Vestgrensa (station)
{{Short description|Former Oslo metro station}}
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| image_caption = 1935 photo of the Sognsvann Line near Vestgrensa, taken by Anders Beer Wilse shortly after the opening of the line
| address = Ullevål Hageby, Nordre Aker, Aker (1934–1948)
Oslo (1948–)
| country = Norway
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| opened = 10 October 1934{{cite web|title=T-banestasjonene i vest|url=http://www.ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/|publisher=Ruter|access-date=12 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002143144/http://www.ruter.no/Miljo-og-kultur/Stasjoner/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/|archive-date=2 October 2010|language=no|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
| closed = 22 August 1999{{cite web|title=T-banen i Oslo fra 1898 - kort historikk|url=http://www.tbane.no/historie/index.asp|publisher=tbane.no|access-date=2 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526090459/http://www.tbane.no/historie/index.asp|archive-date=26 May 2011|language=no|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
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Vestgrensa (originally Ullevål Haveby) was a light rail station on the Sognsvann Line of the Oslo Metro in Norway. It opened on 10 October 1934, and was located between Blindern and Ullevål stadion stations. The station was rebuilt when the Sognsvann Line was upgraded from light rail to metro standard in the early 1990s. It was closed on 22 August 1999, when it was replaced by the new station Forskningsparken.
History
Ullevål Haveby station opened on 10 October 1934, when Akersbanerne had built a light rail line from Majorstuen to Sognsvann.{{Harvnb|Nilsen|1998|p=133.}} The line was double-tracked from Majorstuen to Korsvoll (now Østhorn), and single-tracked from there to Sognsvann.{{Harvnb|Arntzen|Hansen|2009|p=88.}} On 21 February 1939, the section from Korsvoll to Sognsvann was upgraded to double tracks, and the station Korsvoll had its name changed to Østhorn.{{Cite journal |title=Sognsvannsbanen 60 år: Boligselskapet som bygget forstadsbane |language=no|last=Lyshaug |first=Hans-Petter |journal=St. Hallvard |location=Oslo |publisher=Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel |pages=42–49 |year=1994 |volume=4 |issn=0036-2859 |oclc=185445036}}{{Harvnb|Andersen|1993|p=50.}} Ullevål Haveby station changed also name, to Vestgrensa, to avoid confusion with the northbound Ullevål stadion station.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2010|title=Vestgrensa|encyclopedia=Oslo byleksikon|edition=5th|editor=Tvedt, Knut Are|editor-link=Tvedt, Knut Are|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|page=613|isbn=978-82-573-1760-7}}
Vestgrensa was part of Holmenkolbanen's operating network until 1975, when the municipality of Oslo bought all the company's stock.{{Harvnb|Nilsen|1998|p=140.}} In the early 1990s, the stations on the Sognsvann Line were upgraded to metro standard, which involved a heightening and lengthening of the platforms, and installation of a third rail power supply and a new signaling system. The electrified third rail made it impossible for passengers to cross at track level, and under- or overpasses had to be built at all stations.{{cite news|title=Sognsvannsbanen modernisert|newspaper=Aftenposten Aften|date=8 January 1993|page=8|language=no}}
In 1992, the transport authorities of Oslo decided to close Nordberg and Frøen stations,{{#tag:ref|Frøen Station was only closed on the Sognsvann Line, and is still served by the Holmenkollen Line.{{cite news|last=Vatne|first=Paul Einar|author-link=Paul Einar Vatne|title=Fjerner Frøen og Nordberg|newspaper=Aftenposten Aften|date=7 January 1992|page=5|language=no}}|group=note}} on the grounds that these stations were too expensive to maintain.{{cite news|last=Hammersmark|first=Marit|title=Sognsvannsbanen Sikkerheten først|newspaper=Aftenposten Aften|date=22 January 1993|page=54|language=no}} The platforms at Vestgrensa were moved a few metres to adjust to the metro trains. Seven years later, on 22 August 1999, Vestgrensa was closed and replaced with the newly opened Forskningsparken Station.{{cite news|last=Kagge|first=Gunnar|title=Nye Oslo-ruter, men mangel på rutebøker|newspaper=Aftenposten|date=22 August 1999|page=3|language=no}}
Location
Vestgrensa was located in the Ullevål Hageby neighbourhood in Oslo, between the Oslo Innovation Center ({{langx|no|Forskningsparken}}) and the football stadium Ullevaal Stadion. The station was positioned on an elevated embankment, some metres from a bridge over a pedestrian walkway also named Vestgrensa.{{Google maps |url=http://maps.google.no/maps?hl=no&ie=UTF8&ll=59.944422,10.725456&spn=0.001018,0.003473&t=h&z=19 |access-date=6 November 2010}} The station served the residential area in Ullevål Hageby, as well as the University of Oslo at Blindern. A scout hut was in many years located close to the station.{{cite news|title=Nytt fra Byrådet HVPU- stiftelser blir A/S|newspaper=Aftenposten Aften|date=24 September 1990|page=4|language=no}}
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{{commons category|Vestgrensa stasjon}}
{{external image|image1=[http://forsk.njk.no/stdb/index.php?mod=st&aut=&detaljert=1&baneID=251&Stnr=9455&sid=2679 Pictures] at the Norwegian Railway Club}}
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Category:Railway stations in Norway opened in 1934