Lade Line

Lade Line
The remains of the loop at Fagerheim
Overview
Native name	Ladelinjen
Type	Tramway
System	Trondheim Tramway
Status	Abandoned
Termini	Munkegata Lade
Operation
Opened	1901
Closed	1988
Owner	City of Trondheim
Operator(s)	Trondheim Trafikkselskap
Technical
Number of tracks	Single or Double
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Route map Fagerheim(1958 - 1988) Ringve School(1958 - 1988) Lade Church(1958 - 1988) Meråkerbanen Voldsminde(1913 - 1988) Lademoen(1936 - 1988) Buran(1893 - 1988) Bakke Bridge Elgeseterlinjen til Trondheim stasjon Olav Tryggvasons gate Torget(1893 - 1961) Ilalinjen

The Lade Line (Norwegian: Ladelinjen) was a tramway between Munkegata and Lade in Trondheim, Norway. The first part of the line was opened in 1901, but not expanded to Lade until 1958. The line was operated by Trondheim Sporvei and Trondheim Trafikkselskap until it was abandoned in 1988.

The first steps of Lade Line were constructed at the same time as the Ila Line when the 3.5 km electric tram line between Ila and Buran at Lademoen opened in 1901 by the municipal Trondhjems Elektricitetsværk og Sporvei. By 1908 the headway on the line was down to 4 minutes, with the line being operated by 12 tramcars. The line was at first built as single track, but in 1913 the line was rebuilt to double track and a new depot at Voldsminde built, though the double track on Bakke Bridge was not completed until 1928. A loop was constructed at Buran in 1921 and at Voldsminde in 1936.

The first proposals to extend the Lademoen Line from Buran to Lade was launched in 1924, as part of a zoning plan for Ladehammeren. At the time, an area of 1.87 km² (0.72 sq mi) was proposed served by tram. At the time Lade was located in Trondheim's neighboring municipality Strinda, and this was one of the reasons that the plan was never realized.

In the 1950s, Lade was served by buses operated by Trondheim Bilruter. The proposed tramway route would follow a more direct path, and some people at Ladehammeren would get a longer walk to the tram. The Lade Line was considered by the politicians on 27 June 1957, after recommendation from the board of Trondheim Sporvei, and supported with 66 votes against 9.