during 1980s there lot of political debate future of tram in trondheim, , in 1983 city council decided close down elgeseter line, , keep 1 line between lian , lade. @ same time 11 new trams ordered , new depot built @ munkvoll, costing on nok 100 million. in 1988 city council changed minds , closed tramway in trondheim. tracks between st. olav s street , lademoen removed, tracks @ lade kept, tracks between st. olav s street , lian. latter because enthusiasts had plans of operating veteran trams heritage railway.
but fate had other plans gråkallbanen. trondheim tramway 1 of 2 in world, along cairo tramway, use combination of metre gauge , 2.6 metre-wide cars. made practically impossible sell trams , finance 20 new scania buses trondheim trafikkselskap needed operate bus route lian , lade. in end 11 trams not sold , instead company owned 1400 enthusiasts, gråkallbanen, created operate tram route on remaining line, started in 1990. in 2004 veolia transport s division in norway, veolia transport norge, bought company , have announced invest nok 10,7 million, after purchase in improved infrastructure on gråkallbanen. july 1, 2008 company name changed gråkallbanen veolia transport bane as. since company renamed boreal transport bane in 2011, boreal transport midt-norge in 2012 , boreal bane in 2016.
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