Borgen (station)

Borgen
Location
Place	Borgen
Municipality	Oslo
Coordinates	59°56′4″N 10°41′45″E / 59.93444°N 10.69583°E / 59.93444; 10.69583Coordinates: 59°56′4″N 10°41′45″E / 59.93444°N 10.69583°E / 59.93444; 10.69583
Line	Røa Line Kolsås Line
Distance	3.8 km (2.4 mi)
Elevation	54.0 m (177.2 ft)
Service
Opened	17 November 1912
Type	At-grade
Line(s)
Connections
Bus	45 Voksen skog - Majorstuen

Borgen is a station shared by the Røa Line (line 2) and the Kolsås Line (line 6) on the Oslo T-bane system. The station is between Majorstuen and Smestad, and 3.8 km (2.4 mi) from the central station Stortinget.

The station is located on a stretch where the line runs alongside Sørkedalsveien. The large Vestre gravlund cemetery is situated to the south of the station.

The station was opened on 17 November 1912 as part of a branch line to Holmenkollbanen that went to Smestad and was later extended. There were originally four stations on this line; only Borgen and Smestad remain. The two stations that originally neighbored Borgen, Volvat in the east and Heggeli in the west, are both closed.^[1]

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