Egne hjem was a Oslo Metro and Oslo Tramway station on the Kolsås Line located in Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The station is situated between Ringstabekk

Ringstabekk (station)

Ringstabekk was a station on the Kolsås Line on the Oslo Metro system. Located in Bærum it was between Bekkestua and Tjernsrud, 10.5 km west of Stortinget.The station was opened on 1 July 1924 as part of the tramway Bærum Line....

 and Bekkestua

Bekkestua (station)

Bekkestua is a station on Kolsås Line of the Oslo Metro situated at Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway.Located between Egne Hjem and Gjønnes it is being served by the Oslo Tramway line 13 while the Kolsås Line is closed for upgrade...

, 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) from Stortinget

Stortinget (station)

Stortinget is an underground rapid transit station on the Common Line of the Oslo Metro, Norway. It is located in the heart of the city center, next to Stortinget, the Parliament of Norway. The station is served by all six lines of the metro. At the street level, the station serves tram routes 17,...

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The station was opened on 3 November 1924. It is currently the least busy station on this subway line and is located only 300 metres (984.3 ft) from Ringstabekk and 450 metres (1,476.4 ft) from Bekkestua. Because of this, after the line closed in 2006 the station will not be reopened, to increase the overall speed of the trains.

Subway operations have been suspended on this line pending upgrades. Since 2 December 2007 tram operations (line 13) have returned on this line from Jar to Bekkestua. Operations beyond Jar use SL95 trams as there is no balloon loop

Balloon loop

A balloon loop or turning loop allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or even stop. Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains, such as coal trains....

 at Bekkestua.

The company responsible for public transport in Oslo, Ruter

Ruter

Ruter As is the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus, Norway. The company, organized as a limited company is responsible for managing, but not operating, public transport in the two counties, including bus, the Oslo Metro, the Oslo Tramway and ferries...

, has the long-term objective of opening the Kolsås Line for Metro use again.