Klintehamn – Hablingbo railway line
| Klintehamn – Hablingbo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 KBJ locomotive 1 "THOR" around 1900 in Rockneby station.
It later became locomotive SGJ 1 "HABLINGBO" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route number : | SGJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route length: | 27.0 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 891 mm ( Swedish 3-foot track ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The railway line Klintehamn – Hablingbo was a railway line on Gotland , which was planned and built by the Sydvästra Gotlands Järnvägsaktiebolag in the gauge 891 mm ( narrow gauge ). It was a 27-kilometer route that led from Klintehamn via Levide to Hablingbo . It formed the extension of the Klintehamn-Roma railway line operated by Klintehamn-Roma Järnvägsaktiebolag (KlRJ) between Roma and Klinteham .
The main purpose of the railway was to bring sugar beets to the sugar factory in Roma. A two-hour locomotive shed was originally planned in Hablingbo, but it was not built. The vehicles were procured second-hand and came from the Kalmar – Berga , Kalmar – Torsås and Mönsterås – Åseda railway lines .
The railway was officially opened for passenger and freight traffic on July 7, 1924. Due to economic difficulties, it was taken over by Klintehamn-Roma Järnväg on January 1, 1927 . In 1947 the new company was nationalized and in 1948 the traffic was taken over by SJ . On October 6, 1953, traffic on the entire Roma – Hablingbo route was set. Up until 1955 there were occasional train journeys on the line, in 1958 it was dismantled.
Web links
- Article on SGJ (swed.)
- Historical description of the railway line at Historiskt om Svenska Järnvägar (swed.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of Central European Railway Administrations (ed.): Station directory of the European railways . (formerly Dr. KOCH's station directory). 52nd edition. Barthol & Co., Berlin-Wilmersdorf 1939.