Montebello (station)

Montebello
Location
Place	Montebello
Municipality	Oslo
Coordinates	59°56′5″N 10°40′6″E / 59.93472°N 10.66833°E / 59.93472; 10.66833Coordinates: 59°56′5″N 10°40′6″E / 59.93472°N 10.66833°E / 59.93472; 10.66833
Line	Kolsås Line
Distance	6.0 km (3.7 mi)
Service
Opened	15 June 1942
Type	At-grade
Line(s)
Connections

Montebello is a station on the Kolsås Line (Line 6) of the Oslo Metro. The station is located between Smestad and Ullernåsen. Montebello is the first station on line 6 not shared with another line. The station is on the north side of the Ring 3 highway which runs in an arch north of Oslo. It is the closest station to the Radium Hospital which is 400 m away. Montebello is located 6.0 km from Stortinget and was first opened on June 15, 1942.^[1]

From July 1, 2006 most of the line to Kolsås, from Montebello station and outwards, was closed for upgrades. At first trains then turned at Montebello, but from July 31 Montebello was also closed with the opening of a temporary station, Husebybakken which substituted for Montebello. This temporary station was located a few hundred metres to the east of the regular station and served as the terminus for the line.^[2] On August 18, 2008, the rebuilt Montebello station was opened. The new station has a longer platform, capable of serving trains with up to six cars, an increase from three. The previous level crossing has been removed, and a third rail power supply is used throughout. Up to the upgrade of Kolsåsbanen that started in 2006, trains switched from third rail to overhead wire systems at Montebello.

References

1. ^ Subway stations in the west (sporveien.no)
2. ^ Buss erstatter Kolsåsbanen fra 1.juli (Bus replaces subway from July 1, press release from Oslo's transport company, June 22, 2006, in Norwegian)

• Proposal for design of the upgraded station (presented to the city council) (in Norwegian)

TERMINUS	NEXT STATION ← WEST	Montebello			NEXT STATION EAST→	TERMINUS
Jar	Ullernåsen		Line 6		Smestad	Ringen