Bekkestua (station)

22px Bekkestua
File:Bekkestua t-bane.jpg Bekkestua Metro station before the reopening.
Location	Bekkestua, Bærum Norway
Coordinates
Elevation	58.9 m
Owned by	Sporveien
Operated by	Sporveien T-banen
Line(s)	Kolsås Line
Distance	11.4 km from Stortinget
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus: 131, 143, 731, 732, 733, 771, 772, 773 and F3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 May 1924 (1924-05-01)
Rebuilt	1 June 2006 (2006-06-01) - 15 August 2011 (2011-08-15)
Services
Preceding station   Oslo Metro   Following station Gjønnes towards Østerås Line 2 Kolsås Line Ringstabekk towards Ellingsrudåsen Preceding station   15px Oslo Tramway   Following station Terminus Line 13 Lilleaker Line Jar towards Grefsen

Bekkestua is a station on Kolsås Line of the Oslo Metro situated at Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway.

Located between Egne Hjem and Gjønnes, it was reopened on 15 August 2011 after being closed on 1 July 2006. Between 1 July 2003 and November 2004, Bekkestua was the end station on the Kolsås Line. For a while the station was only being served by the Oslo Tramway line 13, while the station was closed for an upgrade.

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 turnback loop at Bekkestua. The tram operations were discontinued in 2009, but reopened in January 2014 after technical difficulties delayed the opening by one month.

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