Vippetangen Line

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name = Vippetangen Line
nativename = Vippetanglinjen
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type = Tram
system = Oslo Tramway
status = Abandoned
locale = Oslo, Norway
start = Tollbugata
end = Vippetangen
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open = 28 August 1900
close = 15 February 1967
owner = Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie (1900–05)
Kristiania Sporveisselskab (1905–24)
Oslo Sporveier (1924–67)
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The Vippetangen Line of the Oslo Tramway, Norway, ran from Tollbugata in the city center to Vippetangen between 1900 to 1967. It was built by Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie (KKS).

History

The line was built as the third and final by the municipal Kristiania Kommunale Sporvei, opening on 28 August 1900. The service went through the city center to Anetheum to St. Hanshaugen. The track was transferred to Kristiania Sporveisselskab (KSS) when it bought KKS in 1905, and again to Oslo Sporveier in 1924 when it took over KSS. Just after the KSS takeover the line was extended from Festningsbryggen to Vippetangen on 8 November 1905. The Vippetangen area is an important ferry quay and port that grew up, and both domestic and international ships provided the basis for passengers. Passenger transport was terminated in 1964 as part of the plan to abandon the tramway network in Oslo. [cite book |author=Aspenberg, Nils Carl |title=Trikker og forstadsbaner i Oslo |publisher=Baneforlaget |location=Oslo |year=1994 |isbn=82-91448-03-5 |pages=7]

From 1918 KSS started operating freight trams transporting grain from the silos at Vippetangen to the mills in Grünerløkka and Sandaker. Four passenger cars were rebuilt to carry the cargo, but in 1932 two specially built freight cars were built; the service was very profitable, and the mill company Bjølsen Valsemølle wanted to continue the service after, but road construction forced the tram line to be pulled up after the last service ran on 15 February 1967. [Aspenberg, 1994: 28]

Future plans

Though the old tracks have been razed, plans exist to build a new tramway to serve Vippetangen. The new line, that would be part of the Fjord Line would follow around the edge of the peninsula, instead of running through it. There are no specific dates for this expansion that is to become the main transport corridor through the urban renewal project named the Fjord City. [cite web |url=http://www.prosjekt-fjordbyen.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/fjordbykontoret%20%28FJORDBYEN%29/Internett%20%28FJORDBYEN%29/Dokumenter/rapport/Tilgjengelighet%20og%20transport%20i%20Fjordbyen.pdf |title=Tilgjengelighet i Fjordbyen Del 3 Prinsipper for transportsystemet |author=Oslo Waterfront Planning Office |date=2006-11-16 |pages=87]

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