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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Trondheim Tramway depots, Trondheim Tramway lines, Trondheim Tramway operators, Trondheim Tramway people, Trondheim Tramway stations, Trondheim Tramway stock, Trondheim Tramway controversy, Grakallen Line, Graakalbanen, Trondheim Central Station, Singsaker Line, Veolia Transport Bane, TT Class 8, Dalsenget fire, Lade Line, Trondheim Trafikkselskap, Jan Reinas, Robert Millar, Veolia Transport Norway, GB Class 2, Elgeseter Line, TS Class 3, TS Class 5, TS Class 2, GB Class 3, TS Class 1, Ila Line, GB Class 1, TS Class 7, Skansen Station, TS Class 4, Trondheim Sporvei, TS Class 6, Nils Christoffer Bockman, Trondhjems Elektricitetsvaerk og Sporvei, Munkegata Terminal, Ove Skaug, St. Olavs Gate, Odd Hovdenak, Ferdinand Bjerke, Hospitallokkan Depot, Voldsminde, Dronningens gate, Lian, Munkvoll, Munkvoll Depot, Trondheim Tramway Museum, Mathias Eckhoff, Arne Watle. Excerpt: The Trondheim Tramway controversy regards the political discussion of whether Trondheim, Norway, should have a tramway. The first debate came after the 1956 Dalsenget fire, when most of the city's tram fleet was destroyed; a proposal to replace the tramway with a trolleybus line was rejected. In 1968, the Singsaker Line was closed, and replaced by a bus route. From the merger of all bus and tram companies into Trondheim Trafikkselskap in 1974, the debate was intensified. In 1984, the Elgeseter Line was closed, but a new depot was built, and eleven new trams delivered. In 1988, the last tram line, from Lian to Lade, was terminated. The tracks in the city center and to Lade were removed, but the Grakallen Line was kept to run heritage trams. By 1990, the trams were still not sold. Instead, the private company Grakallbanen took over operations and seven trams, and have operated the Grakallen Line since. The process cost two mayors their jobs. After the city..
