Nydalen metro station

Coordinates: 59°57′00″N 10°45′50″E / 59.95000°N 10.76389°E / 59.95000; 10.76389
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For the railway station, see Nydalen station.
Nydalen
General information
LocationNydalen, Nordre Aker, Oslo
Norway
Coordinates59°57′00″N 10°45′50″E / 59.95000°N 10.76389°E / 59.95000; 10.76389
Owned bySporveien
Operated bySporveien T-banen
Line(s)Ring Line
ConnectionsBus service:
30 Bygdøy via Torshov and Bygdøynes
37 Helsfyr via Jernbanetorget and Etterstad
51 Maridalen
56 Solemskogen
58 Tveita
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened20 August 2003
Services
Preceding station Oslo Metro Following station
Storo
towards Vestli
 Line 4 Ullevål stadion
towards Bergkrystallen
Storo
towards Sognsvann
 Line 5 Ullevål stadion
towards Vestli

Nydalen is a

rapid transit station on the Ring Line of the Oslo Metro. It is located at Nydalen in the Nordre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. The station opened on 20 August 2003, as part of the first section of the Ring Line to Storo. The station is served by lines 4 and 5 of the metro, as well as several local bus services. Artistic effort was put into the construction of the station, and the escalators were built into the Tunnel of Light exhibition. Close by the station is the BI Norwegian Business School
(BI) campus and several large working places.

History

The process of establishing a Ring Line to serve the northern parts of Oslo started in the late 1980s.

Storo.[4]

The station entrance

The background for building the rapid transit system to Nydalen, was the

NetCom. Large cultural institutions in the area include the national touring theater Riksteatret and the national touring concerts Concerts Norway, the publishing companies Hjemmet Mortensen, De Norske Bokklubbene and Schibsted's printing press. Public offices include the offices of the Nodre Aker Borough and the Norwegian Police Security Service.[5]

In 2005, BI Norwegian Business School moved into their new campus across the street from Nydalen Station.[6] Seven thousand students plus faculty work at the school, of which 85% use public transport.[7] From 2011, the new Nydalen Upper Secondary School will also be located in Nydalen.[8]

Facilities

Nydalen Station is an underground station located on the tunnel section of the Ring Line between Tåsen and Storo. The 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) station was drawn by architect

Kollektivtransportproduksjon.[10]

The tunnel of light

The Tunnel of Light is an artistic display of color and sound surrounding the escalator at the station.

theme is based on different experiences of travel in time and place. There are light and sound combinations for all seasons and all phases of life. The project was initiated by Kristin Jarmund.[9] The light system was developed by Per Åge Lyså at Intravision System, and the software that mixes sound and color was developed by Yngve Sandboe.[9] The music was composed by Bjarne Kvinnsland, mainly based on recorded samples. Among these are text written and performed by Beate Grimsrud.[12]

Service

Lines 4 and 5 of the Oslo Metro operate to Nydalen, each with a 15-minute

Stortinget is 13 minutes clockwise and 12 minutes counterclockwise. Therefore, any traveler heading for the city center can get on the first train, independent of its direction (except line 5 to Storo), and can be certain it will be the quickest connection to the downtown area.[13]

There is a railway station on the

Grefsen Station).[14] Nydalen also serves several bus routes. Line 37 via the city center to Helsfyr operates from across the street at Nydalen, while additional buses are located somewhat further away. They consist a feeder service to Lillo Terrasse (line 55) as well as lines 30 to Bygdøy, 51 to Maridalen and 58 to Helsfyr.[15]

References

  1. Aftenposten Aften
    . p. 5.
  2. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 14.
  3. Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 12.
  4. ^ Ruter (2008). "Tidslinje" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  5. ^ Avantor. "Bedrifter i Nydalen" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  6. Norwegian School of Management. "Historical dates". Archived from the original
    on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  7. ^ Municipality of Oslo (3 January 2008). "T-baneringen en miljøsuksess" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  8. ^ "Avantor-skole i Nydalen". Næringseiendom (in Norwegian). 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  9. ^
    Aftenposten Aften
    (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  10. ^ Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter. "Nydalen Metro Station". Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
  11. ^
    ISBN 978-82-573-1760-7
    .
  12. ^ Ruter (11 March 2008). "The Tunnel of Light" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  13. ^ Ruter (18 August 2008). "Rutetider T-banen" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ NSB Gjøvikbanen (2009). "Skøyen-Oslo S-Nittedal-Jaren-Gjøvik" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  15. ^ Ruter (2007). "Busslinjer i Oslo nord" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 March 2009.[permanent dead link]

External links

Media related to Nydalen stasjon at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station Oslo Metro Following station
Ullevål stadion
towards Bergkrystallen
 Line 4
 Storo
towards Vestli
Ullevål stadion
towards Vestli
 Line 5
 Storo
towards Sognsvann

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