Bekkestua (station)

Bekkestua
Bekkestua Metro station before the reopening.
Location	Bekkestua, Bærum Norway
Coordinates	59°54′59″N 10°35′15″E / 59.91633°N 10.58756°E / 59.91633; 10.58756
Elevation	58.9 m
Owned by	Sporveien
Operated by	Sporveien T-banen
Line(s)	Kolsås Line
Distance	11.4 km from Stortinget
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus: 131, 143, 731, 732, 733, 771, 772, 773 and F3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 May 1924 (1924-05-01)
Rebuilt	1 June 2006 (2006-06-01) - 15 August 2011 (2011-08-15)
Services
Preceding station   Oslo Metro   Following station Gjønnes towards Kolsås Line 3 Kolsås Line Ringstabekk towards Mortensrud Preceding station   Oslo Tramway   Following station Terminus Line 13 Lilleaker Line Jar towards Grefsen

Bekkestua is a station on Kolsås Line of the Oslo Metro situated at Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway.

Located between Egne Hjem and Gjønnes, it was reopened on 15 August 2011 after being closed on 1 July 2006. Between 1 July 2003 and November 2004, Bekkestua was the end station on the Kolsås Line.^[1] For a while the station was only being served by the Oslo Tramway line 13, while the station was closed for an upgrade.

Since 2 December 2007 tram operations (line 13) have returned on this line from Jar to Bekkestua. Operations beyond Jar use SL95 trams as there is no turnback loop at Bekkestua. The tram operations were discontinued in 2009, but reopened in January 2014 after technical difficulties delayed the opening by one month.

References

External links

Media related to Bekkestua stasjon at Wikimedia Commons

Oslo Metro
Lines	Common Holmenkollen   Lambertseter Furuset Røa Kolsås Østensjø Løren   Grorud   Ring   Sognsvann Fornebu
Rolling stock	T1000/T1300 T2000 MX3000
Operators	Akersbanerne Bærumsbanen Holmenkolbanen Oslo Sporveier Oslo Vognselskap Ruter Sporveien Sporveien T-banen Tryvandsbanen
Stations	Ammerud Avløs Bekkestua Berg Bergkrystallen Besserud Bjørnsletta (new) Bjørnsletta (old) Blindern Bogerud Borgen Brattlikollen Brynseng Bøler Carl Berners Plass Egne hjem Eiksmarka Ekraveien Ellingsrudåsen Engerjordet Ensjø Forskningsparken Frognerseteren Frøen Furuset Gaustad Gjettum Gjønnes Godlia Grini Grorud Grønland Gråkammen Gulleråsen Hasle Haslum Hauger Haugerud Heggeli Hellerud Helsfyr Holmen Holmenkollen Holstein Homansbyen Hovseter Husebybakken Huseby skole Høyenhall Jar Jernbanetorget Kalbakken Karlsrud Kolsås Kringsjå Lijordet Lillevann Lindeberg Linderud Lysakerelven Løren Haugerud Majorstuen Makrellbekken Manglerud Merradalen Midtstuen Montebello Mortensrud Munkelia Nationaltheatret Nordberg Nydalen Oppsal Ringstabekk (new) Ringstabekk (old) Ris Risløkka Rommen Romsås Ryen Røa Rødtvet Sinsen Skogen Skullerud Skøyenåsen Skådalen Slemdal Smestad Sognsvann Steinerud Storo Stortinget Stovner Sørbyhaugen Tjernsrud Trosterud Tryvandshøiden Tveita Tøyen Tåsen Ullernåsen Ullevål Stadion Ulsrud Valkyrie plass Valler Veitvet Vestgrensa Vestli Vettakollen Vinderen Voksenkollen Voksenlia Vollebekk Volvat Økern Østerås Østhorn Åsjordet
History	Timeline Oslo Package 2 Oslo Package 3

Coordinates: 59°54′59″N 10°35′15″E / 59.91633°N 10.58756°E / 59.91633; 10.58756