Jar station

Jar is a station served both by the Oslo Metro and the Oslo Tramway located in Bærum, just west of Lysakerelva which divides Oslo and Bærum. The track is shared, the tram line (Lilleaker Line) joins with the rapid transit line (Kolsås Line) on the Oslo side of the river.^[1] The station had a yellow penthouse and contained a newspaper outlet.^[2] However, after the reconstruction, the penthouse was reinstated but has a different colour.

Jar
General information
Location	Jar, Bærum Norway
Coordinates	59°55′36″N 10°37′13″E
Elevation	68.2 m (224 ft)
Owned by	Sporveien
Operated by	Sporveien T-banen
Line(s)	Kolsås Line (metro) Lilleaker Line (tramway)
Distance	9.1 km (5.7 mi) from Stortinget
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 June 1924; 100 years ago (1924-06-01)
Rebuilt	1 July 2006; 18 years ago (2006-07-01) to December 1, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-12-01)
Services
Preceding station Oslo Metro Following station Ringstabekk towards Kolsås Line 3 Kolsås Line Bjørnsletta towards Mortensrud Preceding station Trams in Oslo Following station Bekkestua Terminus Line 13 Lilleaker Line Øraker towards Ljabru

Formerly, the entire line to Kolsås was part of the tram network. Jar was originally a terminus for the defunct line 10, and had a balloon loop. However, this has been removed and since the 2nd of December 2007, tram operations (line 13) have returned on this line from Jar to Bekkestua.

As of December 2016, the Tram line 13 is running trams (every 20 minutes, 15 at weekends.) to Bekkestua.^[3] The Oslo Metro line 3 also runs with an interval of every 15 minutes.

A view of the platforms at Jar; the station penthouse is visible and is on the left (westbound platform).

References

1. "Jar stasjon" [Jar Station] (in Norwegian). Ruter. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
2. Hartmann, Eivind; Mangset, Øistein (2001). Neste stopp - verneplan for bygninger (in Norwegian). Baneforlaget. pp. 94–6. ISBN 82-91448-17-5.
3. 1. desember tar vi nye Jar stasjon i bruk (Plaque on MX3000 train) (in Norwegian). Oslo: Ruter.

External links

Media related to Jar stasjon at Wikimedia Commons

• Images from the 2010 reopening