Gråkallen Line

The Gråkallen Line (Norwegian: Gråkallbanen) is an 8.8-kilometre (5.5 mi) suburban tram line located in Trondheim, Norway. As the only remaining part of the Trondheim Tramway, it runs from the city centre at St. Olav's Gate, via the suburban area Byåsen to Lian. It is designated Line 9 (previously Line 1), and is served by six Class 8 articulated trams. After the closure of the Arkhangelsk tramway in 2004, it became the world's northernmost tramway system.

Gråkallen Line
One of the Gråkallbanen trams at the St. Olavs Gate terminus
Overview
Native nameGråkallbanen
OwnerMunicipality of Trondheim
Termini
  • St. Olavs Gate
  • Lian
Stations20
Service
TypeTramway
SystemTrondheim Tramway
Operator(s)Boreal Bane
History
Opened1924
Technical
Line length7.4 km (4.6 mi) (1924–88)
8.8 km (5.5 mi) (1990–)
Number of tracksSingle (double in the city streets)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Electrification600 V DC overhead
Route map

to city centre
St. Olavs Gate
(1924)
Dronningens gate
Tordenskjolds gate
loop (1946)
Hospitalskirka
Kalvskinnet
Skansen
(railway station)
Ila
(1924)
turning track
(closed)
Ilevollen loop
streetcar to here, onwards as suburban rail
Bergsligata
(1924)
Nyveibakken
Nyveibakken
(1924)
Bygrensen
(1924)
Gamle Åsvei
Belvedere
Belvedere
(1998)
Thaulowbakken/Øvre Marienlyst
Breidablikk
(1924)
Breidablikkveien
(ca 20 m)
Nordre Hoem
(1924)
Hoemsbrua
Bøckmans veg
(ca 90 m)
Søndre Hoem
Rognheim
(1924)
Rognheim
Munkvoll
(1924)
turning loop
(1966)
Selsbakkvegen
side track to depot
Bøckman Bridge
Byåsveien
(ca 50 m)
Ferstad
(1933)
Ferstadbakken
Ugla
(1925)
Ice track
(Removed side track)
Gamle Oslovei
(ca 12 m)
Kyvannet
(1933)
Sigrid Johansens veg
Vestmarka
(1933)
Herlofsonløypa
(1933)
Uglavegen
Lian
(1933)
turning loop
(1947)

The line was opened as the only private tramway in Trondheim by A/S Graakalbanen in 1924. At first it was built to Munkvoll, but extended to Ugla in 1925, and to Lian in 1933. Operations were taken over by the municipal Trondheim Trafikkselskap in 1972, but it was closed along with the rest of the tramway in 1988. In 1990, the private initiative AS Gråkallbanen opened the line, later known as Boreal Bane. Located at Munkvoll is the tramway museum and depot.

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