Vippetangen Line

Vippetangen Line
Overview
Native name	Korntrikken
Type	Tram
System	Oslo Tramway
Status	Abandoned
Locale	Oslo, Norway
Termini	Tollbugata Vippetangen
Operation
Opened	28 August 1900
Closed	15 February 1967
Owner	Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie (1900–05) Kristiania Sporveisselskab (1905–24) Oslo Sporveier (1924–67)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Electrification	600 V DC

The Vippetangen Line or the Grain Tram (Norwegian: Korntrikken) is an abandoned line of the Oslo Tramway, Norway, that ran from Tollbugata in the city center to Vippetangen between 1900 and 1967. It was built by Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie (KKS).

History

The line was built as the third and final by the municipal Kristiania Kommunale Sporvei, opening on 28 August 1900. The service went through the city center to Anetheum to St. Hanshaugen. The track was transferred to Kristiania Sporveisselskab (KSS) when it bought KKS in 1905, and again to Oslo Sporveier in 1924 when it took over KSS. Just after the KSS takeover the line was extended from Festningsbryggen to Vippetangen on 8 November 1905. The Vippetangen area is an important ferry quay and port that grew up, and both domestic and international ships provided the basis for passengers. Passenger transport was terminated in August 1964 as part of the plan to abandon the tramway network in Oslo.^[1]

From 1918 KSS started operating freight trams transporting grain from the silos at Vippetangen to the mills in Grünerløkka and Sandaker. Four passenger cars were rebuilt to carry the cargo, but in 1932 two specially built freight cars were built; the service was very profitable, and the mill company Bjølsen Valsemølle wanted to continue the service after, but road construction forced the tram line to be pulled up after the last service ran on 15 February 1967.^[2]

Future plans

Though the old tracks have been razed, plans exist to build a new tramway to serve Vippetangen. The new line, that would be part of the "Fjord Line" would follow around the edge of the peninsula, instead of running through it. There are no specific dates for this expansion that is to become the main transport corridor through the urban renewal project named the Fjord City.^[3]

References

↑ Fristad 1987, p. 102.
↑ Aspenberg 1994, p. 28.
↑ Oslo Waterfront Planning Office (16 November 2006). "Tilgjengelighet i Fjordbyen Del 3 Prinsipper for transportsystemet" (PDF). p. 87.

Bibliography

Aspenberg, Nils C. (1994). Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo (in Norwegian). Oslo: Baneforlaget. ISBN 82-91448-03-5.
Fristad, Hans A. (1987). Oslo-trikken: Storbysjel på skinner (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. ISBN 82-05-17358-3.

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

Railway lines in Norway

Mainline	Alna Asker Arendal Bergen Bratsberg Brevik Dovre Drammen Eastern Østfold Flåm Gardermoen Gjøvik Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Kongsvinger Loenga–Alnabru Meråker Nordland Ofoten Østfold Randsfjorden Rauma Roa–Hønefoss Røros Skøyen–Filipstad Solør Sørlandet Spikkestad Stavne–Leangen Tinnoset Trunk Vestfold

Urban	Bergen Light Rail Briskeby Ekeberg Common Tunnel Fløibanen Frogner Furuset Gamlebyen Grorud Grünerløkka–Torshov Gråkallen Holmenkollen Kjelsås Kolsås Lambertseter Lilleaker Røa Sinsen Skøyen Sognsvann Ring Ullevål Hageby Vika Østensjø

Proposed	Hurum Follo Fornebu Løren Northern Norway Polar Ringerike

Heritage	Krøderen Old Voss Rjukan Setesdal Thamshavn Urskog–Høland

Merged	Dunderland Jæren Hell–Sunnan Trondhjem–Støren Voss

Closed	Ålgård Elgeseter Flekkefjord Grimstad Hafslund Hardanger Hauerseter–Gardermoen Holmestrand–Hvittingfoss Horten Ila Kampen Korsvoll Kragerø Lade Lier Lillesand–Flaksvand Namsos Nesttun–Os Numedal Oslo Port Rodeløkka Røykenvik Sagene Simensbråten Singsaker Skreia Solbergfoss Sperillen Sulitjelma Tønsberg–Eidsfoss Valdres Vestbanen Vestmarka Vippetangen Vålerenga

Types	Electric High-speed Narrow-gauge Private

Coordinates: 59°54′10″N 10°44′31″E / 59.9029°N 10.7419°E / 59.9029; 10.7419

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