Helsingborg – Råå – Ramlösa railway line

Helsingborg – Råå – Ramlösa
Special trip around 1900 in Triangeln
Route
Route length:	8.2 km
Gauge :	600 mm from 1906: 1435 mm
Legend Helsingborgs gamla Centralstation Västkustbanan Triangles Västkustbanan Ramlösa nedre station Ramlösa well Helsingborg kopparverk Helsingborg kopparverk Råå station Harbor tracks Råå havn

The Helsingborg – Råå – Ramlösa railway line , commonly known as Decauvillen , was an 8.2-kilometer Swedish narrow-gauge railway . It led from Helsingborg to Råå and Ramlösa . The track initially had a gauge mm from 600 to 1,906 standard gauge umgespurt was. It was operated independently from 1891 to 1924.

history

Helsingborg expanded rapidly during industrialization in the late 1800s. In particular, the city grew in the south towards Råå. In the early 1870s traffic was handled by horse-drawn buses, but their capacity was limited. In the 1880s, the influential consuls Nils Persson and August Sylvan bought large parts of the Raus-Planteringen on the coast between Helsingborg and Råå . They saw the region's potential for industrial use, but that required better transportation. In 1889 they contacted Count Fredrik Arvidsson Posse about building a new steam train.

Helsingborg – Råå – Ramlösa Järnväg

Posse visited the world exhibition in Paris in 1889 , where the Decauville railway, built with prefabricated flying track , was presented to the Paris world exhibition . He recognized their usefulness for Helsingborg and bought two of the steam locomotives on display there, Massouah and Turkestan , two passenger cars and tracks. He presented his proposal in 1890 and founded Helsingborg-Råå-Ramlösa Järnväg (HRRJ), of which he was the main owner. The route he planned led from Helsingborg Central Station in Trädgårdsgatan to the port of Råå in the south, with a branch from Triangeln via Raus-Planteringen to the mineral spring in Ramlösa.

The concession for the line was granted on April 10, 1891. The rails, which had already been installed on sleepers by Decauville in France, could be laid quickly, so that the railway could be put into operation on July 16, 1891. The official inauguration took place on August 11, 1891.

In 1901 the rail network was expanded with a branch to the newly built copper works (Kopparverket) and in 1904 with another branch to the Råå mechanical workshop. At this point there were four steam locomotives, two of which were purchased at the World's Fair. There were also a total of 15 passenger cars and around 30 freight cars, which were mainly used for transporting to and from the copper works and for transporting peat.

However, both passenger and freight traffic increased rapidly, so that the capacity of the narrow-gauge railway was soon no longer sufficient. The line was therefore switched to standard gauge and electrified from October 7, 1906 to December 1, 1906 at the suggestion of Nils Persson.

The concession for the conversion had already been granted on February 23, 1905. In October 1905, preparations for the renovation began. On July 17, 1906, the last narrow-gauge train ran from Helsingborg to Ramlösa, and on October 7, 1906, the last train on the Triangeln – Råå section. The line was the first electrified railway line in Sweden.

The majority of the narrow-gauge rail vehicles were sold to other narrow-gauge railways after the gauge change.

Integration into the urban tram network

On July 21, 1924, the line was integrated into the Helsingborg trams ( Hälsingborgs stads spårvägar ). The tram operation was stopped on September 3, 1967, the Dagen H , in connection with the changeover to the right-hand traffic ( Swedish : Högertrafikomläggningen ).

Received vehicles

The museum railway Östra Södermanlands Järnväg in Mariefred still has a few narrow-gauge tracks and six cars, including four passenger cars, the Helsingborg – Råå – Ramlösa Järnväg. Some standard gauge tracks and vehicles have been preserved at Museispårvägen in Malmköping . There are also a number of preserved trams from Helsingborg there.

literature

• Ranby, Henrik (2005). "Kommunikationförbättringar - Decauvillen och spårvägen". I Helsingborgs historia, del VII: 3: cityscape, stadsplanering och arkitektur. Helsingborgs bebyggelseutveckling 1863-1971 , pp. 75-77. Helsingborg: Helsingborgs stad. ISBN 91-631-6844-8 .
• Rigstam, Ulf (2006). HRRJ (Hbg – Råå – Ramlösa Järnväg). I Helsingborg's city dictionary . Helsingborg: Helsingborgs Lokalhistoriska förening. ISBN 91-631-8878-3 .

Web links

• Helsingborgs Stads Spårvägar & Bussar: Helsingborg-Råå-Ramlösa Järnväg

Individual evidence

1. ^ Per Englund: Decauvillesystemet - från Paris till mörkaste Småland. (PDF; 211 kB) KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAN, Avdelningen för teknik- och vetenskapshistoria, May 27, 2009, archived from the original ; Retrieved April 25, 2019 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cycla Banwall: Helsingborg-Råå-Ramlösa Järnväg. History and curiosities. (Swedish)
3. ↑ Helsingborg - Råå - Ramlösa Järnväg. Historia och lok översikt. In: svenska-lok.se. Retrieved March 9, 2019 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ HRRJ - Helsingborg - Råå - Ramlösa - Järnväg. In: sundsutsikt.se. Retrieved March 9, 2019 (Swedish). 

Coordinates: 56 ° 1 '17 "  N , 12 ° 43' 9.5"  E