have come from Milorg, which had a deficit of money during the war. When the Etterstad Depot became operational in 1966, the Homansbyen Depot was closed and the property sold. The tramway installations were demolished in 1969 and replaced with apartment blocks, local schools, and offices. The only still visible trace of the depot is the street name Sporveisgata ("The Tramway Street"). Facilities The installations of the depot were all built in brick and were rebuilt many times. The head office had two floors. The ground floor featured six rooms, four serving as offices. Stablemen and coaches occupied the other two rooms. The second floor consisted of apartments for the stable keeper and depot inspector and a laboratory for the horse veterinarian. The stable originally had stalls for 116 healthy and 12 ill horses. The stable was insured for 12,000 Norwegian speciedaler, twice the amount for the head office building. The wagon depot had space for 28 trams and 16 sleds. The 16 sleds were purchased between 1875 and 1879, and replaced the horsecars during the winter. The forge had space for two smiths and featured a small room where the horses were shoed. Location The depot was located in Sporveisgata, between Bergsliens gate and the street junction Pilestredet–Sporveisgata. The street Sporveisgata was in the beginning only a branch from Pilestredet, but it became a street in its own right in 1879, after the tramway installations had been constructed. While it was located in a branch to Pilestredet, the depot had Pilestredet 75 as its address. After the branch had its name changed to Sporveisgata, the address was renamed Sporveisgata 8. Initially, the depot was located at the very end of the Homansbyen Line. 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. Sporveisgata stretches from Bogstadveien in the south-east to Thereses gate in the north-west. , the nearest tram stops to the depot are Bislett on the Ullevål Hageby Line and Rosenborg on the Briskeby Line. References Notes Bibliography Oslo Tramway depots 1875 establishments in Norway 1966 disestablishments in Norway