Ryen Depot () is the main depot for the

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, and is located at Ryen in

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. The depot contains of buildings and has space for 120 trains, and consists of a workshop, inspection hall and a storage hall. It opened in 1966.

Facilities

The depot is located along the

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, between the line and

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. The depot occupies an area which , covering an area of . The main building is and . It has ten tracks, with room for 120 cars. North of the main hall is the workshop, which is , and covers an area of , of which is the inspection hall. The inspection hall is used for smaller repairs and preemptive work, while the main workshop is used for larger repairs, such as mechanical and electric work on the bodies, bogies and motors.

History

The original plans for the metro called for four smaller depots and a central workshop for both the trams and the metro at

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, near Helsfyr Station. Following the 1960 decision to close the

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, it was decided that a common depot for the metro would be best, and an area at Ryen was purchased. The depot was taken into use at the same time as the Lambertseter was converted to and became the first line of the metro. From 1971, the area at Etterstad was taken into use as an operations central for both the city tramway, the

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, the Ekeberg Line and the metro. During the 1980s, some of the trains were stored at the end tunnels of the Furuset Line and the

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