslo, it is part of the Oslo urban area and the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipa ...

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. The station itself lies just outside Oslo's city limit, but when it comes to fares, it is included in the price paid for an Oslo-ticket. It is served by the

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line L1 operated by Vy running from

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via

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History

The station was opened in 1857, three years after the railway. It was originally named Robsrud, after the closest farm, to be changed to the current name in 1909, the same year Lørenskog demerged from

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municipality. It became remote automated from 1972 and freight services terminated in 1988. In 2000 the station became unstaffed. The station building, by

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, was opened in 1901.

Sesame Station

The station building is best known as the facility for filming all outdoor scenes for the popular children's television show ''

Sesam Stasjon ''Sesam stasjon'' () was a 1990s Norwegian children's television series that ran on NRK1 (and sometime NRK2) based on ''Sesame Street''. It quickly became the most popular children's show in Norway after its début in 1991, and 198 episodes wer ...

'' that ran on the

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from 1991 to 1998. Indoor scenes were filmed in studio. The station was until 2006 colorfully decorated in a multitude of colors thematic for the Sesame series. Kindergarten classes could occasionally take the Sesame train from Oslo S to Lørenskog and see the station. In 2003 it was decided to revert the station back to the original color scheme, and completed by spring of 2006.

External links

Jernbaneverket's entry on Lørenskog station
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