commuter rail commuter rail norwegian previously commuter train service operating norway operated norwegian state railways class diesel multiple units service provides commuter service connecting trondheim suburbs towns airport rail link trondheim airport passenger services operated lines commuter train created increase service existing rolling stock system passengers main service operates trondheim trondheim airport station service runs hour additional rush hour services reduced service evenings weekend secondary services runs trondheim service operates twice day trondheim sweden central station route main hub commuter system trondheim serves coach bus station terminus trains line service runs north eastwards trondheim stopping stations serves mixed residential commercial area serves residential area serve campus line serves stations entering station hell branches northwards trondheim airport main station serve town entering line serves villages limited services enters town center stations serves serves town center bus station serves campus line enters serves suburb town center served village station line enters serves village terminating town center south main service service runs stopping transfer trondheim located main service branches line terminus serves campus home ground service continues south making stops continues makes stops town center villages service stops branches single daily service runs southwards intermediate stop service continues stopping entering stops terminus transfer regional rail services southwards start operate northwards hell branch follow serves entering serves villages reaching swedish border services continues stops service operating covered subsidies infrastructure owned government agency rolling stock owned operated norwegian state railways rolling stock maintenance performed owned trondheim services operates fixed hourly day additional rush hour services giving half hour evenings weekends hour travel time minutes travel time trondheim airport minutes minutes hour minutes hours minutes trondheim service provided times day direction travel time minutes hour hours minutes single morning direction service offered service takes hour minutes service provides round trips day travel time hours minutes service operated jointly rolling stock operates fourteen class diesel electric multiple units commuter rail built consist cars giving seating capacity people double unit metres long weights tonnes long tons short tons motor car weighs tonnes long tons short tons car powered equipped prime powers electric motors giving power output kilowatts trains capable kilometres hour mph equipped machines stations commuter rail system serves railway stations commuter rail service built stations buildings built places passing loop stations buildings remain necessarily open travelers trondheim manned station operation buildings line preserved include stations hell system depot located trains overnight terminal stations history train services announced brand concept based commuter rail established previous year operating commuter rail operate services north trondheim south initial plans called continued use class rolling stock saw change schedules new upgraded platforms nok million involved building small platform house roof glass walls framework wood station good protection types weather service started september changes schedule involved doubling number departures particularly trondheim hour introduced service trondheim daily round trips local trains existed previously north trondheim services south new area previously served night trains initial services consisted services trondheim northwards east south south east months operation service experienced traffic increase november commuter rail airport rail link new terminal trondheim airport station opened trondheim airport stated primary goal compete hourly airport coaches operated hotels trondheim instead provide services communities south trondheim investment airport cost nok million january frequency increased slightly september train station trondheim reopened renovated station serves buses coaches trains investment cost nok million stated commuter rail threatened terminate array services funding increased year people traveled commuter rail increase year held trondheim service country largest growth following accident january class wrecked taken service announced terminate commuter rail services south time company announced reduction number services trondheim june services line south terminated leaving services year plans local politicians commerce launched travel time trondheim motto trondheim hour hoped introduce faster airport link similar allow trains operate trondheim airport minutes plans called termination service stations investments nok billion march announced considering reducing number stations commuter rail stations stated stations responsible traffic bus service areas transport people closest railway station economic reduce travel time remaining passengers stated brand service brand commuter rail services reason change service permitted double number services competing coach service route commuter rail needed increase speed lose customers coach january major changes commuter rail fixed hourly introduced trains trondheim including extra rush hour trains giving departures day direction south trondheim service rerouted terminate stations closed time station opened introduced fare zone system gave nok single fare travelers month pass holders reason expansion delivery new class trains regional services freed class units allowed operate services double unit car trains rush hour restructuring called reduction services services terminating commuter train services lines service operating deficit nok million passengers twice number passengers stated private companies wanted operate routes subsidies free compensation travelers trondheim month passes allowed pay seat reservations services applied ministry responsibility purchase commuter train services continue service rejected ministry june introduced additional rush hour trains trondheim giving half hour september started cooperation involved daily round trips class trains trondheim sweden trains manned norwegian border staff swedish won public service obligation contract swedish authority june reintroduced commuter trains trondheim january commuter rail service reorganized brand abandoned administration functional departments partially moved oslo class trains renovated received new exterior interior color january station trondheim opened previously station known renamed new station serving named change caused protests historians municipal committee responsible naming kilometer long opened august shortening travel time minutes allows number trains line trondheim increase trains hour directions combined free sufficient capacity allow additional commuter trains run future political signals electrification tracks trondheim plus need replace rolling stock 2010s want coordinate new stock electrification stated close station station located curve signaling area station required station corrected adjacent station busiest system annual riders possible solution platforms station closer hospital serve town hospital station county municipalities proposed early 2000s trondheim upgraded allow travel time reduced hour require average speed increased kilometres hour mph mainly modernization existing line specific projects include electrification double track trondheim trondheim airport kilometre tunnel additional passing loops new bridge tracks hell combined reduction number stops estimates mentioned investments cost nok billion allow travel time hour minutes number curves straightened increased capacity introduced number stops removed travel time reduced hour organisation suggesting build high speed line oslo trondheim onwards estimates regional trains infrastructure able operate trains trondheim minutes proposals involves keeping stations trondheim airport north trondheim south trondheim proposal involves minute service intermediate stops proposal involves building new double track having stopping pattern stations served services involve services hour direct trains oslo speeds kilometres hour mph
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