Trondhjem-Størenbanen
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| Støren Station, the southern terminus, in 1880-90. | |
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| Type | Railway |
| System | Norwegian railway |
| Status | Merged with Dovrebanen |
| Terminals | Trondheim Støren |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1864 |
| Owner | Norges Statsbaner |
| Operator(s) | Norges Statsbaner |
| Character | Passenger and freight |
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| Line length | 51.1 km |
| No. of tracks | Single |
| Gauge | 1067 mm |
| Electrification | No |
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Størenbanen, or Trondhjem-Størenbanen was Trøndelag's first railway. It opened in 1864, ten years after Hovedbanen between Oslo and Eidsvoll opened. The 49 kilometer long (later 51.1 km) railway line was narrow gauged (1067 millimeter) and went between Trondheim and the Støren village in Midtre Gauldal municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. The railway had its station in Prinsens street, and crossed the Nidelva river on a newly constructed railroad bridge to Elgeseter, the Elgeseter Bridge.
In 1877 Størenbanen was joined with the Rørosbanen, 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 Meråkerbanen 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. In 1921 the railway was converted to standard gauge and became a part of the Dovrebanen.
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