Engerjordet (station)
Engerjordet | |
|---|---|
 Engerjordet Station ca. 1910-1915 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Oslo Norway |
| Coordinates | 59°56′57.10″N 10°41′57.15″E / 59.9491944°N 10.6992083°E |
| Owned by | Holmenkolbanen |
| Line(s) | Holmenkollen Line |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| History | |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Closed | 1935 |
Engerjordet is a former light rail station on the Holmenkollen Line in Oslo, Norway. It opened in 1898, to serve the resident Holmenkolbanen's executives. The station had a simple wooden platform and saw limited patronage. It was closed in 1935.
History[edit]
The station was established concurrently with the line, on 31 May 1898.[1] The distance to the neighboring stations was negligible: only 250 meters to Slemdal However, two influential people in the operating company Holmenkolbanen lived in the vicinity. The one was engineer Halvor Emil Heyerdahl, who lived at Heyerdahls vei 1 (named for himself). Presumably the station was at first not official, but trams would stop there to let the executives on and off. During the 1900s it received a platform. By then Johannes Harbitz, who also lived adjacent to the station, had become the company's director. Owing to limited patronage the station was closed in 1935, despite protests from residents.[1] It remains the only station to have been closed on the line.[2]
Facilities[edit]
The station was situated at the intersection of Slemsdalsveien and Heyerdals vei. It was equipped with a simple, wooden platform on the one side. The station was located between Slemdal and Ris. Due to the vicinity to these stations there were few passengers who used Engerjordet.[2] The station was named for the farm Enger.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Holden, Finn (2000). Vinderen – fra fangstboplass til moderne bydel. Oslo: Baneforlaget. pp. 92–95.
- ^ a b Munthe, Preben (2004). "Steinerud stasjon" (PDF). Vinderen Historielags Medlemsblad (in Norwegian). 49. Vinderen Historielag: 30–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Engerjordet". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2000. p. 124.
