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Trondhjem–Støren Line
Støren Station, the southern terminus, in 1880-90.
Overview
Native nameTrondhjem-Størenbanen
StatusMerged with the Dovre Line
OwnerNorwegian State Railways
Termini
Service
TypeRailway
SystemNorwegian railway
Operator(s)Norwegian State Railways
History
Opened1864
Technical
Line length51.1 km
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterPassenger and freight
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
ElectrificationNo
Route map

Legend
550,40 km Trondhjem Kalvskinnet Station (1864-1884)
Kongsgårds bro Nidelva
547,10 km Sluppen (1864)
Nidelva
from Trondheim S
541,41 km Heimdal Station (1864)
see Dovre Line
501,20 km Støren Station (1864)

The Trondhjem–Støren Line (Norwegian: Trondhjem–Størenbanen) was Trøndelag's first railway. It opened on 5 August 1864, ten years after the Trunk Line between Oslo and Eidsvoll Municipality opened. The 49 kilometer long (later 51.1 km) railway line was narrow gauged (1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)) and went between the city of Trondheim and the village of Støren (in what is now Midtre Gauldal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway).

The railway had its station, Trondhjem Kalvskinnet Station, in Prinsens gate, crossed the Nidelva river on a newly constructed railroad bridge to Elgeseter, the Elgeseter Bridge.

In 1877 the line was joined with the Røros Line, which went through the Østerdalen between Røros and Hamar. In 1884 the railway tracks were relocated to the west side of the Nidelva and joined with the Meråker Line and the new railway station at Brattøra, which had opened in 1882. This went through a tunnel at Nidareid to Brattøra. In 1918 new tracks were laid to Heimdal over Selsbakk.

Gauge conversion

In 1921 the railway was converted to standard gauge and became a part of the Dovre Line.

See also

References

  1. ^ Owen 1996, p. 30.
  2. Owen 1996, p. 34.

Bibliography

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