Johannisberg – Ljungaverk railway line

Johannisberg / Ljungaverks lastplats – Ljungaverk
The train runs to the left of the street
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend from Ostersund 0 Johannisberg (1912 to 1973) 1 Johannisberg hp Ljungaverk (before 1943 Österhångsta ) Ljungaverk (from 1991) Ljungaverks lastplats (since 1963) to Sundsvall Ljungan 3 Ljungaverk (passenger traffic until 1932) Mällby (1905 to 1966)

The Johannisberg – Ljungaverk railway is a standard-gauge Swedish railway line .

Ljungafors Järnvägs Aktiebolag

Stockholms Superfosfat Fabriks Aktiebolag , founded in 1871, developed a new process for the production of calcium cyanamide in their factory in Månsbo in Dalarna in the early 1900s . In 1906 it was decided to build a new factory for the production of calcium cyanamide on a larger scale. In 1906 an application was made to build a dam on Dalälven to generate the electricity it needed . Since the neighboring property owners were against it, a new location had to be found. Ivar Carlson, the son of the founder of the company Oscar Carlson , found him at Ljungan , seven Swedish miles (about 70 km) west of Sundsvall on Hångstaforsarna . The waterfall had a drop height of 40 meters over a distance of 3.5 kilometers. After a few tests, Carlson acquired the relevant water rights on November 3, 1907 and then received permission on April 27, 1910 to build power stations and factories.

As early as 1909, the planning of the factory buildings began and considerations were made to transport the finished products by rail. Ljungafors Järnvägs Aktiebolag was founded on August 25, 1910 . The company was to build the line between the industrial site and the Sundsvall – Storlien railway line and operate the railway between the main line and Ljunga Verks . The first planned connection point to the main line was Gullsta station, which was in Gullgård .

Johannisbergs Ljungafors Järnvägs Aktiebolag

In 1911, however, it was decided to make the connection in Johannisberg. In connection with the rescheduling, the Johannisberg stop was built, one kilometer to the east from the Johannisberg branch station. The project included the construction of a railway bridge over the Ljungan. This bridge was built as a combined rail and road bridge, as road bridges over the Ljungan only existed in Gullgård (Byforsbron) and Johannisberg. The new bridge existed until the 1960s when a separate road bridge was built.

After the decision to start the route from Johannisberg, the company was renamed Johannisbergs Ljungafors Järnvägs Aktiebolag (JLJ).

Route data

The freight transport on the route Johannisberg-Ljungaverk by JLJ was taken on 28 December 1912 it was followed by the passenger 15 February 1913. This passenger was until October 1, 1932. The tickets were sold at the station, the front of the factory site lay.

In 1963 the line from Johannisberg to the industrial area Ljunga Verks was developed from the east of Gullgård - as originally planned - and the section from Johannisberg was closed after operations began.

The Mällby loading point was built for Mattmars kalkbruk AB , which was sold to the Phosphatgesellschaft in 1917. From there, based Ljunga Verks the lime. In 1957 it was found that there were cheaper and more efficient methods of lime production elsewhere, which made modernization unprofitable. Lime production was stopped as early as 1958.

The independent railway company under public law is always listed separately in the relevant documents for agreements in the European Union.

Web links

• History of Ljungaverk. Archived from the original on August 13, 2010 ; Retrieved June 5, 2015 . 
• History at banvakt.se (swed.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European documents. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; Retrieved June 5, 2015 .