Smestad is a station shared by the Røa Line (line 2) and the

Kolsås Line The Kolsås Line () is a line of the Oslo Metro. It branches off from the Røa Line at Smestad (station), Smestad Station and runs through western Oslo and Bærum to Kolsås (station), Kolsås Station. It serves the neighborhoods of Ullernåsen, ...

(line 3) on the Oslo T-bane system. Although the two lines continue to share track some time after Smestad, passing the former station of Sørbyhaugen which was also shared, they diverge before passing another station. The next station to the west is Makrellbekken on Røabanen and the temporary station of Husebybakken on Kolsåsbanen. The next station to the east is Borgen. Smestad is located 4.6 km from

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. The station was originally the terminus of a

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Holmenkollbanen The Holmenkollen Line () is an Oslo Metro line which runs between Majorstuen and Nordmarka in Oslo, Norway. Operating as Metro Line 1, it is the route with the fewest passengers and the only one still to have level crossings and short station p ...

which was built from

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and opened on 17 November 1912. The line was extended to Røa in 1935 while the connection to Kolsåsbanen opened in 1942.Timeline of transit in Oslo
(in Norwegian), an English timeline is available a

The station is on the southeast side of the intersection Smestadkrysset which includes the outermost ring road (Ring 3) around Oslo and there are some bus-to-subway connections possible at this station.

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