Trønderbanen

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Trønderbanen or Trønder Line is a commuter train service around Trondheim, Norway in the counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag operated by Norges Statsbaner (NSB) with BM92 diesel multiple units. The routes operated are Steinkjer - Trondheim S - Lerkendal and Trondheim S - Røros.

1 History
2 Service
- 2.1 Stations
3 References

[edit] History

The services does not utilise its own railway line, but instead uses parts of Dovrebanen, Nordlandsbanen, Rørosbanen and Stavnebanen. The brand was introduced in 1993 when NSB reorganised the operations in Trøndelag, with a new concept on the routes Steinkjer - Trondheim - Støren - Røros / Oppdal. In 2000 the system was again reorganised with many stations being closed and the routes to Oppdal being terminated (though the stations were still served by long-haul express trains on Dovrebanen to Oslo S). When NSB went through a rebranding and recoloring in the first years of 2000s, it was decided to keep the trains red, unlike the commuter trains in Eastern Norway and in Jæren that were colored green.

[edit] Service

In 2004 the brand was officially abandoned after the regional offices in Trondheim were closed and moved to Oslo. Still, the name has remained oraly, since NSB has not replaced it with anything. After the reorganisation of the routes in 2000 Trønderbanen operates two sections, between Steinkjer and Lerkendal, and between Trondheim and Røros. At Røros connecting trains are available southwards on Rørosbanen to Hamar. The stretch between Steinkjer and Trondheim have fixed times at one hour headway.^[1] Trønderbanen also operates trains from Nord-Trøndelag to all home games of Rosenborg Ballklubb located right beside Lerkendal Station. This football train is the only passenger train to use Tyholt Tunnel.