It also serves as a light rail station for the Ullevål Hageby Line of the Oslo Tramway.

In 1991, the Norwegian Parliament decided to build a new facility for Rikshospitalet at Gaustad, and to serve the hospital by an extension of the Ullevål Hageby Line.

Gaustad Station on the Holmenkoll Line of the rapid transit is located within a few hundred meters of the hospital.

Vestgrensa was deemed too far away by planners, and a transfer station would need to be established between the light rail and the Sognsvann Line.

There also arose a disagreement between the city and the state as to who should be paying for the light rail line, should it should be built.

[4][5] The new light rail started services on 1 June 1999,[6] and the rapid transit station opened on 22 August.

The light rail offers transfer service to the hospital, but it is still within walking distance from Forskningsparken.

Designed by the architect firm Arkitektskap, both stations are open to the air and have sheds in both directions.