Bekkestua station

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Bekkestua
Bekkestua Metro station before the reopening.
General information
Location	Bekkestua, Bærum Norway
Coordinates	59°54′59″N 10°35′15″E / 59.91633°N 10.58756°E / 59.91633; 10.58756
Elevation	58.9 m
Owned by	Sporveien
Operated by	Sporveien T-banen Sporveien Trikken
Line(s)	Kolsås Line Lilleaker Line
Distance	11.4 km from Stortinget
Tracks	3
Connections	Bus: 140, 150, 145 (Rush Hour), 220, 230, 140N, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216 and FB3.
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	None
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1 May 1924; 100 years ago (1924-05-01)
Rebuilt	1 June 2006; 18 years ago (2006-06-01) to 15 August 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-15)
Services
Preceding station Oslo Metro Following station Gjønnes towards Kolsås Line 3 Ringstabekk towards Mortensrud Preceding station Trams in Oslo Following station Terminus Line 13 Jar towards Ljabru

Bekkestua is a station and tram stop that is served both by Oslo Metro on Kolsås Line and Oslo Tramway on Lilleaker Line situated at Bekkestua in Bærum, Norway. It is the terminus of the Lilleaker Line for tramway.

Located between Ringstabekk 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.^[1] 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 (on line 13) have returned on this line from Lilleaker to Bekkestua. Operations beyond Lilleaker 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. Bekkestua bus terminal is only a minute's walk from the metro and tram platforms (1, 2, 3).