Akersbanerne

A/S Akersbanerne
Type	Municipal owned
Industry	Transport
Founded	7 June 1917
Headquarters	Aker, Norway
Owner	Municipality of Aker

A/S Akersbanerne was a municipal owned company that operated tramways in the former Municipality of Aker in current Oslo, Norway. The company was established in 1917, and opened the suburban Østensjø Line tramway in 1926; it took over the majority ownership of Holmenkolbanen in 1933, that owned the Holmenkoll Line, Sognsvann Line and the Røa Line. Akersbanerne merged with Oslo Sporveier in 1949, following the merger of the municipalities.

History

Nationaltheatret was the terminus for three of the Akersbanerne lines.

The company was founded on 7 June 1917 to coordinate the construction of new suburban tramways from Kristiania (now Oslo) to the new suburbs in Aker. The company planned to build several lines from the end of the street tramways in the city, and extend them on grade-separated right-of-way. The first project was the Østensjø Line; with construction starting in 1922 it opened from Vålerenga to Bryn on 18 December 1923 and to Oppsal on 10 January 1926.^[1] For the first three years street trams operated by Kristiania Sporveisselskab went the 1.5 km route to Bryn, but after the full line opened, Akersbanerne could never reach agreement with Oslo Sporveier, and not until 1937 did they run trams into the city center.^[2]

Also in 1922 the company started building the Sognsvann Line, and in 1924 it bough the Smestad Line from A/S Holmenkolbanen. In 1928 the Sognsvann Line and the Holmenkoll Line were extended from Majorstuen to Nationaltheatret, but the builder A/S Holmenkolbanen had acquired so much debt in the process that they on 16 November 1933 were forced to save the company by merging the Sognsvann and Smestad Line into Akersbanerne—giving the latter a majority ownership stake in the former. From 4 January 1937 Bærumsbanen took over the operation of trams on the Østensjø Line, though the ownership of the line remained with Akersbanerne.^[2]

On 1 January 1948 the municipalities of Oslo and Aker merged,^[2] and on 31 May 1949 the two municipal owned companies merged, taking the name of Oslo Sporveier.^[1]

References

1 2 Municipality of Oslo. "A/S Akersbanerne" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-08-08.
1 2 3 Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1994). Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo. Oslo: Baneforlaget. pp. 16–17. ISBN 82-91448-03-5.

Oslo Tramway

Lines	Briskeby Ekeberg Frogner Gamlebyen Grünerløkka–Torshov Homansbyen Kjelsås Kolsås Lilleaker Sinsen Skøyen Ullevål Hageby Vika

Former	Kampen Korsvoll Lambertseter Rodeløkka Sagene Simensbråten Vestbanen Vippetangen Vålerenga Østensjø

Trams	A S Ekebergbanen Gullfisk SM53/83 SM91 SL79 SL95

Operators	Akersbanerne Bærumsbanen Ekebergbanen Holmenkolbanen Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie Kristiania Sporveisselskab Oslo Sporveier Oslo Vognselskap Sporveien Sporveien Trikken Ruter

Depots	Avløs Grefsen Grünerløkka Majorstuen Rodeløkka Sagene Homansbyen Torshov Vålerenga

Incidents	Strømsveien tram fire

Stations	Abbediengen Adamstuen Aker brygge Biermanns gate Birkelunden Bislett Briskeby Brugata Bråten Bussterminalen Grønland Carl Berners plass Christiania torv Dalsbergstien Diesen Dronningens gate Elisenberg Forskningsparken Frogner plass Furulund Gaustadalléen Glads vei Grefsen Grefsenplatået Grefsen stadion Grefsenveien Grensen Hausmanns gate Heimdalsgata Hoff Holbergs plass Holtet Homansbyen Høyskolesenteret Inkognitogata Jernbanetorget John Colletts plass Jomfrubråten Kastellet Kongens gate Kjelsås Kjelsåsalléen Lakkegata skole Lilleaker Lille Frogner allé Ljabru Majorstuen Munkegata Nationaltheatret Niels Juels gate Nobels gate Nybrua Olaf Ryes plass Oslo Hospital Riddervolds plass Rikshospitalet Rosenborg Rosenhoff Rådhusplassen Sanatoriet Sandaker senter Schous plass Schultz' gate Sinsenkrysset Sinsenterrassen Sjømannsskolen Skarpsno Skillebekk Skøyen Slottsparken Sofienberg Solli Sportsplassen Stensgata St Halvards plass Storo Stortorvet Sæter Sørli Thune Tinghuset Torshov Tullinløkka Ullern Ullevål sykehus Universitetet Blindern Uranienborgveien Vigelandsparken Vikatorvet Welhavens gate Wessels plass

Disused stations	Bestum Chr. Michelsens gate Ekebergparken Frederik Stangs gate Halvdan Svartes gate Handelsbygningen Hollendergata Jacob Aalls gate Magnus Bergs gate Meltzers gate Operaen Posthuset Schweigaards gate Simensbråten Smedstua Sporveisgata Ullevålsalleen Valkyrie plass Vibes gate

History	Timeline Museum Oslo Package 2 Oslo Package 3

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