Sinsen station

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Storo opened as a tram station as part of the extension of the Sinsen Line to Grefsen in 1939.{{cite book |author=Aspenberg, Nils Carl |title=Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo |publisher=Baneforlaget |location=Oslo |year=1994 |isbn=82-91448-03-5 |pages=9–10 |author-link=Nils Carl Aspenberg}} The tram station was built adjacent to the Sinsen Interchange, between Ring 3 and National Road 4. In 1992, the Sinsen Line was moved redirected to go outside the interchange.{{cite web |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/region_ost/prosjekter/nyulven_sinsen/sinsenkrysset.stm |title=Sinsenkrysset |publisher=Norwegian Public Roads Administration |language=no |access-date=2007-12-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071111063329/http://www.vegvesen.no/region_ost/prosjekter/nyulven_sinsen/sinsenkrysset.stm |archive-date = 2007-11-11}}

The process of establishing a Ring Line to serve the northern parts of Oslo started in the late 1980s.{{cite news |title=Tbanering rundt hele sentrum! |last=Berg |first=Reidar |work=Aftenposten Aften |date=14 April 1989 |page=5}} The plans were passed by the city council in 1997,{{cite news |title=T-banering vedtatt |last=Lundgaard |first=Hilde |work=Aftenposten Aften |date=26 June 1997 |page=14 |language=no}} and financing was secured in 2000 through Oslo Package 2.{{cite news |title=Oslo kommune og staten er blitt enige T-baneringen på vei |last=Haakaas |first=Einar |work=Aftenposten Aften |date=14 March 2000 |page=12 |language=no}} Construction started in June 2000, and the first section to Nydalen and Storo opened on 20 August 2003. The ring was completed and Sinsen opened on 20 August 2006. The station is owned by Sporveien.{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Tidslinje/ |title=Tidslinje |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |year=2008 |access-date=21 March 2009 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220144410/http://ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Tidslinje/ |archive-date=20 February 2009}}

The rapid transit station was designed by architects Jensen & Skodvin Architects, and is visually and structurally very similar to Storo.{{cite web |url=http://jsa.no/galleries_index_2.html |title=Prosjekter |author=Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor |author-link=Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor |access-date=21 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308072905/http://jsa.no/galleries_index_2.html |archive-date=8 March 2009 }} It features a center platform, a roof, and incorporates wood, steel and concrete as construction materials. To the south, the station is located just outside the tunnel that connects the Ring Line to the Grorud Line. To the north, the line runs parallel to the mainline Gjøvik Line. Sinsen is located just beside the Sinsen Interchange, in a mixed residential and commercial area.{{cite web|url=http://www.avinet.no/Oslopakke2/database/faktaark_ny.aspx?id=46 |title=T-baneringen |author=Oslo Package 2 |author-link=Oslo Package 2 |access-date=21 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501173155/http://www.avinet.no/Oslopakke2/database/faktaark_ny.aspx?id=46 |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}

Line 4 and 5 of the Oslo Metro operate to Sinsen, with a 15-minute headway. The line operate clockwise through the eastern part of town into the Common Tunnel towards Vestli (4), Sognsvann (5), while it operates counterclockwise via the western part into the Common Tunnel towards Bergkrystallen (4) and Vestli (5). Travel time from Sinsen to Stortinget is 9 minutes clockwise and 16 minutes counterclockwise. The service is operated by Oslo T-banedrift on contract with Ruter.{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/T-bane_121209_V3.pdf|title=Rutetider T-banen|author=Ruter|author-link=Ruter|date=December 2012|access-date=26 February 2013|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203015440/http://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/T-bane_121209_V3.pdf|archive-date=3 December 2012}}

The tram station is served by line 17 of the Oslo Tramway. It operates on a ten-minute headway to the city center. Travel time to Jernbanetorget is 13 minutes. Northwards, the line continues to the final station, Grefsen.{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/Trikk_121209_V2.pdf |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |title=Trikk |date=December 2013 |language=no |access-date=26 February 2013 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} While the tram and rapid transit stations are within walking distance of each other, they are not marked as transfer stations on the schedules. The trams are operated by Oslo Sporvognsdrift on contract with Ruter.{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/linjekart_trikk_1212.pdf |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |title=Linjekart |date=December 2012 |language=no |access-date=26 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224182522/http://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/linjekart_trikk_1212.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012 }}

The station serves several bus routes. Lines 23 and 24 along Ring 3 from Lysaker to Simensbråten, and Brynseng to Fornebu stop at Sinsen. Line 31 runs via Sinsen from Grorud-Tonsenhagen to Fornebu-Snarøya, as does line 33 from Ellingsrudåsen to Filipstad, and line 58 from Tveita to Nydalen.{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/BussAlle2007-10Web.pdf |title=Busslinjer i Oslo |author=Ruter |author-link=Ruter |year=2007 |access-date=21 March 2009 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724183313/http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/BussAlle2007-10Web.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}

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