Submitted by Arnt Gulbrandsen, who says:

The map and lines have been rearranged because of a new station (Løren). This is the new official map. Look closely at line 5.

Transit Maps says:

Now that is unusual. While I’ve seen some lines double up on a couple of stations before (London’s Circle line calls twice at Paddington and Edgware Road, for example), I really can’t think of another example where a line makes a complete loop-de-loop through a central circle before continuing on to the other side of its route. In Oslo, Line 5 now calls at a staggering ten stations on its own line twice (as well as three more that it shares with Line 4) as part of its journey. I feel sure announcements and destination boards will make it very clear which leg of the journey each train is on (to Sognsvann/to Vestli/Ringen) – or at least, I hope so!

I have to say that I do feel a bit for the citizens of Oslo: every time I look at a new version of this map, the lines have been renumbered, recoloured and reorganised – with new endpoints and paths through the city each time. I understand that there’s been a lot of modernisation and rebuilding of the network lately, but a little consistency for riders might be nice.

The map itself is still a lovely, clean diagrammatic map, although I note that it doesn’t include the route numbers of connecting bus and tram services anymore, which is a bit of a shame. See my first review of this map from November 2011, and also this unofficial map by Simon H. from last year.

Our rating: The first roller coaster as mass transit? Still a great looking and distinctive map, but I miss the connections information. Three-and-a-half stars.