Skillebekk (station)

Skillebekk
Location Skillebekk, Oslo
Norway
Coordinates 59°54′46″N 10°42′40″E / 59.912773°N 10.711026°E / 59.912773; 10.711026Coordinates: 59°54′46″N 10°42′40″E / 59.912773°N 10.711026°E / 59.912773; 10.711026
Line(s)

Skøyen Line

13 
History
Opened 2 March 1894

Skillebekk is a light rail station on the Oslo Tramway.

Located at Skillebekk, it was opened by Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei on 2 March 1894 as a part of the first stretch of what would become the Skøyen Line.[1] It is served by line 13.

The station is named after the brook Skillebekken. The first element is skille n 'division, border', the last element is the finite form of bekk m 'beck, brook'. The brook marked the western limit of Oslo city until 1879.

References

  1. Aspenberg, Nils Carl (1994). Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo. Oslo: Baneforlaget. p. 7. ISBN 82-91448-03-5.
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