Though not originally planned, when 800 m2 of the street collapsed during the construction of the first parts of Fellestunnelen, a station was built anyway. It was closed in 1985 due its proximity to Majorstuen, and it was both difficult and dangerous to expand the station to accommodate trains with more than two cars (which was needed for the conversion of the western lines to metro).
The former station building is now used as an independent fast food café, but the staircase to the platform is maintained to provide access to emergency and maintenance personnel and act as an emergency exit. Inside the former station there were illuminated billboards behind the platforms; however, as of December 2013, the billboards are gone and the backlights are either broken or missing.
The station was an important location in the 2017 Norwegian TV-series Valkyrien.[3]
Valkyrie Plass, August 2011
References
^Arntzen, Jon Gunnar; Hansen, Stig-Audun (14 September 2009). "Kommunikasjoner" [Communications]. OSLO 1925—1945. OSLO (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kom forlag. pp. 84–88.
^Rønneberg, Kjell, ed. (2000). Oslo-kartboka 2000 (in Norwegian) (15th ed.). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 194. ISBN82-02-18615-3.
^"Valkyrien". NordicDrama.com. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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