Lerkendal Station ( no, Lerkendal holdeplass) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located at

Lerkendal Lerkendal () is a borough in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The borough was established on 1 January 2005 in a municipal borough reform that reduced the number of boroughs in the city. The borough of Østbyen lies to the ea ...

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 ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The only station on the Stavne–Leangen Line proper, it acts as the southern terminus of the

Trøndelag Commuter Rail The Trøndelag Commuter Rail ( no, Trønderbanen, ) is a commuter train service operating in Trøndelag county, Norway. It was operated by Vy (formerly Norwegian State Railways (NSB)) with Class 92 diesel multiple units, until 7 June 2020 when ...

. The station opened on 1 December 1988 and is located in the immediate vicinity of the

Gløshaugen Gløshaugen is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Lerkendal, approximately southeast of Midtbyen, the downtown center of Trondheim. It is situated east of the neighborhood of El ...

campus of the

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SINTEF SINTEF ( no, Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning), headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, is an independent research organization founded in 1950 that conducts contract research and development projects. SINTEF has 2000 employees from 7 ...

and

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's home ground,

Lerkendal Stadion The Lerkendal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located at Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway. The home ground of the Eliteserien (2017) side Rosenborg BK, it has a capacity for 21,405 spectators, making it the second-largest football st ...

Facilities

Lerkendal is the only railway station on the Stavne–Leangen Line, a bypass line which was built to allow freight trains to bypass

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 ...

(Trondheim S). The station is located from Trondheim S and from

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. The station is located in the Lerkendal and Gløshaugen neighborhoods, and serves among other institutions the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, SINTEF and Rosenborg BK's home ground Lerkendal Stadion. The station has a waiting shelter, but lacks a ticket vending machines. There is paid parking in the vicinity.

Service

The station acts as the southern terminus of the Trøndelag Commuter Rail, operated by

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. The station is served by two trains arriving and departing in the morning, and two trains departing in the afternoon. Travel time to Trondheim S is 10 minutes and to

Steinkjer Station Steinkjer Station ( no, Steinkjer stasjon) is a railway station located in the town of Steinkjer in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located on the Nordland Line, serving both local and express trains no ...

, the northern terminus, is 2 hours and 20 minutes. All services are provided with Class 92 diesel multiple units.

History

The Stavne–Leangen Line opened on 1 December 1957, and was originally only used for freight trains. Lerkendal Station opened on 1 December 1988, and originally was a terminus station. The Trøndelag Commuter Rail service was introduced from 1 September 1993, and from the same date through trains were operated on the Stavne–Leangen Line, stopping at Lerkendal. The station later received a shelter, designed by Linje Arkitekter and similar to other sheds on the commuter line. From 7 January 2001, NSB made several major changes to the commuter rail. A fixed, hourly headway was introduced on the trains from Steinkjer to Trondheim; including extra rush-hour trains from Lerkendal to Stjørdal, giving 23 departures per day in each direction. South of Trondheim, the service was rerouted to terminate at Lerkendal. The station lost most of its service after more trains were redirected to serve

Lundamo Lundamo is a village in the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Gaula (Trøndelag), Gaula River between the villages of Hovin, Trøndelag, Hovin and Ler, Norway, Ler. The village has a population (2018) o ...

and

Melhus Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lundamo, St ...

on the main line.

References

{{Portal bar, Trains, Norway Railway stations on the Stavne–Leangen Line Railway stations opened in 1988 Railway stations in Trondheim 1988 establishments in Norway