Kalmar – Berga railway line

Kalmar – Berga
KBJ Lok1 "THOR" around 1900 at Rockneby station , which then became SGJ 1 "HABLINGBO"
Route length:	77.0 km
Gauge :	891 mm, from 1973: partly 1435 mm
Legend Stångådalsbanan from Linköping 159 Berga For details, see the Nässjö – Oskarshamn railway line Oskarshamn Ytterby hpr Frövivägen (formerly Frövifors Anhalt) 166 Högsby Berga gård Narrow gauge line from Oskarshamn (until 1966) 174 Ruda (former station) Narrow gauge line to Älghult (until 1970) Bötterum hpr 179 Långemåla Brusemåla 183 Verlebo 188 Hornsö from Mönsterås bruk 192 Sandbäckshult (former station) 195 Blomstermåla Skeppnetorp Kaggetorps grusgrop Broholm (Kaggetorp until 1942, 1925–1965) 200 Ålem Ödebo by (until 1942 Ödebo) Södra Bäckebo (only in the 1930s) 206 Haraldsmåla 211 Kåremo Nöbble vattentag (water point) 217 Rockneby (former station) Möre skans (until 1942 Åsarna) Svartingstorp 221 Läckeby Norra Förlösa (until 1942 Melby) 226 Förlösa 229 Kläckeberga Power release Norrslätt (Berga by, 1941 Funkabo, 1944 Norrslätt) 232 Skälby 233 Kalmar Södra (formerly P-Halt) Kalmar – Torsås Järnväg from Torsås 234 Kalmar Västra Kust till kust-banan from Emmaboda 235 Squid C Kalmar harbor

The Kalmar – Berga railway is a 77 km long railway line in Sweden . Today it is part of the Stångådalsbanan .

history

Its construction was carried out by the railway construction company Föreningen för Kalmar läns östra järnvägs byggand , founded on October 1, 1891 . The concession to build the line was granted on September 16, 1892.

This concession was transferred to Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag , founded on August 6, 1895 , which took over the operation of the line after the construction. Construction of the 891 mm ( narrow gauge ) line began on March 24, 1896. On December 4, 1897, the line for passenger and freight traffic as Kalmar – Berga Järnväg (KBJ) was put into operation.

→ Main article : Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag

Transfer to Statens Järnvägar

As part of the general nationalization of the railways in Sweden , the Swedish state bought the Kalmar – Berga line and Mönsterås nya Järnvägsaktiebolag in 1940 and transferred them to Statens Järnvägar , and Kalmar läns östra järnvägsaktiebolag was dissolved.

Operation and re-gauging

Passenger traffic on the entire route was stopped in 1967. In 1973 the section between Sandbäckshult and Kalmar was converted to standard gauge. Today the railway has been completely converted to standard gauge.

Web links

• History of Kalmar-Berga Järnväg (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frövivägen hp. Sandbäckshult – Ruda – Berga, Bandel 546. In: banvakt.se. Retrieved November 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ KBJ, Kalmar - Berga Järnväg
3. ↑ Kalmar – Berga järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Johan – Kikare . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 673 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).