Homansbyen Depot

Homansbyen Depot (Norwegian: Homansbyen vognhall), officially Kristiania Sporveisanlæg ("Kristiania Tramway Installation") was an Oslo Tramway depot located at Sporveisgata 8 near Bislett in Oslo, Norway.

The facilities were designed by Henrik Thrap-Meyer and featured an administrative office, a horse stable, a forge, a workshop, a weighing shed, and a wagon depot.

[4] It was constructed with a building housing the company's administrative office, horse stables, a wagon depot, a forge, and a weighing shed.

[7] In 1907, the administrative office was completely rebuilt two years later, and an additional 60-meter (200 ft) long tramway depot was constructed in Pilestredet.

[7] When Oslo Sporveier acquired all the city's private tram companies in 1924, Homansbyen became the head office.

[10] During the World War II, on August 29, 1944, two armed men entered the payroll office in Underhaugsveien and stole 120,000 Norwegian krone (NOK), while demanding the local treasurer Knut Holmstøen and his assistant to hold their hands lifted.

[11] The tramway installations were demolished in 1969 and replaced with apartment blocks, local schools, and offices.

[5] The second floor consisted of apartments for the stable keeper and depot inspector and a laboratory for the horse veterinarian.

Consequently, trams traveling to the depot had to run from the terminus Hygiea, via a curve from Josefines gate over Bislett and Pilestredet to Sporveisgata 8.