Homansbyen is a

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located at

Homansbyen Homansbyen is a neighborhood in Frogner borough in Oslo, Norway. The area is named for the lawyer brothers Jacob (1816-1868) and Henrik Homan (1824-1900). Area The area is located between the streets of Pilestredet in the east, and Uranienbor ...

Frogner Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the East End and West End of Oslo, West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg, Norway, Urani ...

borough of

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. It is on the Homansbyen Line, a short line that connects the

Briskeby Line The Briskeby Line () is a line of the Oslo Tramway in Norway. It runs westwards from Jernbanetorget in the Sentrum, Oslo, city center, passing through the neighborhoods of Briskeby (Oslo), Briskeby and Uranienborg, Norway, Uranienborg before reac ...

and

Ullevål Hageby Line The Ullevål Hageby Line () is a light rail section of the Oslo Tramway. It runs from Stortorvet in the city center of Oslo, Norway to Rikshospitalet. It passes through the areas of St. Hanshaugen, Ullevål Hageby and Blindern before reaching ...

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, and is served by line 19 using

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trams. This line is the shortest of the three tram lines that connect the city centre with

Majorstuen Majorstuen or Majorstua is a particularly affluent neighbourhood in the Frogner borough in the inner part of Oslo, Norway. Majorstuen is known for its vibrant downtown and especially its shopping area. The area has several elegant townhouses c. 1 ...

. The city has planned to build a new

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for the

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at Homansbyen, but as of 2017 this has not been developed.

Tram station

Homansbyen was opened on 10 October 1875, as the terminus of the

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line built by

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. The station became a branch of the main

when a connection was built between it and the

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-owned

on 1 May 1912. In 2002,

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decided to close Homansbyen Line from 12 April 2003 due to financial difficulties, and reroute the 11-tram to the Ullevåll Hageby Line instead. However, a city grant on 8 April 2003 allowed the service to be retained. A short 11B-line was implemented to run Stortorvet-Homansbyen-Majorstuen until the 11 was returned to the Homansbyen Line in June 2003. As of 2021, the Homansbyen line is served by line 19 (Majorstuen-Homansbyen-Ljabru).

Rapid transit station

As part of the

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investment program, the Municipality of Oslo has prosed to build a new station of the

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of the Oslo T-bane. After the closing of the station

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in 1985, there are between the stations

and

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. Homansbyen would be located about midway between these two stations, serving residential areas in Frogner. Unlike the other stations between

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and Majorstuen of the T-bane, the station would not function as a

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or service many working places. The station is estimated to have 10,000 daily travelers. Construction is estimated to start in 2014, and be completed by 2017.

, the then owner and operator of the T-bane, announced in 2006 that they were opposed to the station being built, even though has been put aside in Oslo Package 3. The company stated that the area had a good tram service, and was in no need of

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. Because the station would be far underground, travel time gains to the city center for local residents would be small, compared to using the tram. Also, all travelers taking the T-bane west of the city center would get a longer travel time, since all trains would have to stop at Homansbyen. Oslo Sporveier was also concerned that a rapid transit station would take ridership away from the trams, that previously had been threatened with closure. The section of the Common Tunnel is the oldest on the T-bane, having been opened in 1928. The T-bane needs NOK 100 million to upgrade the safety in the tunnel; the current plans involve there being no stops between the two stations. Due to the narrow tunnel profile, evacuation from the trains must be done from the ends of the trains.

References

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