Railway Lines Opened in 1934 - Sognsvann Line, Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car, Kjels S Line, Line C (Paperback)

Chapters: Sognsvann Line, Grenoble-Bastille Cable Car, Kjels s Line, Line C. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Sognsvann Line (Norwegian: ) is a rapid transit line on the Oslo Metro of Norway. It branches from the Common Tunnel at Majorstuen and runs 6.0 kilometers (3.7 mi) to Sognsvann. At Ullev l station, the Ring Line branches off. The line serves the northwestern and northern neighborhoods of Oslo, mostly within the borough of Nordre Aker. The line is owned and maintained by Kollektivtransportproduksjon and has nine stations. Lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 serve the line, although the latter three branch off and continue along the Ring Line. This gives an average five-minute headway on the southern part and an average fifteen-minute headway on the northern part of the line. The line opened on 10 October 1934 as a light rail. In 1993, it was upgraded to metro standard as the first light rail west of Oslo, with two stations being closed. The Ring Line opened in 2003. Forskningsparken has transfer to the Oslo Tramway and serves Rikshospitalet. Forskningsparken and Blindern both serve the University of Oslo. Ullev l stadion serves Norway's largest football venue, but north of there the line mainly serves residential areas. Sognsvann serves the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and the recreational area Nordmarka. The first plans for a light rail along the route of the Sognsvann Line was launched by Holmenkollbanen in 1904. The first plans called for a branch from Gaustad Station on the Holmenkollen Line to Geitmyren and onwards to Sagene. The next proposal for a line was launched in 1917, when Aker Municipality established the company Akersbanerne. It started work planning the stensj Line as well as the Sognsvann Line. The areas of Sogn and T sen we...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2682115