Berg metro station

Coordinates: 59°57′2″N 10°44′42″E / 59.95056°N 10.74500°E / 59.95056; 10.74500
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At-grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opened10 October 1934
Services
Preceding station Oslo Metro Following station
Tåsen
towards Sognsvann
 Line 5
 Ullevål stadion
towards Ring Line and Vestli

Berg is a station on the

Stortinget station. Berg is amongst the original stations on the line, and was opened on 10 October 1934. It was upgraded and rebuilt in the 1990s, when the Sognsvann Line was upgraded from light rail to rapid transit standard. Three accidents have taken place at Berg station, the latest in 2008. The area around the station is mainly residential. Berg Upper Secondary School
is located approximately 100 metres (330 ft) from the station.

History

Berg station was opened on 10 October 1934, when the municipally owned company

Sognsvann.[2] Residential areas at Sogn, Tåsen and Berg were starting to grow, in pace with a larger suburban development plan.[3] Akersbanerne bought new property along the line,[4] upon which new houses were to be designed by the Norwegian architect Kristofer Lange (1886–1977).[5]

The line was originally

single-tracked from Korsvoll to Sognsvann. On 21 February 1939, the section from Korsvoll to Sognsvann was upgraded to double tracks, and Korsvoll station had its name changed to Østhorn.[2][6]

In the 1980s, the stations on the Sognsvann Line were rebuilt. The platforms were lengthened from fitting two-car to fitting four-car trains and the platform height was increased. The third rail made it impossible to cross the line at-grade; a new path to an existing road underpass was therefore created. The station was also redesigned in concrete with steel columns and wooden sheds designed by architect Arne Henriksen.[7][8]

In 1991, Oslo Sporveier presented plans involving a rapid transit circle line in Oslo, connecting the newly built hospital

Forskningsparken.[12] In the first plans, Berg was meant to be a station on the new ring line. This plan was discarded since local residents feared noise pollution and destroyed lawns.[13] Even though Berg was not made a station on the Ring Line, noise shields were put up along the Sognsvann Line.[14][15]

Berg station has seen many accidents and almost-accidents. In 1965, a deadly accident occurred between Ullevål and Berg stations, when a train ran over a 33-year-old man walking in the tracks.[16] In 2002, a 24-year-old man was run over by a metro train approaching the station.[17] The man survived the accident with minor wounds.[17] In 2008, a 21-year-old drunk man was found crawling around on the tracks between the platforms.[18] The police removed him from the station and sent him home in a taxi.[18]

Service

Berg is served by line 5 on the Sognsvann Line, operated by

Stortinget in the city center is 11 minutes.[20]

The station provides correspondence to the bus lines 23 and 24 at a nearby bus stop in Kaj Munks vei.[21]

Facilities

Berg Upper Secondary School

Berg has two platforms, each with a wooden shed and ticket machines. The sheds are designed by Arne Henriksen in a minimalistic and standardised style with constructions of wood and steel.[22][23]

Location

Berg is located in the borough of

Norwegian National Road 150, runs parallel with the line from Ullevål stadion via Berg to Tåsen, and continues thereafter towards Nydalen.[27] There are many Swiss chalet and functionalist style houses in the residential area around the station.[25] Berg Upper Secondary School is located 100 metres (330 ft) from the station.[28]

References

Notes
  1. ^ "Busslinjer i Oslo" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Ruter. 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Nilsen 1998, p. 133
  3. ^ Hartmann & Mangset 2001, p. 19
  4. ^ Jørgensen, Liv Hilt (April 1999). "Forstadsbaner og boligplaner i Oslo gjennom 150 år" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Plan- og bygningsetaten. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  5. ^ Hartmann & Mangset 2001, p. 31
  6. ^ Andersen 1993, p. 25
  7. OCLC 476260972
    .
  8. ^ Hartmann & Mangset 2001, p. 77
  9. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  10. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 7.
  11. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 2.
  12. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 2.
  13. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 5.
  14. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 6.
  15. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 5.
  16. ^ "Mann drept av Sognsvannstrikken". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 10 May 1965. p. 5.
  17. ^
    Aftenposten Morgen
    (in Norwegian). 2 January 2002. p. 18.
  18. ^
    Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). 11 December 2008. p. 12.
  19. ^ "Rutetider T-banen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Ruter. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ "Rutetabeller T-banens linjer 2-6 og buss 1B, 1C, 1D" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Ruter. pp. 19–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  21. ^ "Linjekart buss syd" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Ruter. 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^
    OCLC 476260972
    .
  23. ^ Hartmann & Mangset 2001, p. 39
  24. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original
    on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  25. ^
    Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). 14 May 2007. p. 41.
  26. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 2.
  27. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). 3 October 2008. p. 24.
  28. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). 29 February 1988. p. 6.
Bibliography

External links
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