Thundercoaster is a

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located at

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, it opened on 1 May 2001 and features a drop of , a maximum speed of , and a track length of . It is Norway's only wooden roller coaster.

Characteristics

Track

Thundercoaster's track is in length and features a maximum drop of at an angle of 57.4 degrees. The ride reaches a maximum speed of . One cycle of the ride lasts approximately two minutes.

Trains

Thundercoaster originally ran with

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from Vekoma. Each train had four cars seating six riders each in two rows of two. However, for the 2015 season, these trains were replaced by Timberliner trains from

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-based Gravitykraft Corporation. The coaster now uses two trains, each of which has 12 cars seating two riders; this allows for a total of 24 riders per train.

References

{{reflist Roller coasters in Norway