Disen tram stop

Disen
File:Disen holdeplass.jpg Disen station with a SL79 tram on the balloon loop.
General information
Location	Nordre Aker, Oslo Norway
System	Tram Station
Operated by	Sporveien Trikken
Line	Kjelsås Line File:Oslo Tramway new 11.svg File:Oslo Tramway new 12.svg
History
Opened	25 September 1934
Services
Preceding station File:Oslo Tramway Piktogram.svg Trams in Oslo Following station Storo towards Majorstuen Line 11 Doktor Smiths vei towards Kjelsås Line 12
Route map File:BSicon ulHST.svg File:BSicon uWSL+r.svg Kjelsås (1934) File:BSicon uHST.svg Kjelsåsalléen File:BSicon uHST.svg Grefsen Stadion File:BSicon uHST.svg Grefsenplatået File:BSicon uHST.svg Glads vei File:BSicon uHST.svg Doktor Smiths vei Sanatoriet File:BSicon ulHST.svg File:BSicon uWSLg+l.svg Disen File:BSicon ueHST.svg Lettvinten File:BSicon uABZg+l.svg File:BSicon udCONTfq.svg to Grefsen File:BSicon udCONTgq.svg File:BSicon uTHSTo.svg File:BSicon udCONTfq.svg Storo Ring Line File:BSicon uCONTf.svg Grünerløkka–Torshov Line
Location

Disen is a tram stop located on the Oslo Tramway network. Located in Nordre Aker in northern Oslo, the station is part of the Kjelsås Line, that operates between Storo and Kjelsås. Disen also has a balloon loop, for trams to turn around and change direction. However, trams do not regularly terminate at Disen anymore. Disen was opened on 25 September 1934. Disen was also closed along with the rest of the Kjelsås Line between 2002 and 2004. Uni-directional SL79 trams serve the tram stop, but occasionally SL95 trams serve Line 12.

Service

Disen is served by Line 11 and Line 12 of the Oslo Tramway network. Line 11 and 12 both have their westbound terminus at Majorstuen and eastbound terminus of Kjelsås. Night bus routes 11N and 12N also serve the station during the night period which lasts between 2 AM and 6 AM. Disen is also approximately 600 metres from Storo's metro station and approximately 850 metres away from Grefsen railway station.

Facilities

Disen has waiting shelters on both platforms. They are infitted with digital displays to show when the next tram will arrive at Disen. It also has a balloon loop, for trams to turn around and change direction. The balloon loop surrounds a 'resting room' that was built in 1942 and was designed by Kristofer Lange.

Reconstruction

As part of the Fremtidens Byreise (Future City Travel) programme, the tram tracks on the Kjelsås Line were upgraded between 2018 and 2020. The reason for this was partly due to the purchase and procurement of the new SL18 trams to serve Oslo, but mainly because the street was in poor condition and heavily trafficked, as well. The aim was to rebuild, repair and replace the area's tram tracks and add new asphalt to the roads. The Kjelsas Line was closed in late 2018, and a replacement bus service (route 11B) was put into place. Trams on routes 11 and 12 terminated instead at Storo, where passengers could interchange with the replacement bus service. The tram route reopened and tram traffic to Kjelsas finally resumed.

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An SM53 tram at Disen in 1971. There is another tram on the balloon loop, as well.