Tryvandshøiden (station)
Tryvandshøiden | |
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General information | |
Location | Tryvannshøyden, Aker Norway |
Line(s) | Holmenkollen Line |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
History | |
Opened | Never |
Tryvandshøiden (also Tryvannshøgda, Tryvann and Øvreseter
History
In 1898,
In the 1930s, the Municipality of Oslo made plans for making Tryvann the "Davos of the North", following the opening of Tryvann stadion in the winter of 1936.[4] The Holmenkollen Line was planned to be extended even further, from Tryvandshøiden station to a proposed hotel with 200 beds. This never happened, since the skating rinks at Øvresetertjern were too cold and windy to become popular among Oslo residents.[5]
Even though Tryvandsbanen had prepared the Frognerseteren–Tryvandshøiden Line for an upgrade to double tracks, no action was taken due to a shortage of money.[1] The line was therefore unsuitable for regular passenger service, and Tryvandsbanen considered it to be useless.[2] The tracks from Tryvandshøiden station to a point some 200 metres (660 ft) ahead of Frognerseteren station were removed in 1939.[1] In the 1960s, the right-of-way was gravelled over and converted into a rail trail.[2]
Reopening
In 1993, proposals were made to re-open the line to Tryvandshøiden Station, so that the
In 2004, the writer Erling Fossen gathered 356 signatures in favor of extending the line to the ski resort, which were given to the Oslo City Council.[6] Even though the proposal was supported by the prominent council members Peter N. Myhre, Ola Elvestuen and Rune Gerhardsen, Oslo Sporveier declined, stating that the extension of the line would not be profitable enough.[7]
Peter N. Myhre stated in 2008 that the line would be extended to the ski resort before the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011, but no action was taken as neither Ruter nor the city council wanted to allocate the required 150 million NOK.[8]
Facilities and services
A red-painted house for the signalman was put up close to the station. Tryvandsbanen also developed plans for building a station house with a waiting shed, but these never materialised.[2] The name of the red-painted house was changed from Nordpolen ("The North Pole") to Norden ("The North") and it was modernised after the removal of the tracks.[5] The station was included on the Nordmarka maps published in 1913 and 1938.[2]
The station was never served by passenger trains, but between 1914 and 1918 Norway Telecom (now Telenor) used the line for transporting steel when Tryvannstårnet was being constructed.[4] Occasionally charter trips to Øvresetertjern for passengers were also arranged.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ The station was never opened and did thus not have an official name. Most sources use "Tryvandshøiden", since that was the name of Tryvannshøyden at that time.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 82-91223-01-7.
- ^ Aftenposten Aften(in Norwegian). p. 18.
- ^ Aftenposten Aften(in Norwegian). 8 October 2008. p. 15.
- ^ Aftenposten Aften(in Norwegian). p. 56.
- ^ ISBN 82-03-22262-5.
- Aftenposten Aften(in Norwegian). p. 6.
- Aftenposten Aften(in Norwegian). p. 3.
- Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
External links
- Entry at Jernbane.net (in Norwegian)
- Entry at Norwegian Railway Club (in Norwegian)