Alnabanen

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Alnabanen

Legend Gjøvikbanen from Roa 0.00 km Grefsen Station (1900) Rv4 Trondheimsveien Sinsen Gjøvikbanen to Oslo S sidespor til Per Kure A/S Rv150 Økernkrysset branch line to teglverk sidespor til former Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrik branch line to Ulven (former Oslo Trelastkompani) branch line to Alna West Loenga-Alnabrulinjen Hovedbanen from Oslo S 4.33 km Alnabru Station (1900) Alna Station 5.19 km Alnabru S (Alnabruterminalen) connection to Hovedbanen Rv191 Nedre Kalbakkvei branch line to Leirdal Statsbanenes workshop Nyland Station Hovedbanen to Lillestrøm

Alnabanen is a 5 km long Norwegian railway line between Alnabru Station and Grefsen Station in Oslo. The line was built in 1900 to allow trains to go directly from Gjøvikbanen to Hovedbanen or Alnabru. There is little traffic left on the line, only about four to eight trains daily, and no passenger traffic.

[edit] Possible passenger trains

Public transportation and environmental advocates have tried to get passenger train services on the railway, between Lillestrøm via Alna and Grefsen to Kjelsås. This will ease transport between the Grorud Valley and Økern and Nydalen, that are partially zoned for commercial development. The only present transportation possibility between the two places is via downtown Oslo. A service would involve the construction of a new station at Økern and connections to the Oslo T-bane at Økern and Storo. Jernbaneverket has concluded that they do not want to test the service while Norges Statsbaner say they do not have enough rolling stock for operation on the line.^[1]

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