Oslo Metro
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rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway
Key facts
- Native name
- T-banen i Oslo
- Owner
- Sporveien (main owner), Ruter (administration, management and ticketing), Oslo Vognselskap (rolling stock)
- Locale
- Oslo , Bærum , Norway
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 5 in operation, 1 under construction
- Daily ridership
- 323,000 (2016)
- Annual ridership
- 118,000,000 (2016)
- Began operation
- 31 May 1898 as suburban tram, 28 June 1928 as underground tram, 22 May 1966 ; 60 years ago ( 22 May 1966 ) as T-bane
- Operator s
- Sporveien T-banen
- Rolling stock
- 115 × 3-car MX3000
- System length
- 85 km (53 mi)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Electrification
- 750 V DC third rail
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Sporveien
Sporveien bygger, utvikler og forvalter infrastruktur for trikk og T-bane i Oslo og Akershus. Vi er Norges største leverandør av kollektivtrafikk.
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Encyclopedic overview
The Oslo Metro (Norwegian: Oslo T-bane or Oslo Tunnelbane or simply T-banen) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of five lines that all run through the city centre, with a total length of 85 kilometres (53 mi), serving 101 stations of which 17 are underground or indoors. In addition to serving 14 out of the 15 boroughs of Oslo, two lines run to Kolsås and Østerås, in the neighbouring municipality of Bærum. In 2016, the system had an annual ridership of 118 million.
The first rapid transit line, the Holmenkollen Line, opened in 1898, with the branch Røa Line opening in 1912. It became the first Nordic underground rapid transit system in 1928, when the underground line to Nationaltheatret was opened. After 1993 trains ran under the city between the eastern and western networks in the Common Tunnel, followed by the 2006 opening of the Ring Line. All the trains are operated with MX3000 stock. These replaced the older T1000 stock between 2006 and 2010.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oslo Metro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.