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The Oslo Metro is a rapid transit system serving Oslo and Bærum in Norway. The system is municipally-owned by Sporveien,{{cite news |url=http://www.amta.no/lokale_nyheter/article2933405.ece |title=Saksfremlegg: Etablering av nytt felles administrasjonsselskap for kollektivtrafikken |work=Akershus Amtstidende |date=17 August 2007 |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no |archive-date=7 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507040719/http://www.amta.no/lokale_nyheter/article2933405.ece |url-status=live }} and operated by its subsidiary Sporveien T-banen under contract to Ruter, the Oslo public transport authority.{{cite web |url=http://www.tbanen.no/index.aspx?cat=615223&id=727555&mid=727555 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185448/http://www.tbanen.no/index.aspx?cat=615223&id=727555&mid=727555 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2011 |title=Administrasjon |work=Oslo T-banedrift |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no }} The metro has a daily ridership of 200,000,{{cite web |url=http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/2006.pdf |title=Årsrapport 2006 |author=Oslo T-banedrift |year=2007 |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325171259/http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/2006.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2009 }} and serves 101 stations.{{cite news|url=http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2016/04/03/195208815/oslo-far-nordens-storste-t-banenett|title=Oslo får Nordens største T-banenett|date=3 April 2016|publisher=ABC Nyheter|language=no|access-date=19 April 2016|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415203930/http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2016/04/03/195208815/oslo-far-nordens-storste-t-banenett|url-status=live}} The system consists of eight lines that operate as branches from the Common Tunnel—the shared section that runs {{convert|4.8|km|sp=us}} through the city center.{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/ |title=T-banestasjonene i vest |publisher=Ruter |date=11 March 2008 |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220144116/http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/ |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-ost/ |title=T-banestasjonene i øst |publisher=Ruter |date=11 March 2008 |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615211235/http://www.ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-ost/ |archive-date=June 15, 2008 }} In addition, the Ring Line operates in a loop north of the city center.{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Tidslinje/ |title=Tidslinje |publisher=Ruter |date=11 March 2008 |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621175208/http://www.ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Tidslinje/ |archive-date=June 21, 2008 }} There are six train services, numbered 1 through 6, that each operate from one branch via the city center to another branch or to the Ring Line. All services run every 15 minutes. Each branch has one service that operates to its terminus, except for the Lambertseter Line that has two.{{cite web |url=http://www.trafikanten.no/trafikkinfo/tabeller/os/oslo-tbane.pdf |title=Rutetider |publisher=Ruter |year=2009 |access-date=13 November 2009 |format=PDF |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5lIPaqNmi?url=http://www.trafikanten.no/trafikkinfo/tabeller/os/oslo-tbane.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2009 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tbane.no/userfiles%5CLinjekart.pdf |title=Linjekart |publisher=Ruter |year=2008 |access-date=18 March 2009 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320023503/http://www.tbane.no/userfiles%5CLinjekart.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2009 }}

The first part of the metro was the Holmenkollen Line, that opened as light rail in 1898.{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/Holmenkollbanens-stasjoner/ |title=Holmenkollbanenes stasjoner |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |date=11 March 2008 |access-date=18 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220142334/http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/Holmenkollbanens-stasjoner/ |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }}Aspenberg, 1994: 8–9 The Røa Line followed as a branch in 1912.Aspenberg, 1994: 13 The system became the first Nordic underground railway in 1928, when the underground line to Nationaltheatret was opened.Aspenberg, 1994: 17 The Østensjø Line opened in 1923,Aspenberg, 1994: 19 the Kolsås Line in 1924,Aspenberg, 1994: 18 and the Sognsvann Line in 1934.Aspenberg, 1994: 16 The Kolsås Line opened as an extension of the Lilleaker Line, but in 1942 it was connected to the Common Tunnel, while the rest of the Lilleaker Line remains as a light rail connected to the Oslo Tramway. The opening of the upgraded metro system in the eastern boroughs occurred in 1966, after the conversion of the 1957 Lambertseter Line to metro standard. This involves the lines using third rail instead of overhead wires, having {{convert|110|m|sp=us|adj=on}} long platforms and automatic train protection in-cab signaling.{{cite web |url=http://www.akershus.no/file.php?id=4127 |format=pdf |title=Kolsåsbanen i Bærum |author=Civitas |publisher=Akershus County Municipality |year=2006 |access-date=1 April 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719050645/http://www.akershus.no/file.php?id=4127 |archive-date=19 July 2011 }} It was followed by the conversion of the Østensjø Line, as well as the new Grorud Line and Furuset Line.Aspenberg, 1994: 29 In 1993, trains could, for the first time, run through the city between the two networks in the Common Tunnel.Aspenberg, 1994: 30 The latest extension is the 2006 opening of the Ring Line, that connects the eastern and western network north of the city center.

Parts of the system have been upgraded from light rail to metro standard. The Østensjø and Lambertseter Lines were converted in 1966, when the first sections of new metro line were opened.Aspenberg, 1994: 29–30 The Sognsvann and Røa Lines, as well as the western part of the Common Tunnel, were upgraded in 1993 and 1995.Aspenberg, 1994: 62 The Holmenkollen and Kolsås Lines were upgraded and subsequently re-opened in 2011 and 2014, respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostlandssendingen/1.6448949 |last=Juven |first=Olav |work=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |date=26 January 2009 |title=Holmenkollbanen under ombygging |access-date=28 March 2009 |language=no |archive-date=29 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129153949/http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostlandssendingen/1.6448949 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostlandssendingen/1.6529895 |title=Kolsåsbanen er reddet |author1=Juven, Olav |author2=Bertheussen, Linn |name-list-style=amp |work=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 March 2009 |access-date=1 April 2009 |language=no |archive-date=22 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322175308/http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostlandssendingen/1.6529895 |url-status=live }} Following the upgrade, all T1000 stock can be retired and replaced by the new MX3000 trains.{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Reiseinformasjon/Din-sikkerhet/Sikkerhet-pa-T-banen/Nye-T-banevogner-/ |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |date=10 March 2008 |title=MX3000 – nye T-banevogner |access-date=28 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615211447/http://www.ruter.no/Reiseinformasjon/Din-sikkerhet/Sikkerhet-pa-T-banen/Nye-T-banevogner-/ |archive-date=June 15, 2008 }} The Grorud and Lambertseter Lines serve the Groruddalen valley while the Østensjø and Lambertseter Line serve the southern areas of Nordstrand.Aspenberg, 1994: 32–33 These four lines have the highest ridership.Aspenberg, 1995: 39 In the west, the Kolsås, Røa, Holmenkoll and Sognsvann Lines serves less densely populated areas. The Ring Line serves the northern borough of Nordre Aker, while the Common Tunnel serves the city center.

List

File:Tøyen stasjon.jpg at Tøyen Station|alt=An indoor train station with two tracks running down the center. There are concrete platforms on both sides, with some people waiting.]]

File:MX3000 Ulsrud.jpg train on the Østensjø Line|alt=A double-track train line down the center of the image after emerging from a tunnel. The line is surrounded by houses and trees, and a white three-car train is halfway down the line on the right side.]]

File:Berg-T-bane-d8849.jpg on the Sognsvann Line|alt=A snow-covered train station with a double track line. There are people waiting under the shelter on the left platform, while the right platform and shelter are empty.]]

File:1300-tog ved avloes 2006 05 14 hkg.jpg train on the Kolsås Line, when the line was still light rail|alt=A double-track railway surrounded by trees runs down the middle of the image. On the left track is worn-looking red train. Above the tracks are overhead wires.]]

The following table presents the eleven lines of the Oslo Metro. They are chronologically sorted by the date of the first section of line to open.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbane.no/index.aspx?cat=615223&id=745387&mid=745387 |title=Kort historikk |author=Oslo T-banedrift |author-link=Oslo T-banedrift |year=2007 |access-date=28 March 2008 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526090844/http://www.tbane.no/index.aspx?cat=615223&id=745387&mid=745387 |archive-date=26 May 2011 }} The service column indicates which of the six numbered services operates on most of the lines. Services are omitted from lines where they serve only one or two stations. The date indicates the official opening date of the line on the section noted in the fourth column. Sections with blue background indicate lines that were opened as tramways, while white background indicates the line was converted to or built as metro standard. The length column indicates the total length of the line at the time of opening or upgrade, and the extension column indicates the length of the extension. The station column indicates the number of stations on the line after the opening of each extension or upgrade.{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-ost/ |title=T-banestasjonene i øst |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |access-date=30 March 2008 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615211235/http://www.ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-ost/ |archive-date = 15 June 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/ |title=T-banestasjonene i vest |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |access-date=30 March 2008 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615211240/http://www.ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/ |archive-date = 15 June 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.oslopakke2.no/filestore/oslopakke_2.pdf |author=Oslo Package 2 |author-link=Oslo Package 2 |title=Fellesløft for bedre kollektivtransport Oslopakke 2 |year=2001 |language=no |access-date=29 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723224820/http://www.oslopakke2.no/filestore/oslopakke_2.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2011 }}Aspenberg, 1995: 28 Unless specified otherwise, the lines are metro standard.

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! scope=col rowspan=2 | Line

! scope=col rowspan=2 | Service

! scope=col rowspan=2 | Opened

! scope=col rowspan=2 | Section

! scope=col colspan=2 | Length

! scope=col colspan=2 | Extension

! scope=col rowspan=2 | Stations

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! scope=row rowspan=2 | Holmenkollen*

| rowspan=2 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|1}}

align=right | 31 May 1898Majorstuen – Besserud*{{convert|6.3|km|disp=table}}{{convert|6.3|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|14}}
style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 16 May 1916

Besserud – Frognerseteren*{{convert|11.7|km|disp=table}}{{convert|5.4|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|20}}
scope=row rowspan=6 | Røa

| rowspan=6 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|2}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | 17 November 1912 || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Majorstuen – Smestad* || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|1.9|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|1.9|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | {{nts|4}}

style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 24 January 1935

Smestad – Røa*{{convert|4.8|km|disp=table}}{{convert|2.9|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|10}}
style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 22 December 1948

Røa – Grini*{{convert|5.7|km|disp=table}}{{convert|0.9|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|12}}
style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 3 December 1951

Grini – Lijordet*{{convert|6.9|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.2|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|14}}
align=right style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | 16 November 1971style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Lijordet – Østerås*rowspan=2 {{convert|7.5|km|disp=table}}{{convert|0.6|km|disp=table|1}}style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | {{nts|15}}
align=right | 5 February 1992Metro standard Lijordet – Østeråsalign=center | —align=right | {{nts|10}}
scope=row rowspan=6 | Østensjø

| rowspan=6 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|3}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | 18 December 1923 || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Helsfyr – Brynseng* || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|0.8|km|disp=table|+1}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|0.8|km|disp=table|+1}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | {{nts|2}}

style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 10 January 1926

Brynseng – Oppsal*{{convert|4.0|km|disp=table}}{{convert|3.2|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|4}}
style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 20 July 1958

Oppsal – Bøler*{{convert|5.4|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.4|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|6}}
align=right | 29 October 1967Metro standard Tøyen – Bøler{{convert|7.1|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.7|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|8}}
align=right | 26 November 1967Bøler – Skullerud{{convert|9.2|km|disp=table}}{{convert|2.1|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|10}}
align=right | 4 January 1998Skullerud – Mortensrud{{convert|11.5|km|disp=table}}{{convert|2.3|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|11}}
scope=row rowspan=4 | Kolsås

| rowspan=4 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|3}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | 3 November 1924 || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Jar – Avløs* || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|4.5|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|4.5|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | {{nts|8}}

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| align=right | 1 January 1930

Avløs – Kolsås*{{convert|7.8|km|disp=table}}{{convert|3.3|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|12}}
style="background-color:#D0E7FF" |

| align=right | 15 June 1942

Jar – Sørbyhaugen*{{convert|11.8|km|disp=table}}{{convert|4.0|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|17}}
align=right | 20 August 2008Metro standard Husebybakken – Åsjordet{{convert|2.3|km|disp=table}}align=center | —align=right | {{nts|3}}
scope=row rowspan=5 | Common

| rowspan=5 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|1}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|2}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|3}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|4}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|5}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | 28 June 1928 || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Majorstuen – Nationaltheatret* || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|2.0|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" {{convert|2.0|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | {{nts|3}}

align=right | 22 May 1966Tøyen – Jernbanetorget{{convert|1.6|km|disp=table|1}}{{convert|1.6|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|3}}
align=right | 9 January 1977Jernbanetorget – Stortinget{{convert|2.1|km|disp=table|1}}{{convert|0.5|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|4}}
align=right style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | 6 March 1987style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Stortinget – Nationaltheatret*rowspan=2 {{convert|4.8|km|disp=table}}{{convert|0.7|km|disp=table|1}}rowspan=2 align=right | {{nts|6}}
align=right | 5 May 1992Metro standard Stortinget – Majorstuenalign=center | —
scope=row rowspan=2 | Sognsvann

| rowspan=2 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|4}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|5}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | 10 October 1934 || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Frøen – Sognsvann* || rowspan=2 {{convert|6.0|km|disp=table}} || {{convert|6.0|km|disp=table}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | {{nts|11}}

align=right | 5 May 1992Metro standard Majorstuen – Sognsvannalign=center | —align=right | {{nts|9}}
scope=row rowspan=2 | Lambertseter

| rowspan=2 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|4}} || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" align=right | 26 April 1957 || style="background-color:#D0E7FF" | Brynseng – Bergkrystallen* || rowspan=2 {{convert|5.9|km|disp=table}} || {{convert|5.9|km|disp=table}} || rowspan=2 align=right | {{nts|8}}

align=right | 22 May 1966Metro standard Brynseng – Bergkrystallenalign=center | —
scope=row rowspan=4 | Grorud

| rowspan=4 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|4}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|5}} || align=right | 16 October 1966 || Tøyen – Grorud || {{convert|9.2|km|disp=table}} || {{convert|9.2|km|disp=table}} || align=right | {{nts|11}}

align=right | 3 March 1974Grorud – Rommen{{convert|10.5|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.3|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|13}}
align=right | 18 August 1974Rommen – Stovner{{convert|12.2|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.7|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|14}}
align=right | 21 December 1975Stovner – Vestli{{convert|13.6|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.4|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|15}}
scope=row rowspan=4 | Furuset

| rowspan=4 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|2}} || align=right | 18 November 1970 || Hellerud – Haugerud || {{convert|2.0|km|disp=table}} || {{convert|2.0|km|disp=table}} || align=right | {{nts|2}}

align=right | 15 December 1974Haugerud – Trosterud{{convert|2.9|km|disp=table}}{{convert|0.9|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|3}}
align=right | 19 February 1978Trosterud – Furuset{{convert|5.3|km|disp=table}}{{convert|2.4|km|disp=table}}align=right | {{nts|5}}
align=right | 8 November 1981Furuset – Ellingsrudåsen{{convert|6.5|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.2|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|6}}
scope=row rowspan=2 | Ring

| rowspan=2 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|4}}{{ric|Oslo Metro|5}} || align=right | 20 August 2003 || Ullevål stadion – Storo || {{convert|3.3|km|disp=table}} || {{convert|3.3|km|disp=table}} || align=right | {{nts|2}}

align=right | 21 August 2006Storo – Carl Berners plass{{convert|5.0|km|disp=table}}{{convert|1.2|km|disp=table|1}}align=right | {{nts|3}}
scope=row rowspan=2 | Løren

| rowspan=2 | {{ric|Oslo Metro|4}} || align=right | 3 April 2016 || Nydalen – Økern || {{convert|1.6|km|disp=table}} || {{convert|1.6|km|disp=table}} || align=right | {{nts|1}}

References

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  • {{cite book |author=Aspenberg, Nils Carl |author-link=Nils Carl Aspenberg |title=Neste stopp Makrellbakken: Historien om Røabanen |publisher=Baneforlaget |location=Oslo |year=1995 |isbn=82-91448-18-3}}

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