norwegian kilometers railway line runs district valley norway line branches hell station runs eastwards norway sweden border acting border station line continues traditionally line regarded line border distance kilometers daily passenger train services operated norwegian state railways limited number freight trains hauling lumber wood proposals railway routes soon discarded approved june revenue services ran line officially opened july line gave boom local economy allowing day transport produce trondheim line upgraded times increase axle load world war line scene train disaster train disaster steam trains use following introduction diesel locomotives major customer line haul later mill port plans electrified installed centralized traffic control route currently defined section hell norway sweden border regarded entire section line initially kilometers border kilometers new definition line kilometers national border kilometers kilometers branches provides bypass trondheim hell line continues northwards line continues line largely follows coast trondheim reaching hell line heads inland valley initially follows river line runs predominantly east trondheim passing current municipalities trondheim new definition passes entirely located trondheim hell line runs sea level past line hits meter mean sea level station slight rise kilometers trondheim station remain fairly flat line enters steep climb passing elevation meters meters located meters electrified lacks centralized traffic control standard gauge railway owned operated history background middle ages valleys important trade routes connecting particular grew important trading town farmers travel public discussion railway launched initiative pushed governor proposed line time built commercial interests trondheim concerned southward connection oslo meeting sweden proposed routes line branch road built 1850s connecting steam ship service trondheim concern sweden freeze offered ice free alternative export timber trade norway sweden limited limited infrastructure norwegian trades argued railway allow export norwegian fish sweden committee appointed consider railway followed site investigations determine railway route similar investigations carried sweden norwegian costs estimated million norwegian route surveys route deemed route unsuitable presumed narrow gauge millimetres inches railway common norway time operating profits estimated percent return capital shares railway company offered sale largest bought shares million trondheim private investors bought additional million shares spring line considered parliament norway proposition voted votes local railway committee established parliament passed legislation build line state receive shares company equal monetary contribution suggestion required company borrow million voted votes sweden work meeting resistance trondheim businessmen chose purchase shares swedish line secure financing swedish voted build narrow gauge railway norwegian border railway line gave support doubled following year swedish authorities decided railways built standard gauge norwegian parliament chose change configuration gauge increasing estimated costs million similar arrangement happen international lines lines built standard gauge despite intense lobbying representatives alternative finally discarded parliament gave million construction choice route remained controversy river created barrier north hell making cheaper build line south shore river line bypass north shore largest town trondheim despite massive local protests parliament ultimately chose southern alternative added distance reduced trade role reducing railway revenue steam ships continued run route reducing line opened hell line opened blasting commenced ceremony regular construction work line commence following year immediate line trondheim start following disagreements plans kilometers track laid border train ran outside trondheim international border august february weekly train service operated regular revenue services began october line completed trondheim existing railway station built sac station serve station moved artificial peninsula immediately north city center station located new port facility construction decided connect lines station cost new station million open work paid attracted area initial wages day later reduced half thousand men employed fewer jobs offered applicants land owners compensated nok acre cultivated land nok acre forest local farmers good money offering transport cargo construction renting money traders construction areas legal illegal established construction completed moved settled area received jobs railway company official opening took place july king oscar sweden norway height debate king right veto parliament norway king opening ceremonies speeches station encourage people support union sweden norway pointed railway better connect brother nations contrast municipal council chose attend opening ceremony attended opening hell years railway locomotives disposal class intended helping power trains steep climb class locomotives main trondheim class locomotives transferred initial fleet consisted passenger breaking cars line featured cars country single entrance end car instead individual doors compartment closed freight cars lumber cars milk cars trains mixed freight passenger addition trains heading sweden commuter train ran trondheim morning returning work evening depot locomotive return cars nightly overhaul kilometers route trondheim stockholm initially took hours reduced hours reducing trains connected station june allowing common maintenance depot lines locomotives renumbered starting distinguished year assigned class locomotives class locomotives years later supplemented class revenue line year freight traffic gave return capital freight traffic increased twice fast passenger traffic new daily train service hell line opened stages trains hell line direct trains trondheim started operating impact great economic social importance villages passed allowed quicker transport trondheim station buildings centers community life time places telegraph stations daily post deliveries transport meant people chose travel trondheim gained advantage towns regional center trade especially lost importance villages valley farmers railway possible sell fresh dairy products trondheim new markets combined good income construction allowed investments machinery increased revenue profits agriculture line people employed railway swedish national border grew resort hotel established railway arrived trade countries increased easy access market freight rates high cheaper send products swedish east coast ship saw industrial boom railway copper saw railway possibility change locally produced imported pulp mill opened burned important industry factory opened located close sources import export raw finished materials possible railway port plant built lumber export main driving forces building railways time exception vast areas huge amounts woodlands ran straight area seen new possibility export lumber continent high demand railway built small bought huge areas woods sweden produce sent processing shipment employed men exported lumber year located owned major imports coal swedish state railways world war world war proved boom line suddenly transit corridor shipments russia sweden ports trondheim cope increased traffic rent equipment sweden acquire new class class locomotives transferred lines new new locomotives axle weight needed upgraded long tons short tons involved improving bridges bridge sold line trondheim class section replaced aging class remained service transferred pure passenger trains started operating summer sweden morning evening operated year 1920s 1930s shorter distances received extra trains passenger freight trains gradually separated separate trains traffic trondheim hell increased commuter trains terminated different stations multiple units use line world war german occupation norway april traffic continued ordinary fashion april telephone message misunderstood norwegian military forces shot train thought germans board traffic line halted swedish border kilometers track broken hinder germans line access sweden local traffic started april multiple unit ran general discuss reopening line answer negative agreement struck time military trains use onward transport sweden officially reopened august regular trains trondheim trains day november train workers trondheim airport collided local train east train disaster killed people trains supposed passed engineer thought seen train left station accident occurred caused virtually light outdoor sources light covered january coal train sweden lost braking border cars plus west locomotive trains continued wild flight train train disaster killed engineer railway personnel active norwegian resistance movement war particular swedish newspapers literature smuggled country primarily hid material coal people able flee sweden mountains needed hurry smuggled board trains primarily german trains illegal documents smuggled german transport trains track employees tried create delays post war war limited resources new rolling stocks upgrades line multiple units gradually took passenger trains passenger trains hauled locomotives year line opened allowing trains bypass new diesel locomotives service steam engine taken service introduction forced upgrade line allow axle load tonnes opening european road 1950s caused reduction shorter haul passenger freight subsequently cut passenger services single daily train hauling swedish carriages trains continuing line continued increase maintenance remained manual 1960s major plan shifted work machines allowed line standard increase allowing heavier faster trains stations freight volumes remained high following decades late 1950s built million storage area aviation fuel terminal reserve case attack sweden transport fuel sweden depot sold following quest build pipeline nato base trondheim airport 1960s 1990s previous swedish authorities continued freight operations making profitable swedish exports baltic_sea hopes trondheim act major transit port swedish cargo opening paper mill saw increase transport lumber sweden petroleum transport lasted 1980s terminal sold norwegian interests major customer designated trains haul ore return cargo volumes level seen world war line tonnes cargo half tonnes shut following year subsequent drop traffic year line received million upgrade increasing maximum axle load tonnes speeds increased mph freight trains mph passenger trains took line opened hell august making section hell branch reclassified lines section trondheim hell section hell regarded commuter rail established increasing frequency western line retirement class multiple units introduced concept originally named saw daily services originally running way train change introduced traffic closed november march bridge closed swedish operations norwegian state railways operate daily round trips trondheim central station station passengers change regional train operated served marketed neighbor train norway sweden travel time trondheim hour minutes freight trains lumber trains hauling timber paper mill train hauling limestone architecture chosen line main architect hell largest station line square meters slightly smaller square meters buildings built smaller square meters station buildings erected built wood drew inspiration composition british railway stations 1870s resulting non symmetrical stations drew gothic inspiration designed stations similar styles designed originally story station designed architecture opening hell line need larger station hell station building moved new larger building designed paul built hell received intermediate style future lack electrification described missing green link transport shipping trondheim line act fish exports continent steep gradient single diesel locomotive economical electric traction issues limit cargo hauling line lumber trains proposals electrification 1940s swedish electrified initially desired effort cut high operating costs steam trains lines higher traffic received priority steam trains retired issue electrification marginal lines shelved issue pressed regional bodies 2000s time issue successful approved electrification section trondheim plan start physical construction finish installation centralized traffic control scheduled place nationwide implementation scheduled completed capacity efficiency line require passing capacity especially longer freight trains passing loop proposed lengthened allow trains run directly northward triangular line proposed regular freight trains line come north
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