Bærumsbanen

A/S Bærumsbanen was a tram company that operated the Lillaker-, Kolsås and Østensjø Line of the Oslo Tramway, Norway, from 1924 to 1971 when the company became part of Oslo Sporveier.

History

Bærumsbanen tram at Jar in 1935.

In 1924 the two street tram operators in Oslo, Kristiania Sporveisselskab and Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei, were taken over by the municipal owned Oslo Sporveier. The final part of the Skøyen Line, from Skøyen to Lillaker was a suburban tramway located in the neighboring municipality of Aker, and the Municipality of Oslo was not interested in taking over it. Therefore the owner reorganized itself to A/S Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei Bærumsbanen (KES-BB), though changing their name to just A/S Bærumsbanen in 1935 after Oslo Sporveier bought 25% of the company on 1 October 1934.^[1]

The new company immediately started expanding the Lilleaker Line, first to Bekkestua and then to Haslum—establishing a depot at Avløs at the same time. The final extension of the line occurred on 1 January 1930 to Kolsås. From 4 January 1937 Bærumsbanen took over the operation of the Østensjø Line on the east side of Oslo, that was owned by the municipal Akersbanerne—allowing the company to operate through services from Oppsal to Kolsås.^[1]

To shorten travel time on the outer part of the Lilleaker Line, the company received permission in 1938 build a line from Jar to Sørbyhaugen on the Røa Line, allowing the trains to use the Common Tunnel shared by the other suburban lines in the west to quickly reach the city center at the underground station at Nationaltheatret. This opened on 15 June 1942—at the same time the Oppsal route was limited to running to Jar.^[1] On 1 October 1944 Oslo Sporveier bought the whole company, but not until 1 July 1971 did they fully merge.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1994). Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 18. ISBN 82-91448-03-5.
↑ Oslo City Archive. "A/S Bærumsbanen" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 August 2008.

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

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