Stortinget (station)

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Stortinget
Location
Place Downtown
Municipality Oslo
Line Common tunnel
Distance 0.0 km
Elevation -9.0 m asl
Service
Type Underground
Line(s)

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Connections
11 Majorstuen
11 Kjelsås
17, 18 Rikshospitalet
17 Grefsen
18 Ljabru

Stortinget subway station on the Oslo T-bane is on the stretch shared by all the subway lines on the Oslo T-bane. It is in underground station, located next to the Norwegian parliament Stortinget. The next station to the west is Nationaltheatret, the next station to the east is Jernbanetorget.

Stortinget has four platforms. Most regular trains, which travel through the city centre use the main platforms which were formerly used only for trains on the western side of the network, now almost all trains use these platforms. At each side is a platform for trains from the east terminating at Stortinget. Before the subway lines were joined together these platforms were in heavy use, but now they are used only for a small number of extra trains. A loop which passes underneath the main track connects the two side platforms, allowing the trains to turn without having to reverse direction.

Stortinget was opened in 1977 under the name "Sentrum" ("Center") as the end terminus for the eastern T-bane lines. Water leakages in the station forced its closure in 1983 for repairs. It was reopened in 1987, now as the end terminus for the western lines as well. In 1992 the first trains which went through Stortinget started operating with the upgraded Sognsvannsbanen being connected with Lambertseterbanen.

TERMINUS NEXT STATION
← WEST		 Stortinget NEXT STATION
EAST→		 TERMINUS
Frognerseteren Nationaltheatret Line 1 Jernbanetorget Bergkrystallen
Østerås Line 2 Ellingsrudåsen
Sognsvann Line 3 Mortensrud
Ringen Line 4 Bergkrystallen
Storo Line 5 Vestli
Husebybakken Line 6 Ringen