Grefsen Depot

Grefsen Depot is a tram depot, located next to the Grefsen station tram stop (the terminus of lines 17 and 18).[1] Grefsen Depot is one of the only tramway depots in Oslo, long with the Holtet depot, near the Holtet tram stop. The depot currently stores SL79, SL95 and SL18 trams after the daily operating period ends. The depot has also formerly stored the Høka, the SM90 and the SM91 stock. The entire depot takes up approximately 15, 000 square metres. [2] The depot also has an office for Sporveien Trikken (the company that operates the trams on the network).

Grefsen Depot
Location
LocationNordre Aker, Oslo, Norway
Coordinates59°56′33″N 10°46′55″E
Characteristics
OwnerSporveien
OperatorSporveien Trikken
TypeElectric Tram
Rolling stockSL79, SL95 and SL18
Routes served (Sinsen Line)
 (Grunerlokka-Torshov Line)
History
Opened1957

History

In the 1950s, there were plans to build a new, modern depot to replace the small, scattered depots across the city.[3] The depot here was opened in 1957, and replaced the depots at Torshov and Kjelsås. The depots at Homansbyen and Sagene, became used for extra carriages until their eventual closures. It was designed by architect, Georg Greve.[4] A three-story office building was erected at the southern end of the facility.[5]The depot was also formerly used as a bus garage until around 1980, when it was shifted to another location in Alnabru. The depot originally had space to hold 100 carriages and 30 busses.

One of the SM90 (Tatravogn) rolling-stock at Grefsen depot, beside an SL79 tram.

[5] The former bus garage was thereafter remodeled to become a tram workshop.[3] The depot was rebuilt in 1982 and again between 1999 and 2000.[4] The reason for this was the ordering of the low-floor SL95 trams. The most recent upgrade was between 2018 and 2021, in preparation for the arrival of the new SL18 trams. As part of the reconstruction, a new machine (which washes the exterior of the trams) was installed, tracks were replaced and heating was converted from oil to district heating.[6] According to Fremtidens Byreise, 44 of the new rolling-stock will be parked at Grefsen, while the rest are parked at Holtet's depot.[6]

Location

The depot is located along Kjelsåsveien, a road that begins at the Sinsen Interchange and terminates in Brekke. The depot is across Grefsen railway station, but is separated by Storoveien (a part of Ring 3, a highway that circumnavigates the city of Oslo.) Its official address is Storoveien 25.[7] The depot in general is located in the borough of Nordre Aker, in Oslo, Norway.

References
  1. "Linjekart for trikken" [Route map for the tram] (PDF). Ruter. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. "Grefsen base". afgruppen.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  3. Aspenberg, Nils Carls (1994). Trikker og forstadbaner i Oslo (in Norwegian). Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 35. ISBN 82-91448-03-5.
  4. "Sporveien AS - Våre trikkeholdeplasser". sporveien.com (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. Hartmann, Eivind; Mangset, Øistein (2001). Neste Stopp! (in Norwegian). Norway: Baneforlaget. p. 106.
  6. "Prosjekter - Grefsen base". Fremtidens Byreise. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  7. "Sporveien Trikken AS,". www.1881.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-02-14.
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