The Alnabru–Grefsen Line is a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long Norwegian

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...

 railway line between Alnabru Station

Alnabru Station

Alnabru Station is a former rail station on the Hovedbanen in eastern Oslo, Norway.Alnabru was opened in 1902. The station had passengers, but was mainly concerned with goods...

 and 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...

 in 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...

. The line was built in 1901 to allow trains to go directly from the Gjøvik Line to the Hoved Line or Alnabru Freight Terminal. There is little traffic left on the line, only about four to eight trains daily, and no passenger traffic.

Possible passenger trains

Public transport

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

 and environmental

Environmentalism

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...

 advocates have tried to get passenger train services on the railway, between Lillestrøm

Lillestrøm Station

Lillestrøm Station is a railway station located at Lillestrøm in Skedsmo, Norway. The station serves as the main transportation hub of the eastern parts of Greater Oslo and all trains east of Oslo stop at Lillestrøm...

 via Alna and Grefsen to Kjelsås

Kjelsås Station

Kjelsås Station is a railway station at Kjelsås in Oslo, Norway on Gjøvikbanen. The station is located 10.28 km from Oslo S between Nydalen and Snippen at 155.6 metes above sea level and was opened in 1900, two years before the railway to Gjøvik was finished....

. This will ease transport between the Grorud Valley

Grorud Valley

The Grorud Valley is a broad valley in eastern Oslo. Four of Oslo's boroughs, Bjerke in the west, Alna in the south, Grorud in the north, and Stovner in the east, lie within the valley....

 and Økern and Nydalen

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...

, that are partially zoned for commercial development. The only present transportation possibility between the two places is via downtown Oslo. A service would involve the construction of a new station at Økern and connections to the Oslo T-bane at Økern

Økern (station)

Økern is a station on Grorud Line on the Oslo Metro between the stations of Hasle and Risløkka, 5.4 km from Stortinget station. The station is located at the intersection between the subway line and the Ring 3 highway which runs north of Oslo, and Økern is a transportation node with...

 and 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...

. Jernbaneverket has concluded that they do not want to test the service while Norges Statsbaner say they do not have enough rolling stock

Rolling stock

Rolling stock comprises all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons...

for operation on the line.