Lund – Harlösa railway line

Lund – Harlösa
Harlösa station (1906)
Route length:	24.2 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	16  ‰
Minimum radius :	300 m
Top speed:	50 km / h
Operating points and routes
Legend Dalby – Harlösa – Bjärsjölagård Järnväg from Bjärsjölagård Landskrona – Kävlinge – Sjöbo Järnväg from Sjöbo 23.6 Harlösa 1906– Dalby – Harlösa – Bjärsjölagård Järnväg to Dalby Landskrona – Kävlinge – Sjöbo Järnväg to Landskrona Kävlingeån 21.4 Revingehed 1905-1988 19.5 Revingeby (Revinge) 1905-1939 18.1 Revinge grusgrop 15th Skatteberga 1905-1939 13.9 Mossavagen 11.7 Södra Sandby 1905-1939 9.5 Fågelsång 1905-1939 8.7 Sularp greeting day 7.8 Hardeberga 1905-1965 Stenbrott -1965 6.6 Kungs brands 5.2 Arendala 1906-1939 3 Vipeholm 2.2 Lund Ö 1905-1939 1 Lund S 1905-1966 0.0 Högevall 1907-1939 Lund-Trelleborgs Järnväg from Trelleborg Södra stambanan to Malmö C Lund C 1857– Södra stambanan after Falköping C

The Lund – Harlösa railway was a standard-gauge Swedish railway line . It was built by Lund – Revinge Järnvägsaktiebolag (LReJ), a private railway company , between Harlösa and Lund .

history

As early as 1894 there were plans for a railway connection from the area east of Lund in the city of Lund. The problem was that there were already a number of railway lines in Skåne and there was little room for new important lines. A concession for a route east of Lund to Lomma was applied for and approved on November 29, 1895. This concession expired when the authorities and those interested in railway construction could not agree on how the route through Lund should be connected to the state railway.

So a new attempt was made to build a route. This proposal envisaged a start at Lund's new train station, Lund Södra , and should lead to Viken via Revinge . On March 10, 1899, the license was applied for. The proposed route came into conflict with another concession request - the planned Dalby - Sölvesborg and Trelleborg - Kristianstad cross-railway . The license request was therefore changed again and now referred to the Lund – Revinge and Revinge – Harlösa line. The concession for the section between Lund and Revinge was granted on December 19, 1902, the Revinge – Harlösa section followed on October 21, 1904.

The route led past a military training area at Revinge , which had advantages through the rail connection. Harlösa was chosen as the end point, a station of the Landskrona – Kävlinge – Sjöbo Järnväg (LKSJ), which however had no intention of building a station in Viken.

Lund – Revinge Järnvägsaktiebolag

On April 8, 1903, the Lund Revinge Järnvägsaktiebolag was founded. From the very beginning, the municipalities were very interested in a railway. From a capital of 750,000 crowns the city of Lund drew 500,000 crowns and other rural communities 110,000 crowns.

L. Sandewall was commissioned as general contractor for the railway construction. Construction began in 1904 and on May 6, 1905, the line to Revinge was opened to public transport. It was given its own terminus in Lund, Högevall, south of Lund central . Operations on the Revinge – Harlösa section began on February 6, 1906.

Technical specifications

The total cost of building the railway was 1,177,809 crowns, of which the vehicles had a share of 168,985 crowns. The track in standard gauge was 21.350 kilometers long, the steel rails had a lineal weight of 25 kg / m, the minimum radius was 300 m and the maximum slope 16 ‰. The top speed was 50 km / h.

The company's first traffic director in 1905 was HL Peterson, who was also responsible for Lund-Bjärreds Järnvägsaktiebolag from 1907 . With the introduction of joint administration by Lund stads järnvägar and the merger in 1918 as Bjärred – Lund – Harlösa Järnväg , he remained in office until 1921.

In total, the following steam locomotives were procured:

number	Surname	design type	Wheel alignment	Manufacturer	Fabr.-No./ year of construction	Special
1		Tank locomotive	C t	Vagn- & Maskinfabriksaktiebolaget Falun , Falun	45 1905	Taken over by BLHJ in 1918, then No. 4, scrapped in 1940.
2		Tank locomotive	C t	Vagn- & Maskinfabriksaktiebolaget Falun, Falun	46 1905	Taken over by BLHJ in 1918, then No. 5, sold to Svensk Torvförädling in Sösdala in 1940 , scrapped in 1961.

In addition to the first two steam locomotives, four two-axle passenger cars and 29 two-axle baggage and freight cars were procured. To maintain the vehicles, a small round shed with two stands was built at the eastern end of Lund Södra station. There was a 12-meter turntable in front of the shed . In addition, a coaling plant and a wagon shed were built. A parking space in the round shed was extended in 1915 to make room for a small workshop.

In Harlösa, a locomotive shed with a stand was built at the eastern end of the station, a water tower and a 15-meter turntable were built.

Economic development

The route developed poorly and society was burdened with high costs. These came from the rental fees for freight wagons, among other things, because the company could not afford to buy enough of its own wagons. This only improved when the company began to sell stones and gravel from the railway's own gravel pits.

Lund stads järnvägar

From 1911, after a reconstruction of the Lund – Bjärreds Järnväg (LBJ), it was placed under a joint administration with the LReJ, run by the city of Lund. From 1912 this management company was called Lund stads järnvägar .

Bjärred – Lund – Harlösa Järnväg

In 1918, Lund demanded that the two railway companies Lund – Bjärreds Järnvägsaktiebolag (LBJ) and Lund – Revinge Järnväg (LReJ), managed by Lund stads järnvägar , should be merged into one railway company. This was completed, from July 1, 1918, the two previous companies went into a new company, Bjärred – Lund – Harlösa Järnväg (BLHJ).

Shutdown and demolition

All traffic on the line ceased on June 15, 1939, the line was dismantled between 1940 and 1984.

Web links

• Railway company data (swedish)
• History of the railway company (swedish)
• History and current photos of the Harlösa train station (swed.)
• History and current photos of Revingeby station (swed.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lund – Harlösa. Bandel 631. In: banvakt.se. Retrieved April 3, 2018 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ 631 Lund - Harlösa. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved April 3, 2018 (Swedish).  
3. ↑ Harlösa station near Stig Lundin
4. ↑ Delivery list Falun
5. ^ Lars Sundberg: Lunds Stads Järnvägar. Landsarkivet i Lund, December 1999, archived from the original on March 7, 2005 ; Retrieved February 9, 2016 (Swedish).