Klæburuten was a Norwegian

bus company A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for ch ...

located in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

. It operated the regional buses in

Klæbu Klæbu is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was incorporated into the neighboring Trondheim Municipality. It was located in the southern part of the Trondheim Region, a ...

and to

in addition to the Airport Bus from Trondheim to

Trondheim Airport, Værnes Trondheim Airport ( no, Trondheim lufthavn; ) is an international airport serving Trondheim, a city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The airport is located in Værnes, Trøndelag, Værnes, a vill ...

. The bus company operated 26 daily buses between Trondheim and Klæbu. In Trondheim buses stop both at

Trondheim Central Station Trondheim Central Station ( no, Trondheim sentralstasjon) or Trondheim S is the main railway station serving the city of Trondheim, Norway. Located at Brattøra in the north part of the city centre, it is the terminus of the Dovre Line, running so ...

and Munkegata. The Airport Bus is operated at 15 minutes

headway Headway is the distance or duration between vehicles in a transit system measured in space or time. The ''minimum headway'' is the shortest such distance or time achievable by a system without a reduction in the speed of vehicles. The precise defi ...

between the airport and town, with stops at most major hotels in town. In total the company had 10 city buses, 11 charter coaches and 21 airport coaches.

History

The company started out in 1923 when Arnt Krokum started Krokum Bilruter. The company started with one bus, then added a second in 1924. In 1945 the company started a bus service for Braathens S.A.F.E. between Trondheim and Lade Airport and Hommelvik Seaplane Base. In 1948 the company was converted to a

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and four years later the company started a bus service to Trondheim Airport, Værnes on contract with Scandinavian Airlines System. The company started with

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trips in the 1950s, and as of 2006 still had the same three main activities and only one dominant owner. In 2010 Klæburuten was sold to

Nettbuss Vy Buss, formerly branded as Nettbuss, is the largest bus company in Norway, owned by Vy. It was established on 10 February 2000 as the continuation of the bus operations from former NSB Biltrafikk. In addition to bus services in major parts of N ...

Trøndelag.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klaeburuten Bus companies of Trøndelag Companies based in Trondheim Transport companies established in 1923 Defunct bus companies of Norway 1923 establishments in Germany Former subsidiaries of Vy Buss