The Skøyen Line ( no, Skøyenlinjen/''Skøyenlinja'') is a
tramway line running from
Slottsparken to
Skøyen
Skøyen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the western part of the city, in the borough of Ullern. The district has an increasing share of business activities, a development started in the 80s.
Skøyen is the site of Skøyenpar ...
in
Oslo,
Norway. It is served by line 13 of the
Oslo Tramway. It connects the
Briskeby Line at Slottsparken to the
Lilleaker Line
The Lilleaker Line ( no, Lilleakerbanen) is a suburban tramway from Skøyen in Oslo westwards to Jar, Bærum in Norway. It is operated by Line 13 from Ljabru to Bekkestua of the Oslo Tramway, operated by Oslo Sporvognsdrift. The line continues o ...
at Skøyen.
The line was built on 2 March 1894 from
Slottsparken to
Skarpsno, and extended to
Skøyen
Skøyen is a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the western part of the city, in the borough of Ullern. The district has an increasing share of business activities, a development started in the 80s.
Skøyen is the site of Skøyenpar ...
in 1903, by
Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei
A/S Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei or KES, nicknamed the Blue Tramway ( no, Blåtrikken), was a company which operated part of the Oslo Tramway between 1894 and 1924. It built a network of four lines in Western Oslo, the Briskeby Line and the Frogn ...
. At first a shuttle service was provided on the branch line, but by April a through service was offered to
Østbanen. The Skillebekk Line was extended on 31 December 1894 to
Nobels gate, to
Thune in 1901 and to Skøyen on 21 June 1903. On 9 May 1919 the
Lilleaker Line
The Lilleaker Line ( no, Lilleakerbanen) is a suburban tramway from Skøyen in Oslo westwards to Jar, Bærum in Norway. It is operated by Line 13 from Ljabru to Bekkestua of the Oslo Tramway, operated by Oslo Sporvognsdrift. The line continues o ...
was built from Skøyen to
Lilleaker
Lilleaker is a neighbourhood and industrial site in Ullern, Oslo, Norway. It is located east of the river Lysakerelva. The area is named after the Lilleaker farm.
Lilleaker served by the Lilleaker station of the Oslo Tramway, the southern part b ...
, as a
suburban line.
References
Oslo Tramway lines
Railway lines opened in 1894
1894 establishments in Norway
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