Nyfors – Piteå railway line

Nyfors – Piteå

Piteå station around 1919

Route length:

54 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Power system :

Älvsbyn-Svedjan: 15 kV 16 ² / ₃ Hz ~

Maximum slope :

20.4 ‰

Top speed:

90 km / h

Legend

		Stambanan genom övre Norrland from Boden
	0.000	Älvsbyn


	1.459	Nyfors (formerly passenger transport)
		Stambanan genom övre Norrland after Jörn
		Korsträskbäcken
	1,900	Korsträskvagen
		Riksväg 94

	2,253 3,000	Change of kilometers
	3.804	Högheden
	4,600	Granträskvagen
	6,300	Stop stalls
		Nygårdsvägen
	7.760	Kälsberg
	11,211	Grubban
	13,300	Salberg
	15.280	Tvärån
	16,400	Svedjan
	19,400	Kullen's grusgroup
	21.401	Vargbacken
		Piteälven (131 m)
		Sikfors power sales
	22,850	Stop stalls
	25,100	Arnemark's Father's Day
	27,583	Arnemark
	29.260	Stop stalls
	31,283	Stridholm
	33.719	Pålberget
	35,300	Pålslatten
	38.189	Kvarnåsen
	41.767	Bölebyn
	43.790	Stop stalls
	44,600	Lappgärdets grusgrop
	45.554	Hedens industrispår
	46.894	Öjebyn
	48.840	Stop stalls
		Europastraße 4
		Norrbotniabanan from Luleå - planned
	51.3	Baking industrispår Smurfit Kappa

	52.477 0	Piteå
	52,700	Piteå hamn

		Lövholmen
		Haraholmsväxeln
	5	Svedjan (Munksund)
		Norrbotniabanan to Umeå - planned
	12	Haraholmen (Piteå hamn)

The Nyfors – Piteå railway (formerly Älvsbyn – Piteå) is a Swedish railway line between Nyfors and Piteå in Norrbotten County . It has a length of 54 kilometers. The standard gauge line is single-lane throughout. The route is owned by the Swedish state . The route is operated by Green Cargo .

history

The line was built between 1912 and 1915. On December 17, 1914, the provisional passenger traffic between Älvsbyn and Piteå was started, on December 22nd, the provisional freight traffic took place . The official opening took place on October 1, 1915. On June 16, 1995, electrification went into operation.

Operation today

In the spring of 1995, the Älvsbyn – Piteå line was electrified and a new connection to Södra stambana was established via a newly built triangle of tracks . This connection and the associated new start of the route is part of Nyfors station. The rationalization of freight traffic was continued, including the expansion to an axle load of 25 tons, the line was equipped with remote control and ATC . Electrification continued between Piteå and Svedjan in 2004.

Since May 29, 1972 there has been no more passenger traffic on the route. Around a dozen pairs of freight trains run every day. Most of these are trains for the forestry and timber industry. Most trains run on Green Cargo Rc4 locomotives . Type T44 diesel locomotives also run .

Individual evidence

^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1914. March 31, 1996, accessed May 23, 2018 (Swedish).
^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1915. March 31, 1996. Retrieved May 23, 2018 (Swedish).
^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1995. March 31, 1996, accessed May 23, 2018 (Swedish).
↑ ^a ^b Banguide (Älvsbyn–) Nyfors – Piteå. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved September 9, 2017 (Swedish).
^ Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1972. March 31, 1996. Retrieved March 18, 2019 (Swedish).

Web links

Banguide (Älvsbyn–) Nyfors – Piteå. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved September 9, 2017 (Swedish).
Info and pictures on Jvgfoto.se

[1] Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1914. March 31, 1996, accessed May 23, 2018 (Swedish).

[2] Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1915. March 31, 1996. Retrieved May 23, 2018 (Swedish).

[3] Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1995. March 31, 1996, accessed May 23, 2018 (Swedish).

[alv-4] Banguide (Älvsbyn–) Nyfors – Piteå. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved September 9, 2017 (Swedish).

[5] Lars-Olof Karlsson: Järnvägar i historien. 1972. March 31, 1996. Retrieved March 18, 2019 (Swedish).