Frogner Line

{{Short description|Section of Trikken i Oslo}}

{{Infobox rail line

|name = Frogner Line

|native_name = Frognerlinjen

|color =

|logo =

|logo_width =

|image = KirkeveienFraFrognerPlass.jpg

|caption = Kirkeveien from Frogner plass

|type = Tramway

|system = Oslo Tramway

|status =

|locale = Oslo, Norway

|start = Solli plass

|end = Majorstuen

|stations =

|routes = {{ric|Trams in Oslo|12}}

|daily_ridership =

|open = 1902

|close =

|owner = Kollektivtransportproduksjon

|operator = Oslo Sporvognsdrift

|character =

|stock = SL79

|linelength =

|tracklength =

|tracks = Double

|gauge = {{track gauge|sg}}

|electrification = 750 V DC

|speed = {{convert|50|km/h|mph}}

|elevation =

|map_state =

|map = {{Frogner Line}}

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The Frogner Line ({{langx|no|Frognerlinjen}}) is a section of the Oslo Tramway which runs between Solli and Majorstuen, serving the neighborhood of Frogner. The line is served by tram number 12, and the Frogner section makes up the westernmost part of this line. From Solli to Frogner, the line runs northwestwards to Frognerveien, then turns northeast along Kirkeveien, along the Frogner Park, including a stop at the main gate to the Vigeland sculpture installation, before ending at Majorstuen where it connects with the Homansbyen Line and Briskeby Line.{{Cite web |url=http://www.trikken.no/OpplastedeBilder/DivBilde/LinjekartTrikken2007_12.pdf |title=Oslo tram diagram |access-date=2009-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318005325/http://www.trikken.no/OpplastedeBilder/DivBilde/LinjekartTrikken2007_12.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-18 |url-status=dead }}

The southern part of the line was opened in 1902 to Frogner. The extension between Frogner and Majorstuen was opened in 1914 in connection with the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner.[http://www.trikken.no/asp/Hoved.asp?SideId=4&Nivaa3Id=32&prioritet=12&OmOssId=16&Nivaa3nr=22 Timeline of the Oslo tramway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727044029/http://trikken.no/asp/Hoved.asp?SideId=4&Nivaa3Id=32&prioritet=12&OmOssId=16&Nivaa3nr=22 |date=2007-07-27 }} {{in lang|no}}

The balloon loop at Frogner was removed[http://www.bytrafikk.no/default.asp?ACT=5&content=72&id=1&mnu=1 Trikk i Kirkeveien igjen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014638/http://www.bytrafikk.no/default.asp?ACT=5&content=72&id=1&mnu=1 |date=2007-07-21 }} bytrafikk.no {{in lang|no}} since it caused the intersection to become rather cluttered, although the tram company had expressed a desire to keep the loop.{{cite web |url=http://www.sak.oslo.kommune.no/dok/Byr%5C2001%5CBR1%5C2001029206-1.html |title=Kirkeveien fra Frogner plass til Middelthuns gate, reguleringsplan. Offentlig trafikkområde gateopprusting. Bydel Uranienborg – Majorstuen |author=City of Oslo |language=Norwegian }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The line underwent major upgrades in 2005 although a mistake with the track elevation jeopardized scheduled reopening.[http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/oslo/article1070492.ece Dyr skinnebom for Frognertrikken] Aftenposten, June 29, 2005, updated March 12, 2008, accessed February 23, 2009 {{in lang|no}}