Sagene Ring

Sagene Line
Overview
Type	Tramway
System	Oslo Tramway
Status	Abandoned
Termini	Treschows gate Kirkegata
Operation
Opened	24 November 1899
Closed	4 April 1998
Operator(s)	Oslo Sporveier
Character	Tramway
Technical
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	600 V DC
Route map  Treschows gate Sagene Church, Arendalsgata Dannevigsveien Sagene vognhaller  Bentzebrugata Kierschows gate  Vogts gatefrom Grefsen Geitmyrsveien Colletts gate, Toftes gate Ullevålsveien, Sannergata  Schleppegrells gate  Thorvald Meyers gate  Trondheimsveienfrom Sinsen  Nybrua Akersgata, Storgata  Stortorvet Karl Johans gate  Kirkegata This diagram:

The Sagene Line (Norwegian: Sagenelinjen) is an abandoned line of the Oslo Tramway in Norway. It ran from Stortorvet in the city center along Akersgata and Ullevålsveien through the neighborhood of St. Hanshaugen. It then continued along Colletts gate, Geitmyrsveien and Kierschouws gate to Sagene. At Sagene Church it had a regulation stop and access to Sagene Depot. The line continued along Bentsebrugata to Torshov, where it intersected with the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line.

The line was the first tramway opened by Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie (KKS), on 24 November 1899. Originally the line ran from Athenæum to Sagene Church. The company and the line were taken over by Kristiania Sporveisselskab (KSS) in 1905. The line was expanded on 28 December 1914 with the connection to Torshov. From 1915 Sagene was served by Sagene Ring, a circle line service which combined the Sagene Line with the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line. Operations were taken over by Oslo Sporveier in 1924. From that year until 1949 there was a branch line from Bentsebrugata, the Korsvoll Line. Services on the Sagene Ring terminated in 1957. As part of a planned closing of the tramway, the Sinsen Line from Stortorvet to Sagene was closed in 1966. Services remained from Sagene to Torshov until 1998.

Sagene Ring started downtown at Athenæum in Akersgata, near the Parliament of Norway Building. It through Karl Johans gate and then headed northwards into the neighborhoods of St. Hanshaugen and Sagene. It ran along Ullevålsveien, Colletts gate, Geitemyrsveien and Kierschouws gate. This section had a length of 3.5 kilometers (2.2 mi) in 1905. It then continued through a loop near Sagene Church, where there was a connection to Sagene Depot, along Bentesebrugata, over Bentse Bridge to Torshov. There is connected to the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line. There was also a branch, the Korsvoll Line, which ran from Bentsebrugata along Advokat Dehlis plass and Bergensgata to Lisa Kristoffersens plass.

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