Homansbyen Depot
Homansbyen Depot (
History
The tramway operating company Kristiania Sporveisselskab was established on October 2, 1874, and started scheduled horse tram services on October 6, 1875.
When the Oslo Tramway was electrified in 1899, a large reorganization of Homansbyen Depot took place.[6] The horse stables were rebuilt to serve as tramway depots, requiring more space.[7] The workshop was extended with additional rooms in the surrounding buildings.[7] Plans for building a steam power station at the depot never materialised.[8]
Kristiania Sporveisselskab acquired Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie in 1905, and additional extensions of the depot were built.[7] In 1907, the administrative office was completely rebuilt two years later, and an additional 60-meter (200 ft) long tramway depot was constructed in Pilestredet.[7] When Oslo Sporveier acquired all the city's private tram companies in 1924, Homansbyen became the head office.[9] Homansbyen also housed the payroll office.[10]
During the World War II, on August 29, 1944, two armed men entered the payroll office in Underhaugsveien and stole 120,000 Norwegian krone (NOK), while demanding the local treasurer Knut Holmstøen and his assistant to hold their hands lifted.[10] The two men have not been identified, but they are suspected to have come from Milorg, which had a deficit of money during the war.[10]
When the Etterstad Depot became operational in 1966, the Homansbyen Depot was closed and the property sold.[11] The tramway installations were demolished in 1969 and replaced with apartment blocks, local schools, and offices.[12] The only still visible trace of the depot is the street name Sporveisgata ("The Tramway Street").[13]
Facilities
The installations of the depot were all built in brick and were rebuilt many times. The head office had two floors.
The stable originally had stalls for 116 healthy and 12 ill horses.
Location
The depot was located in Sporveisgata, between Bergsliens gate and the street junction Pilestredet–Sporveisgata.[18] The street Sporveisgata was in the beginning only a branch from Pilestredet, but it became a street in its own right in 1879, after the tramway installations had been constructed.[7][13] While it was located in a branch to Pilestredet, the depot had Pilestredet 75 as its address. After the branch had its name changed to Sporveisgata, the address was renamed Sporveisgata 8.[19]
Initially, the depot was located at the very end of the Homansbyen Line. Consequently, trams traveling to the depot had to run from the terminus
References
- Notes
- Oslo Sporvognsdrift. Archived from the originalon July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ Aspenberg (1994, p. 6)
- ^ Aspenberg (2007)
- ^ a b Hartmann & Mangset (2001, p. 51)
- ^ a b c Fasting (1975, p. 19)
- ^ Hartmann & Mangset (2001, p. 55)
- ^ a b c d e f g Hartmann & Mangset (2001, p. 52)
- ^ Fasting (1975, p. 49)
- ^ Aspenberg (1994, p. 36)
- ^ a b c Fasting (1975, p. 113)
- ^ Fasting (1975, p. 130)
- ^ Hartmann & Mangset (2001, p. 53)
- ^ a b c "Noe å skilte med..." [Something to sign with....] (in Norwegian). Ruter. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Fasting (1975, p. 20)
- ^ a b Fristad (1987, p. 19)
- ^ Fristad (1987, p. 20)
- ^ Tvedt (2010, p. 530)
- ^ a b Google (November 26, 2010). "Sporveisgata 8" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ Hartmann & Mangset (2001, p. 143)
- ^ Homansbylinjen map (Map). Kristiania Sporveisselskab. 1900.
- Bibliography
- ISBN 82-91448-03-5.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- Fasting, Kåre (1975). Sporveier i Oslo gjennom 100 år 1875–1975 [Rail transport in Oslo throughout 100 years 1875–1975] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl & Søn Forlag A.S. ISBN 82-504-0116-6.
- Fristad, Hans A. (1987). Oslo-trikken: Storbysjel på skinner [The Oslo Tramway: Metropolitan Spirit on Tracks] (in Norwegian). Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag. ISBN 82-05-17358-3.
- Hartmann, Eivind; Mangset, Øistein (2001). Neste Stopp!: Verneplan for bygninger [Next Stop!: Conservation plan for buildings] (in Norwegian). Oslo: ISBN 82-91448-17-5.
- Sporveier, Oslo (1935). Sporveiene i Oslo gjennem 60 år 1875–1935 [Rail transport in Oslo throughout 60 years 1875–1935] (in Norwegian). Oslo: A/S Oslo Sporveier.
- ISBN 978-82-573-1760-7.