Thamshavn Line

Thamshavn Line
Norwegian: Thamshavnbanen
Passenger train at Bårdshaug Station in 1912
Locale	Norway
Commercial operations
Built by	Salvesen & Thams
Original gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Original electrification	6.6 kV 25 Hz AC
Preserved operations
Owned by	Salvesen & Thams
Operated by	Salvesen & Thams
Preserved gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Preserved electrification	6.6 kV 25 Hz AC
Commercial history
Opened	1908
Closed	1974

v t e Thamshavn Line
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km elev (M) or length (m) in metres SS Orkla (1908–49) MB Elna (1949–63) 0.00 Port and smelter Thamshavn 0.15 Thamshavn (1908–63) 2.8 M Orkanger 1.03 Orkanger (1908–63) 14.6 M Trondheimsveien Hov 2.04 Hov (1919–63) 16.0 M Hovsbakkveien E39 Bårdshaug 3.14 Bårdshaug ( 1908–63 2001– ) 11.6 M 3.25 Sjukehusveien Myra Myraveien 4.41 Gymnaset (1927–63) 6.4 M Gymnaset 4.41 Orkdalsveien 4.41 Follo 4.95 Follo (1908–63) 6.9 M Fv65. new 2001 5.79 Johann Gjønnes' vei Fannremsmoen 5.79 Fannremsmoen (1947–63) 8.3 M Fannrem 6.83 Fannrem ( 1908–63 1990– ) 15.7 M 6.95 Fv470 Orkdalsveien footpath Grøtte Fv471 Gryttingveien Grustaket Grustaket (1990s–) Engbrua bridge removed, 1980s Prestmoen Blåsmoen Vel Blåsmo 9.43 Blåsmo (1939–63) 14.9 M 9.43 Fv471 Gryttingveien Ekli 10.19 Ekli (1927–39) 15.7 M Solbusøy 12.76 Solbusøy ( 1908–63 1986– ) 21.0 M 14.41 Øyum (1927–63) 22.5 M Øyum Øyum Sør (1990-2007) Svorkmo Hydroelectric Power Station Svorka Canal 52.4 M 16 m 19.35 Svorkmo ( 1908–63 1983– ) 55.0 M Plassen 19.55 Fv475, rebuilt 2002 Klinglia Klinglia Trolldalen Bridge 21.10 built 1944–45 151 m Klinghåmmår'n 21.12 Klinghåmmår'n (1983–) Skjøtskift 22.28 Skjøtskift ( 1918–21 1926–63 ) 141.1 M 22.28 Skulmoveien Amundmoen Jordhusmoen 23.95 Jordhusmoen (1936–63) 152.3 M depot 152.3 M Raubekken 11 m Furulund Romundstadbygda Langenglia underpass 25.15 Løkken Verk ( 1910–63 1983– ) 164.0 M Løkken Verk Fv700, bridge removed 1984 25.30 pyrite silo & industrial area km   elev (M) or length (m) in metres
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Track in use Track out of use Track removed

The Thamshavn Line (Norwegian: Thamshavnbanen) was Norway's first electric railway, running from 1908 to 1974 in what is now Trøndelag county. Today it is operated as a heritage railway and is the world's oldest railway running on its original alternating current electrification scheme,^[1] using 6.6 kV 25 Hz AC. It was built to transport pyrites from the mines at Løkken Verk to the port at Thamshavn, as well as passengers. There were six stations: Thamshavn, Orkanger, Bårdshaug, Fannrem, Solbusøy and Svorkmo. The tracks were extended to Løkken Verk in 1910.

It is Scandinavia's only railway with a rail gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in), though the nearby Trondheim Tramway also features this gauge. It is the world's only railway with this combination of gauge and electrical equipment. The total length of the railway was 25.15 kilometres (15.6 mi). The transportation of passengers ended in 1963, but the transportation of ore continued until 1974. In 1983, parts of the railway were reopened as a heritage railway.