Bekkestua (station)

Bekkestua
Bekkestua Metro station before the reopening.
Location	Bekkestua, Bærum Norway
Coordinates	59°54′59″N 10°35′15″E / 59.91633°N 10.58756°E / 59.91633; 10.58756
Elevation	58.9 m
Owned by	Sporveien
Operated by	Sporveien T-banen Sporveien Trikken
Line(s)	Kolsås Line Lilleaker Line
Distance	11.4 km from Stortinget
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus: 131, 143, 731, 732, 733, 771, 772, 773 and F3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 May 1924 (1924-05-01)
Rebuilt	1 June 2006 (2006-06-01) - 15 August 2011 (2011-08-15)
Services
Preceding station   Oslo Metro   Following station Gjønnes towards Kolsås Line 3 Kolsås Line Ringstabekk towards Mortensrud Preceding station   Oslo Tramway   Following station Terminus Line 13 Lilleaker Line Jar towards Grefsen

Bekkestua is a station/tram stop that is served both by Oslo Metro on Kolsås Line and Oslo Tramway on Lilleaker Line situated at Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway. It is the terminus of the Lilleaker Line for tramway.

Located between Ringstabekk and Gjønnes, it was reopened on 15 August 2011 after being closed on 1 July 2006. Between 1 July 2003 and November 2004, Bekkestua was the end station on the Kolsås Line.^[1] For a while the station was only being served by the Oslo Tramway line 13, while the station was closed for an upgrade.

Since 2 December 2007 tram operations (line 13) have returned on this line from Lilleaker to Bekkestua. Operations beyond Lilleaker use SL95 trams as there is no turnback loop at Bekkestua. The tram operations were discontinued in 2009, but reopened in January 2014 after technical difficulties delayed the opening by one month.

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External links

Media related to Bekkestua stasjon at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 59°54′59″N 10°35′15″E / 59.91633°N 10.58756°E / 59.91633; 10.58756