Eiksmarka is a station on the Røa Line of the Oslo Metro. It is located between Ekraveien

Ekraveien (station)

Ekraveien is the last Oslo Metro station on the Røa Line within Oslo's city limits. It is between the stations Røa and Eiksmarka. It was opened 22 December 1948 when the Røa Line was extended to Grini....

 and Lijordet

Lijordet (station)

Lijordet is a station on the Røa Line of the Oslo Metro. It is located between Østerås and Eiksmarka, 9.6 km from Stortinget. It is the second of three stations on the Røa Line within Bærum municipality, and passengers travelling here from Oslo need to pay a higher fare.The station was opened in...

, 8.9 km 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 in 1951 as part of the extension to Lijordet. After the closing of Grini

Grini (station)

Grini is a former subway station on the Røa Line of the Oslo Metro.The station was located between Ekraveien and Eiksmarka, and was opened when the Røa Line was extended into Bærum on 22 December 1948. It was the first station on the Røa Line located in Bærum; the line would later be extended to...

 in 1995, it is the first of three stations on the Røa Line within 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....

 municipality, and passengers travelling here from Oslo need to pay a higher fare. The station serves northwestern Bærum, including Eiksmarka

Eiksmarka

Eiksmarka is a suburb of the Norwegian municipality of Bærum with around 4,000 inhabitants, just west of Oslo. It is served by Eiksmarka station.It is an affluent area in the most expensive part of Bærum, north of the borough of Jar...

 and Fossum; to the north of the station is the Eiksmarka school.

The station was the site of a murder in 2002 when a 22 year old Ethiopian woman was stabbed to death by her husband.