Oslo Metro

{{Short description|Rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway}} {{Infobox public transit | name = Oslo Metro | native_name = {{lang|no|T-banen i Oslo}} | image = Oslo T-bane Logo.svg | imagesize = 75px | image2 = MX3000-90 V Majorstuen.jpg | imagesize2 = 300px | caption2 = MX3000 at Majorstuen | owner = Sporveien (main owner) Ruter (administration, management and ticketing) Oslo Vognselskap (rolling stock) | area served = | locale = Oslo, Bærum, Norway | transit_type = Rapid transit | stations = 101 | annual_ridership = 118,000,000 (2016)<ref name=ridership /> | chief_executive = | website = | began_operation = 31 May 1898 as suburban tram 28 June 1928 as underground tram {{start date and age|22 May 1966}} as T-bane | operator = Sporveien T-banen | character = | stock = 115 × 3-car MX3000 | lines = 5 in operation 1 under construction | daily_ridership = 323,000 (2016) | headquarters = | marks = | host = | train_length = | headway = | system_length = {{convert|85|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=stats /> | notrack = | track_gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | ogauge = | minimum_radius_of_curvature =  | el = 750 V DC third rail | average_speed =  | top_speed =  | map = | map_state =  | map_name = }}

The '''Oslo Metro''' ({{langx|no|Oslo T-bane}} or {{lang|no|Oslo Tunnelbane}} or simply {{lang|no|T-banen}}) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of five lines that all run through the city centre, with a total length of {{convert|85|km|mi}},<ref name="stats">{{cite web |url=https://ruter.no/globalassets/dokumenter/aarsrapporter/ruter-arsrapport-2014.pdf |title=Årsrapport 2014 |publisher=Ruter |language=no |trans-title=Annual Report 2014 |page=21 |year=2014 |access-date=2015-06-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110065202/https://ruter.no/globalassets/dokumenter/aarsrapporter/ruter-arsrapport-2014.pdf |archive-date=2016-01-10 }}</ref> serving 101 stations of which 17 are underground or indoors. In addition to serving 14 out of the 15 boroughs of Oslo, two lines run to Kolsås and Østerås, in the neighbouring municipality of Bærum. In 2016, the system had an annual ridership of 118 million.<ref name=ridership>{{cite web |url=https://ruter.no/globalassets/dokumenter/aarsrapporter/ruter-arsrapport-20161.pdf |title=Ruter Årsrapport 2016 |publisher=Ruter |language=no |trans-title=Ruter Årsrapport 2016 |date=2017 |access-date=2017-07-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124757/https://ruter.no/globalassets/dokumenter/aarsrapporter/ruter-arsrapport-20161.pdf |archive-date=2017-12-14 }}</ref>

The first rapid transit line, the Holmenkollen Line, opened in 1898, with the branch Røa Line opening in 1912. It became the first Nordic underground rapid transit system in 1928, when the underground line to Nationaltheatret was opened. After 1993 trains ran under the city between the eastern and western networks in the Common Tunnel, followed by the 2006 opening of the Ring Line. All the trains are operated with MX3000 stock. These replaced the older T1000 stock between 2006 and 2010.

==History== {{Main|History of the Oslo Tramway and Metro}} [[File:Nationaltheatret stasjon with tram.jpeg|thumb|Holmenkoll Line tram at Nationaltheatret in 1928]] ===Suburban lines in the west=== Rail transport in Oslo started in 1854, with the opening of Hoved Line to Eidsvoll, through Groruddalen. In 1872, Drammen Line, going through Oslo West, and in 1879, Østfold Line going through Nordstrand opened, offering a limited rail service to those parts of the city.<ref>Bjerke and Holom, 2004: 9</ref> By 1875, Kristiania Sporveisselskab (KSS) opened the first horsecar trams.<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 6</ref> In 1894 electric trams were in service by Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei (KES).<ref name=trikk7>Aspenberg, 1994: 7</ref>

The first suburban tram line was the Holmenkollen Line that was opened by Holmenkolbanen in 1898; like all the later suburban tram line these were electric trams with a grade-separated right-of-way and proper stations instead of tram stops, making it the first rapid transit in Oslo. Unlike the other suburban tram lines that were built later, the Holmenkollen Line was not extended into the city as a streetcar—instead passengers had to change at Majorstuen to the streetcars, though the system did not take into use wider suburban stock ({{convert|3.1|m|ftin}}) until 1909.<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 8</ref> A branch line was opened in 1912, to Smestad,<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 12</ref> and in 1916 the Holmenkollen Line was extended to Tryvann, with the last part from Frognerseteren single track and used for freight,<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 14</ref> and removed in 1939.<ref name=bh347>Bjerke and Holom, 2004: 347</ref>

[[File:10 969 Bf Majorstuen, ET2008 Ri Frognerseteren (Holmenkollen).jpg|thumb|left|T2000 stock at Majorstuen]] In 1912, the construction of the first underground railway in the Nordic Countries started, when ''A/S Holmenkolbanen'' started construction of an extension of their line from Majorstuen to Nationaltheatret. The {{convert|2.0|km|mi}} line was opened in 1928, with one intermediate station at Valkyrie Plass, giving the two suburban lines access to the central business district of Oslo.<ref name=trikk17>Aspenberg, 1994: 17</ref> In retrospect, it is seen as an early premetro example.<ref name="TECWP">{{cite book |last1=Burtenshaw |first1=D. |last2=Bateman |first2=M. |last3=Ashworth |first3=G. J. |title=The European City: A Western Perspective |date=29 June 2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-38316-4 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1EwEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> It was the second underground railway ''to be opened'' in the Nordic countries after ''Boulevardtunnlen'' in Copenhagen which opened in July 1918.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelid=8512 |title=venFakta om Nørreport Station |access-date=2016-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323070440/http://www.bane.dk/visArtikel.asp?artikelid=8512 |archive-date=2016-03-23 }}</ref>

The success of the suburban lines tempted KES to extend their streetcar service west from Skøyen as a suburban line; the Lilleaker Line opened to Lilleaker in 1919, to Avløs in 1924 and to Kolsås in 1930. A new section from Jar to Sørbyhaugen opened in 1942, connecting the line from Jar to Kolsås to Nationaltheatret, and making it a rapid transit and the replacement of stock with wide suburban standard.<ref name=bh346>Bjerke and Holom, 2004: 346</ref><ref name=historikk /> This service remained part of the municipal Oslo Sporveier, that had bought all the streetcar companies in 1924.<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 19</ref>

Compensation for large amounts of damage to houses along the route during construction, along with higher construction costs than calculated was a heavy burden on the company, and in 1934, the municipality of Aker took over the common stock, though the preferred stock remained listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange until 1975, as Oslo Sporveier gradually took over the operation of the western suburban lines. Akersbanerne opened the connecting Sognsvann Line in 1934.<ref name=trikk17 />

===Metro=== [[File:Forskningsparken tbane.jpg|thumb|T1000 stock at Forskningsparken on the Sognsvann Line]] The first idea to launch a citywide rapid transit was launched in 1912 with the construction of the Ekeberg Line; constructed with the same width profile as the Holmenkollen Line, the plan was to build a tunnel under the city center and run through trains, but large cost expenditures on the first section of the Common Tunnel ceased the plans. As part of the rebuilding after World War II a planning office for a T-bane was established in 1949, with the first plans launched in 1951; in 1954, the city council decided to build the T-bane network in Eastern Oslo with four branches. The system would feature improvements over the suburban lines in having a third rail power supply, cab signaling with Automatic Train Protection, stations long enough for six-car trains and level crossings replaced by bridges and underpasses—specifications christened metro standard.<ref name=trikk29>Aspenberg, 1994: 29</ref>

At the time there were two suburban tramways on the east side, the Ekeberg Line (opened in 1919)<ref name=trikk7 /> and the Østensjø Line (1923).<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 16</ref> Only the latter would be connected to the T-bane; the Ekeberg Line would remain a tramway, but three new lines were to be built—the Grorud Line on the north side and the Furuset Line on the south side of Groruddalen and the Lambertseter Line on the east of Nordstrand. These areas were all chosen as new suburbs for Oslo, and would quickly need a good public transport system; suburban lines would first be built out extending from the existing tramway, and later a final section with tunnel to the central station would be built. The Lambertseter Line was opened in 1957, from Brynseng to Bergkrystallen while the Østensjø Line was extended to Bøler in 1958.<ref name=trikk29 />

The metro opened on 22 May 1966, when the Common Tunnel opened from Brynseng to the new downtown station of Jernbanetorget, located beside the Oslo East Railway Station. In October the Grorud Line opened to Grorud while the Østensjø Line was connected to the system in 1967 when the line also was extended to Skullerud. In 1970, the Furuset Line opened to Haugerud and extended to Trosterud in 1974, at the same time as the Grorud Line was extended to Vestli. By 1981, the Furuset Line had reached Ellingsrudåsen.<ref>Aspenberg, 1994: 29–30</ref> The metro took delivery of T1000 rolling stock from Strømmens Værksted; from 1964 to 1978, 162 cars in three-car configurations were delivered for the eastern network.

===One tunnel=== {{Main|Common Tunnel}} [[File:TogJernbanetorget.JPG|thumb|left|Jernbanetorget station in the Common Tunnel]]

The eastern network was extended from Jernbanetorget to Sentrum in 1977. This station was forced to close in 1983, due to water leakage, and when it opened again in 1987, renamed Stortinget, the west network tunnel had also been extended there. Through services were not possible at the time because of incompatibility of signaling and power equipment. Not until 1993 did the first trains run through the station, after the Sognsvann Line had been rebuilt to "metro standard"; the Røa Line followed in 1995.<ref name=trikken30>Aspenberg, 1994: 30</ref> The Holmenkollen and Kolsås Lines remained non-metro, using dual mode trains that switch to overhead lines at Frøen and Montebello.<ref name=milepaler>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/153/ |title=Milepæler 1875–2005 |author=Oslo Sporveier |access-date=2008-06-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080429042349/http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/153/  |archive-date = 2008-04-29|author-link=Oslo Sporveier }}</ref> The western network took delivery of 33 T1300 cars in 1978–81, with an additional 16 converted from T1000. In 1994 twelve T2000 cars were delivered for the Holmenkollen Line.<ref name=trikk62>Aspenberg, 1994: 62</ref>

In 2003 the Ring Line opened, connecting Ullevål stadion to Storo.<ref name=historikk /> The following year, construction work caused a tunnel to collapse on the Grorud Line—the system's busiest—forcing a shutdown of the line until December, and creating a havoc of overcrowded replacement buses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groruddalen.no/full-stopp-for-grorudbanen.174300-77747.html |title=Full stopp for Grorudbanen |author=Akers Avis Groruddalen |date=2004-07-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513174836/http://www.groruddalen.no/full-stopp-for-grorudbanen.174300-77747.html |archive-date=2012-05-13 |author-link=Akers Avis Groruddalen }}</ref> In 2006 the ring was completed, to Carl Berners plass.<ref name=historikk /> At the same time the Kolsås Line was closed for upgrade to metro standard.<ref name=historikk /> In 2003 the section of the Kolsås Line in Bærum closed due to budget disagreements between the two counties; after a year of unpopular replacement buses, the line was reopened, only to close again in 2006 for upgrade to metro standard. Disagreements between the two counties meant the upgrade would be done separately on the two sides of the municipal boundary, with the Oslo side opening first.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tbane.no/index.aspx?cat=617538&id=917829 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526090930/http://www.tbane.no/index.aspx?cat=617538&id=917829 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-05-26 |title=Kolsåsbanen i mai |author=Oslo T-banedrift |access-date=2008-06-09 |language=no}}</ref> In 2006 the replacement of existing rolling stock with new MX3000 units commenced.<ref name=mx3000>{{cite web |url=http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/T-bane-folder_med_sprreunderskelse_vol.1.pdf |title=Nye T-banevoger i prøvedrift |author=Oslo T-banedrift |year=2006 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091118/http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/T-bane-folder_med_sprreunderskelse_vol.1.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-26 |author-link=Oslo T-banedrift }}</ref> The history of the metro and public transport in Oslo is celebrated at the Oslo Tramway Museum in Majorstuen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporveismuseet.no/ltf/index_uk.html |title=Short about LTF |author=Local Transport Historical Association |access-date=2008-08-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515004402/http://www.sporveismuseet.no/ltf/index_uk.html |archive-date=May 15, 2011 }}</ref> {{clear}}

== Network == thumb|Schematic map of the metro (as of April 2016) {{Oslo Metro map}} The current route network was introduced on 3 April 2016, with the opening of the connection tunnel from Økern to Sinsen and the new Løren station.<ref name="NT2016">{{cite web |last1=Oesterud |first1=Tor Ingar |title=Oslo now has the largest subway system in Scandinavia |url=https://norwaytoday.info/news/oslo-scandinavias-largest-get-t-network/ |website=Norway Today |access-date=14 June 2025 |date=3 April 2016}}</ref> A report published in 2024, assessed the Oslo Metro as the most efficient system out of in total 23 European rapid transit networks.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Castagna |first1=Luigi |last2=Lobo |first2=António |last3=Coppola |first3=Pierluigi |last4=Couto |first4=António |title=Benchmarking the efficiency of European metros from a production perspective |date=1 March 2024 |chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221053952400004X#s0035 |access-date=14 June 2025 |chapter=4.1. Gross effectiveness |journal=Research in Transportation Business & Management |volume=53 |article-number=101102 |doi=10.1016/j.rtbm.2024.101102 }}</ref>

The Oslo Metro operates in all fifteen boroughs of Oslo, as well as reaching a bit inside the neighbouring municipality of Bærum. There are five lines, numbered 1 to 5, each colour-coded. They all pass through the Common Tunnel, serving eight branch lines. In addition two lines operate to the Ring Line. Two branches are served by two lines each: the Grorud branch is served by both lines 4 and 5, while the Lambertseter branch has full-time service by line 4 and limited service by line 1.<ref name=rutetider>{{cite web|url=https://ruter.no/globalassets/rutetabeller/oslo/t-bane-rutetabell-03042016.pdf |title=Rutetabell for T-banen |author=Ruter |year=2016 |access-date=2016-04-03 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416042805/https://ruter.no/globalassets/rutetabeller/oslo/t-bane-rutetabell-03042016.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-16 |author-link=Ruter }}</ref>

The Grorud and Furuset Line head northeast into Groruddalen, while the other two eastern branches head south into Nordstrand. On the west side, the Holmenkoll and Sognsvann Line cover the northern boroughs of Oslo, along with the Ring Line that connects the northeastern and northwestern parts of town. The Kolsås and Røa Line reach deep into the neighbouring municipality of Bærum.<ref name=historikk>{{cite web |url=http://www.tbane.no/index.aspx?cat=615223&id=745387&mid=745387 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526090844/http://www.tbane.no/index.aspx?cat=615223&id=745387&mid=745387 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-26 |title=Kort historikk |author=Oslo T-banedrift |access-date=2008-06-09 |language=no|author-link = Oslo T-banedrift}}</ref> All the lines run through the Common Tunnel before reaching out to different lines, or into the Ring. All lines have a base service of four trains per hour while line 2 and the eastern section of line 3 have eight trains per hour weekdays 07:00–19:00. The eastern section of line 2 also has eight trains per hour Saturdays 10:00–19:00. A reduced half-hourly service operates on all lines during early weekend mornings. Trains run from about 05:00 (06:00 at weekends) to 01:00 the next morning.<ref name=rutetider />

=== Lines ===

==== Line 1 ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" |- ! align=center style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|1}};color:white;" |Line 1: Frognerseteren – Stortinget – Helsfyr (– Bergkrystallen) |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | {{hlist| Frognerseteren | Voksenkollen | Lillevann | Skogen | Voksenlia | Holmenkollen | Besserud | Midtstuen | Skådalen | Vettakollen | Gulleråsen | Gråkammen | Slemdal | Ris | Gaustad | Vinderen | Steinerud | Frøen | Majorstuen | Nationaltheatret | Stortinget | Jernbanetorget | Grønland | Tøyen | Ensjø | Helsfyr | (Brynseng | Høyenhall | Manglerud | Ryen | Brattlikollen | Karlsrud | Lambertseter | Munkelia | Bergkrystallen) }} |}

==== Line 2 ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" |- ! align=center style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|2}};color:white;" |Line 2: Østerås – Stortinget – Ellingsrudåsen |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" colspan="2" | {{hlist| Østerås | Lijordet | Eiksmarka | Ekraveien | Røa | Hovseter | Holmen | Makrellbekken | Smestad | Borgen | Majorstuen | Nationaltheatret | Stortinget | Jernbanetorget | Grønland | Tøyen | Ensjø | Helsfyr | Brynseng | Hellerud | Tveita | Haugerud | Trosterud | Lindeberg | Furuset | Ellingsrudåsen | (Future expansion to Lørenskog and Akershus University Hospital) }} |}

==== Line 3 ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" |- ! align=center style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|3}};color:white;" |Line 3: Kolsås – Stortinget – Mortensrud |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | {{hlist| Kolsås | Hauger | Gjettum | Valler | Avløs | Haslum | Gjønnes | Bekkestua | Ringstabekk | Jar | Bjørnsletta | Åsjordet | Ullernåsen | Montebello | Smestad | Borgen | Majorstuen | Nationaltheatret | Stortinget | Jernbanetorget | Grønland | Tøyen | Ensjø | Helsfyr | Brynseng | Hellerud | Godlia | Skøyenåsen | Oppsal | Ulsrud | Bøler | Bogerud | Skullerud | Mortensrud }} |}

==== Line 4 ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" |- ! align=center style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|4}};color:white;" | Line 4: Vestli – Storo – Stortinget – Bergkrystallen |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | {{hlist| Vestli | Stovner | Rommen | Romsås | Grorud | Ammerud | Kalbakken | Rødtvet | Veitvet | Linderud | Vollebekk | Risløkka | Økern | Løren | Sinsen | Storo | Nydalen | Ullevål stadion | Forskningsparken | Blindern | Majorstuen | Nationaltheatret | Stortinget | Jernbanetorget | Grønland | Tøyen | Ensjø | Helsfyr | Brynseng | Høyenhall | Manglerud | Ryen | Brattlikollen | Karlsrud | Lambertseter | Munkelia | Bergkrystallen }} |}

==== Line 5 ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" |- ! align="center" style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|5}};color:white;" |Line 5: Sognsvann – Stortinget – Storo – Stortinget – Vestli |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | {{hlist| Sognsvann | Kringsjå | Holstein | Østhorn | Tåsen | Berg | Ullevål stadion | Forskningsparken | Blindern | Majorstuen | Nationaltheatret | Stortinget | Jernbanetorget | Grønland | Tøyen | Carl Berners plass | Sinsen | Storo | Nydalen | Ullevål stadion | Forskningsparken | Blindern | Majorstuen | Nationaltheatret | Stortinget | Jernbanetorget | Grønland | Tøyen | Carl Berners plass | Hasle | Økern | Risløkka | Vollebekk | Linderud | Veitvet | Rødtvet | Kalbakken | Ammerud | Grorud | Romsås | Rommen | Stovner | Vestli }} |}

==== Line 6 (under construction) ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" ! align=center style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|6}};color:white;" |Line 6: Majorstuen-Skøyen-Lysaker-Fornebu |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | {{hlist| Majorstuen | Skøyen | Vækerø | Lysaker | Flytårnet | Telenor Arena | Fornebu Senter}} |}

A new metro line that will extend from Majorstuen to Fornebu is under construction as of December 2020,{{needs update|date=July 2025}} aiming to be completed in 2027.<ref>{{Cite web|last=NTB|date=2020-12-11|title=Byggestart for Fornebubanen|url=https://finansavisen.no/nyheter/transport/2020/12/11/7597325/byggestart-for-fornebubanen|access-date=2021-01-21|website=finansavisen.no|language=no|archive-date=2022-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813201623/https://finansavisen.no/nyheter/transport/2020/12/11/7597325/byggestart-for-fornebubanen|url-status=live}}</ref>

An agreement has been reached and signed between the Oslo city government and the Norwegian state that would share the cost of 13 billion NOK equally between the city and the national government.<ref name="new line">{{cite web |last=Berg Bentzrød |first=Sveinung |date=January 25, 2017 |title=Smiler bredt, men vil ikke si når Fornebubanen skal stå ferdig |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/1AMyQ/Smiler-bredt_-men-vil-ikke-si-nar-Fornebubanen-skal-sta-ferdig |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813201627/https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/1AMyQ/smiler-bredt-men-vil-ikke-si-naar-fornebubanen-skal-staa-ferdig |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=5 April 2019 |website=Aftenposten |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==== Line 7 (proposed) ==== {| cellspacing=1 style="border:1px solid #888888;" |- ! align=center style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|7}};color:white;" |Line 7: Majorstuen-Bislett-Grunerløkka-Tøyen-Helsfyr-Bryn |- | align="center" style="font-size: 90%;" | {{hlist| Majorstuen | Bislett | St. Olavs plass | Stortinget | Youngstorget | Nybrua | Tøyen | Ensjø | Helsfyr | Brynseng}} |}

===Stations=== [[File:Nydalen T-banestasjon med T1300.jpg|thumb|Nydalen on the Ring Line opened in 2003.]] {{Main|List of Oslo Metro stations}} The system consists of 101 stations, of which 17 are underground or indoors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tbane.no/userfiles%5CLinjekart.pdf |title=Linjekart |author=Oslo T-banedrift |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306090956/http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/Linjekart.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-06 }}</ref><ref name=east>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/148/766/ |title=T-banestasjonene i Øst |author=Oslo Sporveier |access-date=2008-06-09 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080308085851/http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/148/766/  |archive-date = 2008-03-08}}</ref><ref name=west>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/148/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/ |title=T-banestasjonene i Vest |author=Oslo Sporveier |access-date=2008-06-09 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080401132522/http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/148/T-banestasjonene-i-vest/  |archive-date = 2008-04-01}}</ref><ref name=holmenkollbanen>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/148/1019/ |title=Holmenkollbanens stasjoner |author=Oslo Sporveier |access-date=2008-06-09 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080401131606/http://www.sporveien.no/Kultur-og-historie-/148/1019/  |archive-date = 2008-04-01}}</ref> The only underground station on the pre-metro western network was Nationaltheatret, and most of the underground stations are in the common tunnel under the city center, or in shorter tunnel sections on the eastern network; in particular the Furuset Line runs mainly underground, with all but Haugerud built in or at the opening of a tunnel.<ref name=trikk33>Aspenberg, 1994: 33</ref>

Stations in the city center are located close to large employment centers as well as connections to other modes of transport, such as tram, rail and bus. All stations can be identified at ground level by signs with a blue T in a circle. Stations outside the center have been unstaffed since 1995, with ticket machines for fare purchase;<ref name=historikk /> some stations feature kiosks. A system of turnstiles has been installed, but there are no plans to activate the turnstiles, due to security issues. All stations have step-free accessibility through at least one entrance (except the inbound platform at Frøen), and the platform height is aligned with the train cars.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Reiseinformasjon/Tilgjengelighet-for-alle/ |title=Tilgjengelighet for alle |author=Ruter |access-date=2008-08-21 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011163409/http://ruter.no/Reiseinformasjon/Tilgjengelighet-for-alle/ |archive-date=October 11, 2008 |author-link=Ruter }}</ref>

=== Intermodality === [[File:Blindern stasjon.jpg|thumb|Blindern on the Ring and Sognsvann Line serves the main campus of the University of Oslo.]] {{Main|Ruter}}

The metro is integrated into the public transport system of Oslo and Akershus through the Ruter agency, allowing tickets to be also valid on the Oslo Tramway, city buses, ferries, and the Oslo Commuter Rail operated by Vy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Reiseinformasjon/Transportmidlene/ |title=Transportmidlene |author=Ruter |access-date=2008-08-07 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080428002536/http://www.ruter.no/Reiseinformasjon/Transportmidlene/  |archive-date = 2008-04-28|author-link=Ruter }}</ref> A new, wireless ticketing system, Reisekort, has been implemented in recent years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Billetter-og-priser/Hva-er-Flexus/ |author=Ruter |title=Hva er Flexus |access-date=2008-08-07 |language=no |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080427013238/http://www.ruter.no/Billetter-og-priser/Hva-er-Flexus/  |archive-date = 2008-04-27|author-link=Ruter }}</ref> As of June 2022, a single ticket for one zone (the entire metro system is in zone 1) costs NOK 39 for adults (a surcharge of NOK 20 is added if you buy onboard within zone 1);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Single ticket |url=https://ruter.no/en/buying-tickets/tickets-and-fares/single-tickets/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Ruter |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921090024/https://ruter.no/en/buying-tickets/tickets-and-fares/single-tickets/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a 30-day ticket costs NOK 814 for adults.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tickets and prices |url=https://ruter.no/en/buying-tickets/tickets-and-fares/ |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Ruter |language=en |archive-date=2016-08-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823033351/https://ruter.no/en/buying-tickets/tickets-and-fares/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This includes all means of public transport within the zone where the ticket is first activated (again, for the metro, zone 1). There is a fine of NOK 950, or NOK 1150, for not having a valid ticket, depending on whether the fine is paid on location or not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ruter.no/en/getting-help/ticket-inspections/|title=Ticket inspections|author=Ruter|access-date=30 June 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823033507/https://ruter.no/en/getting-help/ticket-inspections/|archive-date=23 August 2016|author-link=Ruter}}</ref>

Oslo maintains a street tram system with six lines, of which two are suburban lines.<ref>Bjørn and Holum, 2004: 344</ref> The street trams operate mostly within the borders of the Ring Line, providing a frequent service in the city centre, with lower average speeds but with more stops. There are major transfer points to the tramway at Majorstuen, Jernbanetorget, Jar, Storo and Forskningsparken.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/Trikken2007-12webOS.pdf |title=Trikken 2007 |author=Oslo Sporvognsdrift |year=2007 |access-date=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326165847/http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/Trikken2007-12webOS.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-26 |author-link=Oslo Sporvognsdrift }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Linjekart med T-banens stasjoner fra 15.12.2013|url=https://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/linjekart_T-bane_131215_V2.pdf|author=Ruter|date=2013-12-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224055848/https://ruter.no/Documents/Rutetabeller/Oslo/linjekart_T-bane_131215_V2.pdf|archive-date=2014-02-24|author-link=Ruter}}</ref>

The commuter train serves suburbs further away from Oslo, though some of the commuter rail services resemble a rapid transit service, in particular line L1 to Lillestrøm and Asker, line L2 to Stabekk and Ski, and line R31 to Jaren with higher service frequency through the contiguous populated area of Oslo. Transfer to railway services is available at Jernbanetorget (to Oslo S) and Nationaltheatret, the latter with a considerably shorter walk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/Skinne2007-10Web.pdf |year=2007 |title=Skinne 2007 |author=Ruter |access-date=2008-08-07 |author-link=Ruter }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=SheriffIsInTown |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Bus services are provided to numerous stations. Most bus services provide a feed into the metro system where possible, and do not then continue into town. However, since the metro operates solely into town, instead of across it, many buses operate between stations on different lines, or provide alternative routes across town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/BussAlle2007-10Web.pdf |title=Buss Alle 2007 |author=Ruter |year=2007 |access-date=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724183313/http://ruter.no/Global/PDF_filer/linjekart/BussAlle2007-10Web.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-24 |author-link=Ruter }}</ref>

==Future expansion== {{Main|Oslo Package 3}}

As part of the political agreement Oslo Package 3, a number of changes and expansions have been proposed for the Oslo Metro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akershus.no/file.php?id=4761|title=Oslopakke 3|author=Akershus County Municipality|date=2006-05-29|language=no|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719050344/http://www.akershus.no/file.php?id=4761|archive-date=2011-07-19|author-link=Akershus County Municipality}}</ref> Only one of these, the Fornebu Line, is currently being built;<ref name=":0" /> the other projects have been put on hold. ===Proposed=== *Expansion of the Furuset Line to Lørenskog with stations at Skårer, Lørenskog Centre and a new terminus at Akershus University Hospital, with travel time to Jernbanetorget of 27 minutes. *A second common tunnel from Majorstuen to Tøyen, creating two new stations at Bislett and southern Grünerløkka (Nybrua).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ruter.no:81/om-ruter/prosjekter/ny-t-banetunnel/|title=Ny T-banetunnel gjennom Oslo sentrum|website=Ruter|language=no|access-date=2019-11-01}}{{Dead link|date=August 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> All lines will stop at Stortinget, which will get four platforms. Majorstuen station will be moved underground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-A2nQbE.html|title=Foreslår nye T-banestasjoner på Bislett og Grünerløkka|last=Bentzrød|first=Christian Sørgjerd Sveinung Berg|website=Aftenposten|date=20 November 2018 |language=nb-NO|access-date=2019-11-01|archive-date=2022-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813201627/https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/A2nQbE/her-er-byraadets-plan-gaar-for-t-banestasjoner-paa-bislett-og-grunerloekka|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Under construction=== *The Fornebu Line is planned to run from Majorstuen to the old airport area at Fornebu, through Skøyen and Lysaker; a total of 6 new stations will be on this line. The line began construction in December 2020, with an opening date set around 2029, and will cost an estimated $2.6 billion USD.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NRK |date=2022-06-23 |title=Viken vedtok Fornebubanen |url=https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/viken-vedtok-fornebubanen-1.16013891 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO |archive-date=2022-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628190721/https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/viken-vedtok-fornebubanen-1.16013891 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-24 |title=The Fornebu Line |url=https://www.oslo.kommune.no/the-fornebu-line/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Oslo kommune |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625041732/https://www.oslo.kommune.no/the-fornebu-line/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The line is funded in part by Oslo and Akershus county, among other sources.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-09-27 |title=Fornebubanen |url=https://www.oslo.kommune.no/slik-bygger-vi-oslo/fornebubanen/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=Oslo kommune |language=no |archive-date=2022-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626185225/https://www.oslo.kommune.no/slik-bygger-vi-oslo/fornebubanen/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Rolling stock== [[File:I12 065 Hp Røa, ET 3198.jpg|thumb|MX3000 stock on the Ring Line]] {{Main|Oslo Metro rolling stock}} The trains on the Oslo metro are currently exclusively the MX3000, ordered in 2003 to replace the oldest T1000. Delivery started in 2006, and unlike older stock the MX3000 units are painted white instead of red. 83 three-car units were ordered in 2006;<ref name=mx3000 /> a further 32 were ordered in December 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/oslo-orders-more-metro-cars.html|access-date=2010-12-24|title=Railway Gazette: Oslo orders more metro cars|date=2010-12-24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616014236/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/oslo-orders-more-metro-cars.html|archive-date=2011-06-16}}</ref>

A number of versions of the T1000 stock have previously been used on the Oslo metro. This includes 146 cars of the types T1 through T4, which have third-rail only operation, and thus did not run on the Holmenkollen and Kolsås lines. These ran usually in units of three or six (sometimes four or five) cars. Types T5 to T8, 49 in total, delivered with both third-rail and overhead wire equipment, normally ran on the Holmenkollen line (two cars) and the Kolsås line (three cars).<ref name=trikk62 />

When the Holmenkollen Line was connected to the T-bane it was still using old teak cars; to allow through services the T2000, capable of dual-system running, was delivered in 1993. They were not particularly successful{{clarify|date=July 2025}}, and only 12 units were delivered, operating in pairs on the Holmenkollen line sometimes connecting with the Lambertseter line, and were scrapped in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/T-2000.doc |title=T-2000 |author=Oslo T-banedrift |access-date=2008-06-09 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526091015/http://www.tbane.no/userfiles/T-2000.doc |archive-date=May 26, 2011 }}</ref>

==Depots and facilities== * Avløs Depot – located near Avløs station on the Kolsås Line, it has been closed for refurbishment since 2011 and reopened in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.budstikka.no/nyheter/avlos-gammel-hall-far-ny-nabo-1.7780059|title=Avløs: Gammel hall får ny nabo|author=Budstikka.no|date=23 February 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304160509/http://www.budstikka.no/nyheter/avlos-gammel-hall-far-ny-nabo-1.7780059|archive-date=4 March 2014}}</ref> * Etterstad Depot – located on the shared section of the Østensjø Line, Furuset Line and the Lambertseter Line before Brynseng station, it is used as the main operations centre for the Oslo Metro and has a yard for maintenance of way equipment. * Majorstuen Depot – a small yard used mainly for storing trains, located close to the Oslo Tramway Museum and Majorstuen station. * Ryen Depot – the main storage and maintenance yard for all Oslo Metro trains, located on the Lambertseter Line near Ryen station.

== Network map == {{Rapid transit OSM map | system_qid = Q24492 | frame-lat = | frame-long = | frame-width = 750 | frame-height = 470 | zoom = 11 | length = yes }} {| |width=10 style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|1}};"| ||Line 1 |- |style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|2}};"| ||Line 2 |- |style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|3}};"| ||Line 3 |- |style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|4}};"| ||Line 4 |- |style="background:#{{rail color|Oslo Metro|5}};"| ||Line 5 |}

== Controversies == The company is notable for tolerating Russian propaganda in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on advertising space it owns and sells through JCDecaux; Oslo's City Government described the Russian propaganda as "garbage."<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |title=Reagerer på skiltet på T-banen: – Håper det er en «insane» aprilsnarr |url=https://www.ao.no/stillesone-pa-t-banen-har-blitt-foreslatt-politisk-mandag-tok-noen-saken-i-egne-hender/s/5-128-1000841 |access-date=17 May 2025 |work=AO}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite news |title=Flere reagerer på politisk reklame på T-banen på 17. mai. "Søppel", sier Oslos finansbyråd |url=https://www.vartoslo.no/gunnar-garbo-hallstein-bjercke-marielle-leraand/flere-reagerer-pa-politisk-reklame-pa-t-banen-pa-17-mai-soppel-sier-oslos-finansbyrad/871175 |access-date=17 May 2025 |work=Vårt Oslo}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news |title=Flere reagerer på politisk reklame på T-banen på 17. mai |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/flere-reagerer-pa-politisk-reklame-pa-t-banen-pa-17-mai/s/5-95-2437714 |access-date=17 May 2025 |work=Nettavisen}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite news |title=Politisk reklame på 17. mai får folk til å reagere |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/MnG77M/politisk-reklame-paa-17-mai-provoserer |access-date=17 May 2025 |work=Aftenposten}}</ref> The campaign was ostensibly funded by a newly established pro-Russian party. However, the party has neither reported donations anywhere near the amount required nor disclosed its funding sources, leading to strong suspicions of foreign interference and possible Russian financing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reagerer: –⁠ Ekko av russisk propaganda |url=https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3M0p3v/mathilde-tybring-gjedde-h-kritisk-til-at-partiet-fred-og-rettferdighets-reklame-med-stoette-til-ukraina |access-date=17 May 2025 |work=VG}}</ref> As a result, the Political Parties Act Committee launched an investigation into the campaign.<ref name=NRK>{{cite news |title=Nytt politisk parti nektar å oppgi kven som betalar for stor kampanje |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/nytt-politisk-parti-nektar-a-oppgi-kven-som-betalar-for-stor-kampanje-1.17422492 |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=NRK}}</ref> The campaign also drew sharp criticism from Oslo Sporveiers Arbeiderforening (OSA), the city’s largest transport union, which denounced the ads as “populist, divisive and irresponsible,” stating that such messages “pollute the urban environment” and “undermine fundamental values such as international solidarity and the fight for peace and democracy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fagforening i Sporveien Oslo tar avstand fra politisk reklame |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/xmjGQQ/oslo-sporveiers-arbeiderforening-tar-avstand-fra-splittende-politisk-reklame |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=Aftenposten}}</ref>

== References ==

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=== Bibliography === *{{cite book |author=Aspenberg, Nils Carl |title=Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo |publisher=Baneforlaget |location=Oslo |year=1994 |isbn=82-91448-03-5 |author-link=Nils Carl Aspenberg}} *{{cite book |author1=Bjerke, Thor |author2=Holom, Finn |name-list-style=amp |title=Banedata 2004 |publisher=Norsk Jernbaneklubb / Norsk Jernbanemuseum |location=Oslo / Hamar |year=2004 |isbn=82-90286-28-7}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * [http://www.tbanen.no Sporveien T-banen] {{in lang|no}} * [https://ruter.no/en Ruter] {{in lang|no}}

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