Östra Värmlands järnvägsaktiebolag

Persbergs gruva – Kristinehamn
Persberg gruva around 1920
Route length:	60 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Operating points and routes
Legend Filipstad Norra Bergslags Järnväg from Nordmark 60 Finshyttan (1876) Filipstad Norra Bergslags Järnväg to Filipstad Västra 58 Filipstad östra (1876) Hennickehammar Mora – Vänerns Järnväg to Mora 58.089 Persberg gruva (1876–1923, connecting railway , former train station, passenger traffic until 1917) 57.927 Persberg (1876, former station) New line to Filipstad Västra since 1964 56.2 Gåsgrufvan (1880) 53.2 Nyhyttan (1876) 51.240 Trehörningen (1878-1910) 47.038 Gammelkroppa Gammelkroppa ovre 45 Skärjen (1880) Järnvägar mountain camps by Falun C 43.2 Herrhult (1877–1972) Bergslagernas Järnvägar to Gothenburg C Kroppaälven 39.904 Nykroppa 39.0 Nykroppa nedre (1875) 37.2 Hättälven 32.9 Jordkullen grp 30.01 Badsta 29.4 Solvik 28.7 Storfors öfre (1879) Mögsjön 27.890 Storfors 24.4 Ängvägen 22.6 Släbråten 19.4 Stock images Hyttsjön 16.356 Nässundet (former station) 13.9 Ullvettern 12.0 Grenviken 10.153 Sjöändan (1885) 1.5 Elfbrohyttan lastplats (1873–1880, formerly "Elfbron") 0.0 4.2 Elfbroväxeln (1873–1890) 9.4 Hedkullen grp 2.244 Spjutbäcken (former Bhf.) Nordvästra stambanan from Laxå Kristinehamn Harbor Kristinehamn Östra Värmlands Järnväg 0.0 Kristinehamn Nordvästra stambanan to Karlstad

The Swedish railway company Östra Värmland järnvägsaktiebolag (OWJ) was founded in 1873, (by older transport links Swedish Kommunikationsled ), which consisted of short rail lines and waterways on inland lakes and canals to replace and traffic conditions between Kristinehamn and the mining region around Filipstad in Värmland County to improve.

These were the main line Persberg – Kristinehamn and the branch line Nyhyttan – Finnshyttan, which were planned at the beginning of the 1870s. The concession to build the two lines was granted on May 9, 1873.

history

The individual route sections have been released for public transport as follows:

• Kristinehamn – Storfors: June 3, 1873
• Storfors – Gammalkroppa: December 11, 1875
• After the provisional clearance of the Gammalkroppa – Nyhyttan – Filipstads Ö line for freight traffic on February 1, 1876, the remaining sections of Filipstads Ö – Finnshyttan on April 3, 1876 and Gammalkroppa – Persbergs gruva on December 1, 1876 were handed over to their destination. In Finshyttan, the Flipstad Norra Bergslags Järnväg narrow-gauge railway connected .

In the first few years there was also a two-kilometer private, non-licensed connecting railway between Elfbroväxeln and Elfbrohyttan lastplats.

Integration of former societies

For railway construction, the company acquired the narrow-gauge railway lines Christinehamn-Sjöändan (1,099 mm), the nine-kilometer, between Bernsnäs brygga on Östersjön and Gammalkroppa on Yngen running range of Kroppa Jernvägs- och Sjö-transports-Actie-Bolag (802 mm) and the Yngs – Daglöse Järnväg (692 mm) from Vinternäset am Yngen to Aborrbergets krön and on to the port in Filipstad .

The company used the old station building on the Christinehamn – Sjöändan railway in Kristinehamn. Bergslagernas Järnvägar was crossed in Herhult . The route ended in Persbergs gruva.

Expansion and sale

Mora Vänerns järnvägsaktiebolag (MVJ) applied for a concession to expand the line between Persberg and Mora , which it was awarded in 1887. When this line was built, Persberg station was moved to the west.

In the years from 1889 to 1897, Mora Vänerns järnvägsaktiebolag rented the line from the ÖWJ until it was owned by MVJ on January 1, 1897 for a price of 4.5 million kroner.

MVJ, in turn, was acquired by the Swedish state in 1917 , which handed over the routes to Statens Järnvägar . At this point in time the inland railway was planned and the line became part of the southern section. The line between Kristinehamn and Nykroppa still exists and is now part of the inland railway. The Herrhult – Persberg and Nyhyttan – Finshyttan sections were replaced by another route and dismantled.

→ Main article : Inland railway

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Persbergs Gruva – Persberg – Nyhyttan – Herrhult – Nykroppa – Kristinehamn according to banvakt.se, Bandel 272. Retrieved on August 11, 2013 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Järnvägshistoriskt forum Bangårdsskisser Herrhult. Retrieved July 1, 2014 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Nordisk familjebok 1922 Östra Värmlands Järnväg . Pp. 291–292 , accessed August 16, 2013 (Swedish). 
4. ^ Lars-Olof Karlsson, Ängelholm: Järnvägar i historien. Sveriges Järnvägars historia. March 31, 1996, Retrieved August 16, 2013 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ Bildgalleri – Filipstads järnvägar. Filipstad Gille, accessed August 12, 2013 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ Inlandsbanan / BJ / MVJ / ÖWJ. Retrieved August 18, 2013 (Swedish).  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Historiskt om Svenska Järnvägar Inlandsbanan

Web links

• Rolf Sten: Östra Värmlands Järnväg. Retrieved August 11, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Drift space register. Retrieved August 18, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Nordisk familjebok - 1911 Kristinehamn. In: Project Runeberg . Retrieved August 18, 2013 (Swedish).