Gråkallen Line

Gråkallen Line
One of the Gråkallbanen trams by Ilaparken
Overview
Native nameGråkallbanen
OwnerMunicipality of Trondheim
Termini
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

opened
Lademoen Line
to city centre
Tordenskjolds gate loop
1946
St. Olavs Gate
1924
Dronningens Gate
Hospitalskirka
Kalvskinnet
Skansen
Ila
1924
Ila loop
Trondheim Tramway
Gråkallbanen
Bergsligata
1924
Nyveibakken
Nyveibakken
1924
Gamle Åsvei
Bygrensen
1924
Belvedere
Belvedere
1998
Thaulowbakken/
Øvre Marienlyst
Breidablikk
1924
Breidablikkveien (c. 20 m)
Nordre Hoem
1924
Hoemsbrua
Bøckmans veg
(c. 90 m)
Søndre Hoem
Rognheim
1924
Rognheim
Munkvoll
1924
turning loop
1966
Selsbakkvegen
depot
Bøckman Bridge
over Byåsveien
(c. 50 m)
Ferstad
1933
Ferstadbakken
Ugla
1925
ice siding
Gamle Oslovei (c. 12 m)
Kyvannet
1933
Sigrid Johansens veg
Vestmarka
1933
Uglavegen
Herlofsonløypa
1933
Lian
1933
turning loop
1947

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.

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.