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37-480: Majorstuen is known for its vibrant downtown and especially its shopping area. The area has several elegant townhouses c. 1880–1890. The area is also an important public transport junction in Oslo, where all metro lines, three tram lines and five bus lines operate. It is served by Majorstuen station . The neighborhood was named after a well-known public house that was located on the east side of Sørkedalsveien. Dating from

74-535: A Police Station , Chateau Neuf and the movie theatre Colosseum. It is a node for public transportation, outside the subway station are bus stops for several bus lines and a tram stop serving the Frogner and Briskeby Lines on Oslo Tramway . Sognsvannsbanen The Sognsvann Line ( Norwegian : Sognsvannsbanen ) is a rapid transit line on the Oslo Metro of Norway. It branches from

111-545: A branch from Gaustad Station on the Holmenkoll Line to Geitmyren and onwards to Sagene . The next proposal for a line was launched in 1917, when Aker Municipality established the company Akersbanerne . It started work planning the Østensjø Line as well as the Sognsvann Line. The neighborhoods of Sogn and Tåsen were being built, and the municipality wanted to establish a good transport system to make

148-525: A fifteen-minute headway, except during late evenings and weekend mornings. This gives the stations Blindern, Forskningsparken and Ullevål stadion an average five-minute headway to the city center and all stations in the Common Tunnel, and an average ten-minute headway to Nydalen and Storo. On the east side of the city, Line 5 connects with the Ring Line , and makes a full loop before it leaves Oslo on

185-414: A massive residential construction along the line giving a good foundation for ridership. After the municipal merger between Oslo and Aker in 1948, Akersbanerne was merged into Oslo Sporveier , although Holmenkolbanen remained a partially owned subsidiary. In 1973, Oslo Sporveier bought the remaining shares, and two years later the operations were transferred to Oslo Sporveier, with Holmenkolbanen remaining

222-490: A new Ring Line. The company also considered building the ring as part of the tramway, and have combined operation with both tram and metro on the Sognsvann Line. This was later discarded, despite the higher investment costs with a metro, since the tramway would give higher operating costs and longer travel time. A detailed suggestion was presented by Oslo Sporveier in August 1996. It became clear that Berg would not be served by

259-481: A pure real estate company. The municipal take-over resulted in an upgrade to both the track and the rolling stock. New overhead wires and new and heavier track were laid. From 1978, the T1300 trains were taken into use. With the take-over, the lines were numbered, and the Sognsvann Line designated 81, although this was quickly changed to 13. During the 1980s, the city decided to connect the four suburban lines west of

296-489: A shared track to the west. The station has three platforms. There are two main platforms facing each other. Behind the platform for outbound trains is a bay platform , used for the trains on the west side of Oslo which terminate at Majorstuen. Such trains are not common, they are usually early-morning trains or trains which are retiring for the evening. Between 2002 and 2004 however, Holmenkollbanen terminated at Majorstuen and all these trains used this platform. Also located on

333-484: The Common Tunnel at Majorstuen and runs 6.0 kilometers (3.7 mi) to Sognsvann . After Ullevål stadion , the Ring Line branches off. The Sognsvann Line serves the northwestern and northern neighborhoods of Oslo , mostly within the borough of Nordre Aker . The line is owned and maintained by Kollektivtransportproduksjon and has nine stations . The western end of line 5 serves the entire line. Line 4 and

370-801: The Grorud Line . Line 4 connects with the Lambertseter Line. Travel time from Stortinget to Sognsvann is 18 minutes. The Oslo Metro is operated by Oslo T-banedrift on contract with Ruter . Transfer to the Kolsås , Røa and Holmenkollen Lines is possible at Majorstuen. Transfer to Oslo Central Station , which serves all mainline trains in Eastern Norway, is available at Jernbanetorget . Most west-bound mainline trains can also be reached at Nationaltheatret . The Oslo Tramway can be reached from Majorstuen and Forskningsparken, as well as in

407-629: The National Archival Services of Norway is served by Sognsvann Station. The station also serves the recreational area Nordmarka and the lake Sognsvann . The Sognsvann Line is served by lines 4 and 5 of the Oslo Metro. Half of line 5 trains operate the full length of the Sognsvann Line, while line 4 and the other half of the line 5 trains branch off after Ullevål stadion and serve the Ring Line. All services operate with

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444-648: The Oslo Tramway and serves Rikshospitalet . Forskningsparken and Blindern both serve the University of Oslo , while Ullevål stadion serves Norway's largest football venue. North of there the line mainly serves residential areas. Sognsvann serves the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and the recreational area Nordmarka . The first plans for a light rail along the route of the Sognsvann Line were launched by Holmenkolbanen in 1904. They called for

481-418: The platform height increased. The third rail required all level crossings to be removed, resulting in the line being rebuilt several places to allow the road to underpass or overpass. The light rail permitted passengers to cross the lines at the stations, but this was made impossible with metro standard. Because of this, underpasses or overpasses were built at the stations. Frøen Station was rebuilt so only

518-483: The 1700s, the house was named for Captain Michael Wilhelm von Sundt (1679–1753). The last element is the finite form of stue 'cabin, house with a single room'. There has long been a disagreement about the forms Majorstuen and Majorstua : stuen is the articulated form when stue is treated as a masculine, and stua is the articulated form when it is treated as a feminine noun. The original pronunciation

555-549: The Common Tunnel. From 10 January 1993, the Sognsvann Line re-open, and from 4 April, the line started operating through the Common Tunnel and connected to the Lambertseter Line . The new service became operated with T1000 rolling stock. Following the 1991 decision to build a new Rikshospitalet at Gaustad, it was decided to extend the Ullevål Hageby Line of the tramway there, which would pass under

592-447: The Ring Line. Many neighbors to the Sognsvann Line complained about the proposal, stating that they had hoped that the section from Majorstuen to Berg would have been rebuilt as a tunnel. They also argued that it was irrational that the line was running at-grade in densely populated areas, while it would run in a tunnel through the then mostly unpopulated Nydalen. To compensate, Oslo Sporveier stated that they would build noise screens along

629-533: The Sognsvann Line. Plans called for a transfer station at Blindern , but this was later discarded in favor of a new station, Forskningsparken . It would replace Vestgrensa , which was considered too far away to be a suitable transfer point. Forskningsparken would also serve the northern part of the Blindern campus. Not until 1998 were the necessary political agreements in place to allow construction to start. The new light rail started services on 1 June 1999, and

666-511: The Underground Railway) was built. The original station building was built in 1916, when Tryvandsbanen was completed. It was designed by Erik Glosimodt who also designed a number of shelters and station buildings along Holmenkollbanen . It had two entrances, one for Holmenkollbanen, and one for Smestadbanen. When the work of underground track started, the station was destroyed. The current Majorstuen station dates to 1930 and

703-450: The areas more attractive. Holmenkolbanen stated that they should be prioritized to build the system, since they already had a line in the area, but the municipality wanted to have political control over the development of the area. In 1920, Holmenkolbanen applied to build a branch from Frøen via Tåsen to Nydalen and Grefsen , along what is today the Ring Line. This proposal included a branch to Sognsvann. The Ministry of Labour granted

740-407: The city center with the Oslo Metro. The Sognsvann Line was selected as the first line to be upgraded, so the two systems would become compatible. The line was upgraded to metro standard by replacing the overhead wire with a third-rail power supply and installing automatic train protection . All the stations were rebuilt, with platforms lengthened from fitting two-car to fitting four-car trains, and

777-623: The concession to Akersbanerne, who started construction in January 1922. However, due to a labor conflict, the work was put on hold in 1924. In 1924, the Røa Line (at the time called the Smestad Line) was taken over by Akersbanerne, but Holmenkolbanen retained the operation. After the first part of the Common Tunnel, from Majorstuen to Nationaltheatret, opened in 1928, Holmenkolbanen was in financial distress, and in 1932 Akersbanerne took over

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814-511: The eastern end of line 5 serve the southern part of the line up to Ullevål stadion before branching off and continuing along the Ring Line. This gives an average five-minute headway on the southern part and an average fifteen-minute headway on the northern part of the line. The line opened on 10 October 1934 as a light rail . In 1993, it was upgraded to metro standard as the first light rail west of Oslo, with two stations being closed. The Ring Line opened in 2003. Forskningsparken has transfer to

851-604: The home ground of Norwegian Premier League side Vålerenga and the national football team . North of Ullevål stadion, just before reaching Berg, the Ring Line with services 3 and 4 branches off. The Ring Line serves three stations, Nydalen , Storo and Sinsen before reaching the Grorud Line. From Berg to Tåsen , the line runs parallel to the motorway Ring 3 . North of Berg, the Sognsvann Line mainly serves residential areas, including student dormitories at Sogn and Kringsjå . The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and

888-492: The line was closed for approximately one week, due to leaves that had covered the tracks. The operation of the line was replaced by buses that served temporary stops in Nordbergveien and Sognsveien. In 2010, a truck was stuck under the train bridge between Holstein and Kringsjå over Carl Kjeldsens vei. The bridge was damaged, and allowed for only one-way-traffic for two weeks. Half the trains had to stop at Berg in

925-630: The line. The city council voted in favor of building the Ring Line on 25 June 1997, against the votes of the Progress Party . Financing was partially ensured in December, when a political agreement was reached for Oslo Package 2 , a financing plan for investments in public transport in Oslo and Akershus between 2002 and 2011. Construction started in June, with the Agency for Road and Transport of

962-448: The majority of the shares of Holmenkolbanen. At the same time, the Røa and Sognsvann Lines were merged into Holmenkolbanen. Work commenced again in 1933 and the line opened on 10 October 1934. At first the line was built with double track from Frøen to Østhorn and single track to Sognsvann. Between 1937 and 1939, the upper section was converted to double track. The construction spurred

999-722: The meantime. The line branches off from the Common Tunnel after Majorstuen, and heads northwards through the borough of Nordre Aker . The first two stations, Blindern and Forskningsparken, serve the Blindern campus of the University of Oslo. At Forskningsparken, there is transfer to the Ullevål Hageby Line of the Oslo Tramway, which allows connection with the two largest hospitals in the country: Rikshospitalet and Ullevål University Hospital . Ullevål stadion serves Norway's largest sports venue, Ullevål Stadion ,

1036-436: The municipality responsible for construction. The first section opened from Ullevål stadion via Nydalen to Storo on 20 August 2003. With the opening, Line 4 was extended from Ullevål stadion to Storo. On 20 August 2006, the final section opened, from Storo via Sinsen to Carl Berners plass . In 2002, the Sognsvann Line was closed during the summer vacations due to improvements of the track and third rail . In 2008,

1073-703: The outbound platform is a Narvesen kiosk , the only such kiosk on the Oslo Metro behind the ticket barriers . Majorstuen itself is largely a residential area, although there is a great deal of commercial business as well. It is close to the Oslo Tramway Museum , and also serves the MF Norwegian School of Theology , the Norwegian Academy of Music , the Norwegian Police University College and

1110-417: The rapid transit station opened on 22 August. With the opening, Line 4 of the metro was extended from Blindern, via Forskningsparken, to Ullevål stadion. There were complaints from local residents that the increased traffic on the line was causing too much noise, and neighbors demanded that noise shields be built. In 1991, Oslo Sporveier presented plans to connect the Sognsvann Line to the Grorud Line with

1147-445: The subway lines, and, being located just after the tunnel entrance, it is the only such station not located underground. Majorstuen was originally the end station for Holmenkollbanen , and remained so until the tunnel to Nationaltheatret Station was completed. After Majorstuen the subway lines split up in three directions. Sognsvannsbanen runs northwards, Holmenkollbanen runs to the northwest while Røabanen and Kolsåsbanen are on

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1184-528: The trains on the Holmenkollen Line would stop there, while Nordberg Station was closed. All the stations, except Ullevål stadion, were built in the same architectural style. They are constructed in concrete with steel columns and wooden sheds and fences. All platforms have a shed; Ullevål stadion has a larger weather cover and has a design inspired by football. The upgrade also included the installation of third-rail from Majorstuen to Stortinget in

1221-454: Was -stua (Norwegian feminine inflection) but, because Danish was the only written language in Norway well into the 19th century, the name was written -stuen (Danish common gender inflection). The locals say either, but the local borough council has also adopted Majorstuen as the official name of the area. (For a similar disagreement, see Akerselva .) Majorstuen Church ( Majorstuen kirke )

1258-521: Was designed by Kristoffer Lange. 59°55′45″N 10°42′59″E  /  59.92917°N 10.71639°E  / 59.92917; 10.71639 Majorstuen (station) Majorstuen is a subway station on the Oslo Metro and a tram stop on the Briskeby Line of the Oslo Tramway . It is located in the Majorstuen neighborhood in the Frogner borough. Majorstuen is shared by all

1295-515: Was built of brick. The chapel, Cappella Johannea , is decorated with frescos with themes from the Book of Revelation , executed by the artist Per Vigeland (1904–1968) in 1932. The altar picture is titled: The Christian Hope ( Det kristne håp ). The tapestry is by designer and textile artist, Else Marie Jakobsen . Majorstuen school is the primary and secondary school in Majorstuen. The school

1332-451: Was consecrated on 26 March 1926 as Priest's Church ( Prestenes kirke ) when it was built for the funds collected among Norwegian clergymen. Oslo Municipality took over the church in the 1960s and changed its name to Majorstuen Church. Majorstuen Church was designed by architects August Nielsen (1877–1956) and Harald Sund (1876–1940) in the style of Classicism with influences of art deco and neo-baroque . The main church has 400 seats and

1369-473: Was designed by architect Bredo Henrik Berntsen (1877–1957). The first phase was completed in 1908. Majorstuen station ( Majorstuen stasjon ) is the last common point for all subway lines on the western side of Oslo. The station was opened in 1898 as the terminus for Holmenkollbanen. It remained so until Smestadbanen was completed in 1912. In 1928 the tunnel to the National Theatre station (called

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