Oslotunnel
| Oslotunnel | ||||
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 An airport express train ( Flytoget ) in the National Theater station
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| use | Railway tunnel | |||
| traffic connection | Connection of the western and eastern rail lines | |||
| place | Oslo | |||
| length | 3,635 m | |||
| Number of tubes | 1 with two tracks | |||
| construction | ||||
| completion | 1980 | |||
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| operator | Jernbaneverket | |||
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| Coordinates | ||||
| East portal Oslo Sentralstasjon | 59 ° 54 ′ 39 ″ N , 10 ° 45 ′ 1 ″ E | |||
| West portal Skøyen | 59 ° 55 ′ 10 ″ N , 10 ° 41 ′ 29 ″ E | |||
Map with all coordinates: The Oslotunnel (norw. Oslotunnelen ) is a railway tunnel in Oslo , Norway between the stations Oslo S and Skøyen . It connects the western railway lines with the eastern ones. The tunnel is 3,635 meters long and has two tracks. There is an underground train station at the National Theater . On part of the route, the tunnel shares the route with the underground ( T-bane ). There the subway runs on a second floor above the railway.
Oslotunnel used to be the name for the E18 road tunnel between the Havnelageret storage building and Frognerkilen. In order to avoid confusion, this was renamed in 1998 in Fortress Tunnel ( Festningstunnelen ).
history
Construction of the tunnel was decided in 1968, but was not completed until 1980. This connected the western and eastern railway lines, which previously ended in the stations Oslo V ( Vestbanen ) and Oslo Ø ( Østbanen ).
The original plan included two stations in the tunnel - Elisenberg and Nationaltheater ( Nationaltheatret ). Construction of both stations began, but only the National Theater was completed, initially with a platform, two tracks and an exit to the east. In 1999 the station was expanded and got four tracks, increasing the capacity of the tunnel from 16 to 24 trains per hour in each direction. At the same time the station received an additional western exit. King Harald V opened the converted National Theater station on December 6, 1999.
