Stavnebanen

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Stavnebanen
Info
Type Railway
Status Partly abandoned
Start station Stavne
End station Leangen
No. of stations 2
Operation
Owner Jernbaneverket
Operator(s) Norges Statsbaner
Character Commuter trains
Rolling stock BM 92
Technical
Line length 6 km
Track length 6 km
No. of tracks 1
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrified No

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 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. 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.

Railway lines in Norway
Operational Arendalsbanen | Askerbanen | Bergensbanen | Bratsbergbanen | Dovrebanen | Drammenbanen | Gardermobanen | Gjøvikbanen | Hovedbanen | Indre Østfoldbanen | Kongsvingerbanen | Meråkerbanen | Nordlandsbanen | Ofotbanen | Randsfjordbanen | Raumabanen | Jevnakerbanen | Rørosbanen | Solørbanen | Sørlandsbanen | Vestfoldbanen | Østfoldbanen
Branch Alnabru-Loengalinjen | Alnabanen | Brevikbanen | Dalane-Suldallinjen | Flåmsbana | Hortenlinjen | Skøyen-Filipstadlinjen | Spikkestadlinjen | Stavnebanen
Urban Ekebergbanen | Fellestunnelen | Fløibanen | Furusetbanen | Grorudbanen | Gråkallbanen | Holmenkollbanen | Kjelsåsbanen | Kolsåsbanen | Lambertseterbanen | Lilleakerbanen | Røabanen | Sognsvannsbanen | T-baneringen | Østensjøbanen
Heritage Krøderbanen | Setesdalsbanen | Urskog-Hølandsbanen | Thamshavnbanen | Rjukanbanen | Valdresbanen | Nesttun-Osbanen | Gamle Vossebanen
Abandoned Flekkefjordbanen | Grimstadbanen | Hardangerbanen | Havnebanen | Holmestrand-Vittingfossbanen | Ladelinjen | Lierbanen | Lillesand-laksvandbanen | Kirkenes-Bjørnevatnbanen | Namsoslinjen | Numedalsbanen | Setesdalsbanen | Singsakerlinjen | Sperillbanen | Sulitjelmabanen | Tinnosbanen | Treungenbanen | Tønsberg-Eidsfossbanen | Ålgårdbanen

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