Stavnebanen

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Stavnebanen
Stavnebanen at Tyholt as it leaves the Tyholt Tunnel
Info
Type	Railway
System	Norwegian railway
Terminals	Marienborg Leangen
No. of stations	2
Operation
Owner	Jernbaneverket
Operator(s)	Norges Statsbaner
Character	Commuter trains
Rolling stock	BM 92
Technical
Line length	5.8 km
Track length	5.8 km
No. of tracks	Single
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrification	No

Stavne-Leangenbanen
Legend Dovrebanen from Trondheim S 548.00 km 549.95 km Marienborg Station (2001) to Heimdal Stavne Nidelva 186 m Dovrebanen to Heimdal E6 Holtermanns veg 550.37 km Lerkendal Station (1988) Tyholt Tunnel (2,760 m) E6 Innherredsveien Meråkerbanen from Trondheim S 554.94 km Leangen Station to Hell

Stavnebanen or Stavne-Leangenbanen is a six kilometer long railway line in Trondheim, Norway. The line leaves Dovrebanen at Stavne in western Trondheim crossing the river Nidelva and European route E6 to the only station on the line, Lerkendal Station. The railway then goes through the 2.7 km long Tyholttunnelen before exiting and going to Leangen and joining Nordlandsbanen northwards east of town.

The part of the line west of Lerkendal is used by commuter trains on Trønderbanen, with the station being the terminus of the service, but Tyholttunnelen is not in use any more. The line is not electrified.

[edit] History

The line was constructed during World War II by the German forces as an alternative railway outside Trondheim in case of a sabotage to the railway. But the line was not opened until June 1, 1957. On December 1, 1988 Lerkendal Station was built on the line, just beside Lerkendal Stadium and the Norwegian Institute of Technology.^[1]

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