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Nydalen (station)
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Nydalen is a rapid transit station on the Ring Line of the Oslo Metro. It is located at Nydalen
in the Nordre Aker
borough of Oslo
, Norway
. The station opened on 20 August 2003, as part of the first section of the Ring Line to Storo. The station is served by lines 4, 5 and 6 of the metro, as well as several local bus services. Artistic effort was put into the construction of the station, and the escalators were built into the Tunnel of Light exhibition. Close by the station is the Norwegian School of Management
(BI) campus and several large working places.
. Construction started in June 2000, and Nydalen was opened on 20 August 2003, at the same time as Storo
.
The background for building the rapid transit system to Nydalen, was the urban redevelopment from an industrial to a mixed residential and commercial area during the 1990s and 2000s. About 200 companies have moved to the vicinity of the station, and by 2007 there were 14,800 jobs in the area. The area has several large information technology and telecommunication companies, including ErgoGroup
, Agresso, EDB Business Partner
, Visma
, TDC
and NetCom
. Large cultural institutions in the area include the national touring theater Riksteatret
and the national touring concerts Concerts Norway
, the publishing companies Hjemmet Mortensen, De Norske Bokklubbene and Schibsted
's printing press. Public offices include the offices of the Nodre Aker Borough and the Norwegian Police Security Service.
In 2005, the Norwegian School of Management (BI) moved into their new campus across the street from Nydalen Station. Seven thousand students plus faculty work at the school, of which 85% use public transport. From 2011, the new Nydalen Upper Secondary School
will also be located in Nydalen.
. The station's center platform is located 12 metres (39.4 ft) underground, with an entrance pavilion at street level. The pavilion has a composition of horizontal and vertical levels and planes. Between these, which are dynamically cast in relation to each other, are the modes of descent down to the platform area: i.e. elevators, escalators and staircases. The planes were built of black basalt
, supplemented with large glass spaces that opens up the pavilion. A red glass box, that symbolizes the red trains, stands as a "signal". The platforms is 110 metres (360.9 ft) long, allowing for six-car trains, and is covered with white granite and a paneled ceiling. The rail area has black concrete walls. There is effect lighting around the columns and recessed spotlights horizontally along the platform. The station is owned by Kollektivtransportproduksjon.
The Tunnel of Light is an artistic display of color and sound surrounding the escalator at the station. 1800 fluorescent lamp
s and 44 speakers are installed behind a layer of glass along the corridor, steadily changing color and mood. The theme
is based on different experiences of travel in time and place. There are light and sound combinations for all seasons and all phases of life. The project was initiated by Kristin Jarmund. The light system was developed by Per Åge Lyså at Intravision System, and the software that mixes sound and color was developed by Yngve Sandboe. The music was composed by Bjarne Kvinnsland, mainly based on recorded samples. Among these are text written and performed by Beate Grimsrud.
. Lines 4 and 5 operate counterclockwise through the ring via the western part of town into the Common Tunnel, while line 6 operates clockwise via the eastern part into the Common Tunnel. Line 5 continues eastwards only to Storo
before stopping; lines 4 and 6 swap numbers between Nydalen and Storo. Travel time from Nydalen to Stortinget
is 13 minutes clockwise and 12 minutes counterclockwise. Therefore, any traveler heading for the city center can get on the first train, independent of its direction (except line 5 to Storo), and can be certain it will be the quickest connection to the downtown area.
There is a railway station on the Gjøvik Line also called Nydalen, that is served by NSB Gjøvikbanen as part of the Oslo Commuter Rail
. It is located many hundred meters from the metro station, and the two do not offer interconnections. There is a shorter connection to the Gjøvik Line at Storo (that connects with Grefsen Station
). Nydalen also serves several bus routes. Line 37 via the city center to Helsfyr
operates from across the street at Nydalen, while additional buses are located somewhat further away. They consist a feeder service to Lillo Terrasse (line 55) as well as lines 30 to Bygdøy
, 51 to Maridalen
and 58 to Helsfyr.
Nydalen
Nydalen is a neighbourhood in the Nordre Aker borough in northern Oslo, Norway.- History :Since the late 19th century Nydalen has been a largely industrial area...
in the Nordre Aker
Nordre Aker
Nordre Aker is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.-History:This area became part of the city of Oslo in 1948. Before that it was a part of Aker municipality in Akershus county.-Demographics and housing:...
borough of Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, 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 opened on 20 August 2003, as part of the first section of the Ring Line to Storo. The station is served by lines 4, 5 and 6 of the metro, as well as several local bus services. Artistic effort was put into the construction of the station, and the escalators were built into the Tunnel of Light exhibition. Close by the station is the Norwegian School of Management
Norwegian School of Management
BI Norwegian Business School former name BI Norwegian School of Management is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total 6 campuses with the main one located in Oslo.-History:...
(BI) campus and several large working places.
History
The process of establishing a Ring Line to serve the northern parts of Oslo started in the late 1980s. The plans were passed by the city council in 1997, and financing was secured in 2000 through Oslo Package 2Oslo Package 2
The Oslo Package 2 or O2 is a political agreement for financing investments in public transport in Oslo and Akershus, Norway. The program runs from 2001 to 2011, and includes many large and small investments in railways, the Oslo Tramway, the Oslo Metro and infrastructure for buses. Total budget is...
. Construction started in June 2000, and Nydalen was opened on 20 August 2003, at the same time as Storo
Storo (station)
Storo is a rapid transit station on the Ring Line of the Oslo Metro, and a tram station on the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is located at Storo in the Nordre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. The tram station opened on 28 November 1902, and the rapid transit station on 20 August...
.
ErgoGroup
thumb|250px|From IT-tinget 2007 in TønsbergErgoGroup is a Nordic information technology corporation, systems integrator and consulting company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The company operates within IT operations, business solutions, outsourcing, infrastructure and consulting...
, Agresso, EDB Business Partner
EDB Business Partner
EDB Business Partner , branded as EDB is a Norwegian information technology company that supplies a vast array of services relating to computing, including operation, outsourcing and online banking. The company is headquartered in Oslo and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Telenor owns 51.3% of EDB...
, Visma
Visma
Visma is a supplier of business software, outsourcing services, commerce solutions, retail IT solutions, and IT related development and consultancy. Visma has 240 000 customers in Northern Europe...
, TDC
TDC A/S
TDC A/S is the former telecom monopoly in Denmark. It is now privatized. Thus, it is the biggest company in all aspects of telecommunications in Denmark with landline, mobile, Internet, VHF maritime borderline-radio etc.By the end of 2004, the TDC Group had more than 13.4 mil. customers in Europe:...
and NetCom
Netcom
Netcom may refer to:*U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command /9th Signal Command *China Netcom, telecom company in mainland China*NetCom , Norwegian mobile phone operator...
. Large cultural institutions in the area include the national touring theater Riksteatret
Riksteatret
Riksteatret is a Norwegian touring theatre. It was established by law in 1948. Its first performance was in Kirkenes in 1949, with Sigurd Christiansen's play En reise i natten. The theatre plays on about 200 different stages throughout the country. Its first theatre director was Fritz von der...
and the national touring concerts Concerts Norway
Concerts Norway
Concerts Norway was established in 1967 on the initiative of the Arts Council Norway , with the main purpose described as follows: "Concerts Norway should do living music of high artistic quality accessible to all people in the country." The organization had its opening concert in Hammerfest...
, the publishing companies Hjemmet Mortensen, De Norske Bokklubbene and Schibsted
Schibsted
Schibsted is a Norwegian media conglomerate with operations in 20 countries, the most important being Norway and Sweden. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange....
's printing press. Public offices include the offices of the Nodre Aker Borough and the Norwegian Police Security Service.
In 2005, the Norwegian School of Management (BI) moved into their new campus across the street from Nydalen Station. Seven thousand students plus faculty work at the school, of which 85% use public transport. From 2011, the new Nydalen Upper Secondary School
Nydalen Upper Secondary School
Nydalen Upper Secondary School is an under construction upper secondary school that will be located at Nydalen in the borough of Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. It will replace Grefsen Upper Secondary School and Sandaker Upper Secondary School...
will also be located in Nydalen.
Facilities
Nydalen Station is an underground station located on the tunnel section of the Ring Line between Tåsen and Storo. The 4000 square metres (43,055.6 sq ft) station was drawn by architect Kristin JarmundKristin Jarmund
Kristin Jarmund is a Norwegian architect. She is educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology and the Architectural Association School of Architecture...
. The station's center platform is located 12 metres (39.4 ft) underground, with an entrance pavilion at street level. The pavilion has a composition of horizontal and vertical levels and planes. Between these, which are dynamically cast in relation to each other, are the modes of descent down to the platform area: i.e. elevators, escalators and staircases. The planes were built of black basalt
Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually grey to black and fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava at the surface of a planet. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals in a fine matrix, or vesicular, or frothy scoria. Unweathered basalt is black or grey...
, supplemented with large glass spaces that opens up the pavilion. A red glass box, that symbolizes the red trains, stands as a "signal". The platforms is 110 metres (360.9 ft) long, allowing for six-car trains, and is covered with white granite and a paneled ceiling. The rail area has black concrete walls. There is effect lighting around the columns and recessed spotlights horizontally along the platform. The station is owned by Kollektivtransportproduksjon.
Fluorescent lamp
A fluorescent lamp or fluorescent tube is a gas-discharge lamp that uses electricity to excite mercury vapor. The excited mercury atoms produce short-wave ultraviolet light that then causes a phosphor to fluoresce, producing visible light. A fluorescent lamp converts electrical power into useful...
s and 44 speakers are installed behind a layer of glass along the corridor, steadily changing color and mood. The theme
Theme (arts)
In the visual arts, a theme is a broad idea or a message conveyed by a work, such as a performance, a painting, or a motion picture. This message is usually about life, society or human nature. Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a work. Themes are usually implied...
is based on different experiences of travel in time and place. There are light and sound combinations for all seasons and all phases of life. The project was initiated by Kristin Jarmund. The light system was developed by Per Åge Lyså at Intravision System, and the software that mixes sound and color was developed by Yngve Sandboe. The music was composed by Bjarne Kvinnsland, mainly based on recorded samples. Among these are text written and performed by Beate Grimsrud.
Service
Lines 4, 5 and 6 of the Oslo Metro operate to Nydalen, each with a 15-minute headwayHeadway
Headway is a measurement of the distance/time between vehicles in a transit system. The precise definition varies depending on the application, but it is most commonly measured as the distance from the tip of one vehicle to the tip of the next one behind it, expressed as the time it will take for...
. Lines 4 and 5 operate counterclockwise through the ring via the western part of town into the Common Tunnel, while line 6 operates clockwise via the eastern part into the Common Tunnel. Line 5 continues eastwards only to Storo
Storo (station)
Storo is a rapid transit station on the Ring Line of the Oslo Metro, and a tram station on the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is located at Storo in the Nordre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. The tram station opened on 28 November 1902, and the rapid transit station on 20 August...
before stopping; lines 4 and 6 swap numbers between Nydalen and Storo. Travel time from Nydalen to 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,...
is 13 minutes clockwise and 12 minutes counterclockwise. Therefore, any traveler heading for the city center can get on the first train, independent of its direction (except line 5 to Storo), and can be certain it will be the quickest connection to the downtown area.
There is a railway station on the Gjøvik Line also called Nydalen, that is served by NSB Gjøvikbanen as part of the Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail
Oslo Commuter Rail is a commuter rail centered in Oslo, Norway, connecting the capital to six counties in Eastern Norway. The system is operated by the Norwegian State Railways and its subsidiary NSB Gjøvikbanen, using Class 69 and Class 72 electric multiple units . The network spans eight routes...
. It is located many hundred meters from the metro station, and the two do not offer interconnections. There is a shorter connection to the Gjøvik Line at Storo (that connects with Grefsen Station
Grefsen Station
Grefsen Station is a railway station at Storo in Oslo, Norway on the Gjøvik Line. From the station there is also a short railway, the Alnabru–Grefsen Line, to Alna on the Hoved Line. The station is located 6.82 km from Oslo Central Station and is located between Tøyen and Nydalen at 109.2 metes...
). Nydalen also serves several bus routes. Line 37 via the city center to Helsfyr
Helsfyr (station)
Helsfyr is a subway station on the east side of the Oslo Metro system located in the borough of Gamle Oslo. The station is shared by the Furuset Line , the Østensjø Line and the Lambertseter Line . In addition, Line 1, which runs on Holmenkollen Line in the west, terminates at Helsfyr...
operates from across the street at Nydalen, while additional buses are located somewhat further away. They consist a feeder service to Lillo Terrasse (line 55) as well as lines 30 to Bygdøy
Bygdøy
Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner.Bygdøy has several museums, like the Kon-Tiki Museum, which shows all year long the legendary expeditions of Thor Heyerdahl; the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History ; the...
, 51 to Maridalen
Maridalen
Maridalen is a valley situated just north of Oslo, Norway, just above the suburb of Kjelsås. Most of the valley is made up of a lake known as Maridalsvannet, that serves as the primary source of drinking water for 90% of Oslo's population. The valley is a popular recreational area with many hiking...
and 58 to Helsfyr.