Makrellbekken is a station on the Røa Line (Line 2) of the Oslo Metro in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located between the stations of Smestad

Smestad (station)

Smestad is a station shared by the Røa Line and the Kolsås Line on the Oslo T-bane system. Although the two lines continue to share track some time after Smestad, passing the former station of Sørbyhaugen which was also shared, they diverge before passing another station...

 and Holmen

Holmen (station)

Holmen is a station on the Røa Line of the Oslo T-bane system. It is located between Makrellbekken and Hovseter. The station is 6.1 km from Stortinget. Holmen was opened on January 24, 1935 when the line was completed to Røa...

, 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) from Stortinget

Stortinget (station)

Stortinget is an underground rapid transit station on the Common Line of the Oslo Metro, Norway. It is located in the heart of the city center, next to Stortinget, the Parliament of Norway. The station is served by all six lines of the metro. At the street level, the station serves tram routes 17,...

 and is the first station on the line not shared with another. The station was opened 24 January 1935 when the line to Smestad was extended to Røa

Røa (station)

Røa is a station on Røa Line of the Oslo Metro, located in the Vestre Aker borough, from Stortinget. The station is located between the stations of Hovseter and Ekraveien. The station is part of the old western suburban rail network and was opened on 24 January 1935...

.

At Makrellbekken, the line leaves Sørkedalsveien, the main road which the line has run alongside. Immediately southwest of the station is the sporting arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

 Njårdhallen, belonging to Njård IL

Njård IL

SK Njård is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Vestre Aker, Oslo. It is named after Njörðr in Norse mythology.Founded in 1924, it has sections for alpine skiing, fencing, team handball, cross-country skiing, tennis, gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics, orienteering together with IL Heming , and has...

. The name "Makrellbekken" comes from the creek

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 which originates at Holmenkollen

Holmenkollen

Holmenkollen is a neighborhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. In addition to being a residential area, the area has been a ski recreation area since the late 19th century, with its famous, eponymous, ski jump arena hosting competitions since 1892...

 and which passes the line at this station.

Wind related accident

On February 1, 2004 an inbound train derailed at Makrellbekken after it struck a tractor with a snowplow

Snowplow

A snowplow is a device intended for mounting on a vehicle, used for removing snow and ice from outdoor surfaces, typically those serving transportation purposes...

. The cause of the accident was a wind gust blowing snow against the tractor, disorienting the driver and causing him to drive too close to the platform edge with the shovel sticking out just as the train arrived. The only injury, to the train driver, was minor. The report was critical of the subway's safety routines, pointing out that the company had failed to sufficiently caution the subcontractor of the hazards with the snow clearing task.