Trondheim Sporvei was a municipally owned tram operator in

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that existed between 1936 and 1974. The company operated the municipal parts of the

Trondheim Tramway The Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway, is the world's most northerly tramway system, following the closure and dismantling of the Arkhangelsk tramways in Russia. It consists of one 8.8-km-long line, the Gråkallen Line, running from St. Ol ...

until it was merged with

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and Trondheim Bilruter to create Trondheim Trafikkselskap. That company has become part of

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, the largest Norwegian bus company in Norway which is owned by

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(''Norges Statsbaner AS''). Trondheim-trondheim-sporvei-sl-1-803714

History

The tramway in Trondheim was started in 1901 and replaced a horse omnibus service from 1893. The city council established Trondhjems Elektricitetsværk og Sporvei to build and operate the tramway. In 1936 the two companies were split, with

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, the other half of the company specialising as a

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. Trondheim Sporvei operated three lines, including the original

Ilalinjen The Ila Line () is tramway between Trondheim Torg and Ila in Trondheim, Norway. The line was part of the original Trondheim Tramway and opened in 1901, and replaced the horse omnibus service from 1893. The line was closed in 1988, but part of i ...

and also built

Elgeseterlinjen The Elgeseter Line ( no, Elgeseterlinjen) was a tramway line in Trondheim Tramway between Trondheim Torg and Elgeseter. The tram line was built in 1913, expanded in 1923 and abandoned in 1983. It was used by Line 2 operated by Trondheim Sporvei, l ...

(1913), Ladelinjen (1901 and 1958) and Singsakerlinjen (1923), but not Gråkallbanen, that was run by the

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A/S Graakalbanen. In 1966 though the city bought Graakalbanen and merged it with Trondheim Sporvei in 1971. In the later years Trondheim Sporvei also operated some buses, including the ones used on the closed Line 3. The company's buses were painted blue upper part, and yellow lower part. On merger with Trondheim Bilruter:Yellow upper part, dark red lower part.

References

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