Rikshospitalet tram stop

Light rail tram stop in Oslo, Norway

Rikshospitalet

General information
Location| Gaustad, Nordre Aker, Oslo
Norway
Coordinates| 59°56′52″N 10°42′53″E﻿ / ﻿59.947768°N 10.714716°E﻿ / 59.947768; 10.714716
Line(s)| Ullevål Hageby Line
History
Opened| 1 June 1999

Rikshospitalet is a light rail tram stop at the end of the Ullevål Hageby Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is located at Rikshospitalet, the Norwegian National Hospital, at Gaustad in Oslo, Norway.

The station opened on 1 June 1999 as part of the line extension when the hospital opened.[1] The expansion was financed by Oslo Package 2.[2] The station is served by lines 17 and 18, using SL95 low-floor trams. This allows step-free access from and to all stations until the city center. Trams operate each five minutes. The next station is Gaustadalléen.[3] In the past, line 10 which ran from Rikshospitalet to Jar, used to operate here.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Ruter. "Historie Oslo Sporveier" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
2. ^ Lian, Jon Inge (2004). Delvis brukerbetalt utbygging av transportsystemet i Oslo og Akershus. Evaluering av Oslopakke 1 og 2 (PDF). TØI-rapport 714/2004 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Institute of Transport Economics. p. 10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
3. ^ Oslo Sporveier. "Linjekart" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.

Preceding station  |  Trams in Oslo | Following station

|
|

Terminus |  | Line 17 |  | Gaustadalléen

towards Grefsen

| Line 18 |

This article related to the Oslo Tramway is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This Norwegian tram- or light rail-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template