The borough of Lerkendal was created in 2005 and consists of Lerkendal, Elgeseter, Nardo, Risvollan, Flatåsen, Moholt, Gløshaugen, Åsvang and Sjetnemarka.
After Marienborg, the main service branches off along the Stavne–Leangen Line to the terminus at Lerkendal, which serves the Gløshaugen campus of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Lerkendal Stadion, the home ground of Rosenborg BK.