Røa (station)

Infobox T-bane station
name = Røa


caption =
locale = Vestre Aker
municipality = Oslo
line = Røabanen
distance = 7.5 km
elevation = 142.4 m
coordinates = coord|59|56|48|N|10|38|38|E|display=title,inline|region:NO-03_scale:50000_type:railwaystation
start = 1935
type = At-grade
line1 =
line2 = yes
line3 =
line4 =
line5 =
line6 =
train =
flytoget =
tram =
bus = 32 Ladegården - Voksen Skog
41 Sørkedalen|

Røa is a station on Røabanen (line 2) of the Oslo T-bane system, located in the Vestre Aker borough, 7.5 km away from Stortinget. The station is located between the stations of Hovseter and Ekraveien. The station is part of the old western suburban rail network and was opened on January 24 1935. [ [http://www.sporveien.no/templates/Page____1033.aspx T-bane stations in the west] ] Up until 1951 it was the terminus station, but the line was extended to Grini in 1948 and to Østerås in 1972. [ [http://www.tbane.no/historie/index.asp Timeline of the Oslo T-bane] ]

The station is one of the transportation nodes in the west, and four bus lines connect with the station. The daily ridership is in the order of 4000. [ [http://www.vegvesen.no/region_ost/prosjekter/roa/konskvenseutredning/hoved_rapport_w.pdf Report from Statens vegvesen on building the Røa Rv168 road tunnel] (Norwegian road authority), in Norwegian]

References

Oslo T-bane next
station = Røa
line2 = yes
west2 = Ekraveien
east2 = Hovseter
westspan2 = 1
eastspan2 = 1|