Background
Numbered Line 1, it is operated by Gråkallbanen AS, a subsidiary of Veolia Transport Norway and is often simply called Gråkallbanen. Gråkallbanen operates five tram cars, out of a rolling stock of nine articulated tram cars built by Linke-Hofmann-Busch in 1984. In addition heritage cars from the Trondheim Tramway Museum are available for chartered tours.
The tram operates at 15 minute headway in the daytime on weekdays, and partly on Saturdays, otherwise with 30 minutes headway. The line has 21 stations remaining in use. The tram service is integrated into the city bus system with free transfers. The overall responsibility for public transport in Trondheim is managed by Sør-Trøndelag county municipality, who subsidize the operations.
Previously there were three lines in Trondheim, including Ladelinjen to Lade and Singsakerlinjen to Singsaker in addition to tracks to Ila, Elgeseter, Trondheim Central Station and Lademoen. The line to Singsaker was closed in 1968 while the rest of the network was closed in 1983 and 1988, though the line to Lian was reopened in 1990. The tramway is the most northern in the world, after the Arkhangelsk tram was closed on 24 July 2004. Trondheim is also unique in that it is one of two railways in Norway with metre gauge (1000 mm) (along with the heritage railway Thamshavnbanen) and that the tramway is one of two in the world (along with the Cairo tramways) to use 2.6 m wide cars in combination with metre gauge).
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