Lidköping – Kvänum railway line
The Lidköping – Kvänum (Swedish. Lidköping – Kvänums järnväg ) railway was a projected narrow-gauge railway in Skaraborgs län in Sweden. The route should be carried out in the track width of 891 mm.
According to Lidköping's plans, the line should lead south via Hofby, Norra Härene, Salsby, Jung and Kvänum to Kvänum station on the Gothenburg – Skara railway line and have a length of 25.9 kilometers. The construction costs were calculated at 800,000 kroner , of which 80,000 kroner should go to the vehicles .
The concession was granted on April 12, 1907, construction did not begin.
The concession holders were then granted a further period after which construction should begin in 1912. The line should go into operation in 1915.
After the construction work was not carried out in the following years, the concession expired.
Web links
- Lidköping – Kvänums järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 16 : Lee – Luvua . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 383 (Swedish, runeberg.org - planning).
- Lidköping – Kvänums järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 37 : Supplement: L – Riksdag . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1925, Sp. 167 (Swedish, runeberg.org - expiry of the concession).