Orsa – Bollnäs railway line

Orsa – Bollnas
Edsbyn Railway Station
Route number :	Orsa – Furudal: 99 Furudal – Bollnäs: 50
Route length:	118 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D.
Maximum slope :	17  ‰
Minimum radius :	Göringen – Dalfors: 300 m Remaining distance: 400 m
Top speed:	SJ-Bandel 251: (Furudal) - (Bollnäs) 40 km / h Orsa – Furudal 40 km / h
Legend from Mora 118.464 Orsa 166.5  m above sea level to Östersund 116.223 Born Europastraße 45 115.004 Stackmora 204.0 m.ö.h. London 296 111.276 Kallholsfors (formerly the train station) 206.7 m.ö.h. 108.117 Mässbacken 210.0 m.ö.h. 101.483 Skattungbyn 206.6 m.ö.h. 92.972 Skattungsjön 210.8 m.ö.h. Oreälven (55 m) 86.645 Tappudden 85.946 Furudal (formerly the train station) 210.2 m.ö.h. Furudals grusgrop 85,200 Inlandsbanan AB / Trafikverket operator boundary Oreälven 80.156 Östanvik 231.4 meters above sea level 69.723 0.000 Göringen ( wedge station , until 1901 Dalfors) 253.6 m.ö.h. 3.030 Dalfors 228.2 m.ö.h. Dalforsan 62.639 Åssjöbo 251.9 meters above sea level 59.246 Tungsen 264.9 m above sea level 57.380 Finnshögst London 296 Voxna – Lobonäs railway line 51,606 Voxna 196.7 m.ö.h. 45.985 Homna 184.5 m.ö.h. 43,534 Älmeskullen 184.8 m.ö.h. 40.150 Lillboklitten 36.785 Edsbyn 168.8 m.ö.h. 36.055 Edsbyns södra 35.475 Edsbyverken 33,554 Acktjärn 32,428 Ovanåker 157.5 m.ö.h. 30.816 Båstadammen 28,530 Viksjöfors 158.2 m.ö.h. Viksjöströmmen 22.984 Borfallet Länsväg 301 21,368 Alfta 97.8 m.ö.h. 17.332 Runemo 96.8 m.ö.h. Voxnan 12,433 Söräng 88.3 m.ö.h. Riksväg 50 8.335 Freluga 90.5 m.ö.h. 6,933 Järnmyran 3,683 Sunnerstaholm 81.5 m.ö.h. from Ockelbo Riksväg 83 0.000 Bollnas 56.4 m above sea level to Ånge Swell:

The Orsa – Bollnäs railway in central Sweden was built from 1898 by Dala-Helsinglands Järnvägsaktiebolag . Today the traffic between Bollnäs and Furudal has been stopped, the other section Orsa –Furudal is used by Inlandsbanan AB for sporadic journeys.

history

Opening and operation

On October 11, 1895, the concession for the construction of a railway line between Bollnäs and Orsa and the branch line Göringen-Dalfors was granted, which was taken over a year later by Dala-Helsinglands Järnvägsaktiebolag (DHdJ). On November 4, 1899, the DHdJ started operations and the first trains ran between Bollnäs and Edsbyn . On January 18, 1900, the provisional passenger and freight traffic between Orsa and Voxna began. The official opening date of the railway line and the start of continuous train traffic was August 23, 1902.

The construction costs amounted to 4,640,000 crowns . There was no state participation. As early as 1913, the DHdJ applied for the state to take over the route for reasons of liquidity , but the state did not intervene. So the company went bankrupt in 1915. Dala-Hälsinglands nya järnvägsaktiebolag was founded on February 20, 1917 to continue operations . On May 3, 1917, the railway authority suggested that the state railway should rent the route. The reason given was that it would be advantageous for the state railway to have a connection between the Norra stambana and the Orsa – Kristinehamn line. An agreement was reached on April 3, 1917, and a ten-year tenancy agreement from May 1, 1917 with a rent of 130,000 crowns annually. During the rental period, the maintenance work on the route and facilities was the responsibility of the state.

On May 1, 1927, the Swedish state bought the route at a price of 1,500,000 crowns. The Swedish railway company Statens Järnvägar (SJ) was now responsible , which applied the tariff of the state railways from January 1, 1928.

Current condition

The Swedish State Railways SJ ceased passenger traffic on the entire route on September 1, 1971, and freight traffic between the Edsbyn and Furudal stations followed on May 27, 1972. Afterwards, only hand drawn trolleys for tourists ran on this section of the route. Since 2002 the Edsbyn – Furudal line has been closed to all rail traffic due to the poor track position. The freight traffic from Mora via Orsa to Furudal was provided from 1991 to 1996 by the Dalatåg railway company founded for this purpose , then by BK Tåg AB, which went bankrupt in 2005. In 2004 the timber traffic between Bollnäs and Edsbyn ended, so that this route is now without any traffic.

However, the entire route still exists - with a few exceptions at Voxna and Göringen, where road crossings are already tarred. The section between the property line at Furudal and Bollnäs has not been closed and is recorded in the current SJ documents with the note “Underhåll har upphört” (maintenance suspended). The association Dala – Hälsinglands Järnväg (DHdJ) is trying to resume timber traffic between Orsa and Bollnäs. This means that the route could be used for special trips, for example with the museum railcar. Inlandsbanan AB's current development plan provides for the entire route to be taken over.

On September 7, 2013, a five-year contract was concluded between Trafikverket and the DHdJ association to clear the railway line. According to their own statements, the cut between Furudal and Göringen has top priority in 2014. In an official announcement from June 16, 2015, Trafikverket announced that the maintenance of the Bollnäs – Edybyn – Furudal railway line will be discontinued on December 13, 2015. A possible decision to finally give up the railway line can be made in three years, depending on the legal situation. The DHdJ association publishes photos on its website showing the railway line from the railway bridge near Finnshögst. The tracks have now been largely cut free again. Inlandsbanan AB also gave the association the MD 13107 motor trolley, which had previously been stationed in Sveg , to simplify the cutting work.

The historic Y7 railcar of the Inlandsbahn runs between Orsa and Furudal on special occasions such as the Orsayran music festival . In 2017, it was used as planned on Wednesdays from July 5th to August 2nd. These trips were organized by the Orsa Jernvägsförening association.

Göringen – Dalfors railway line

The railway line between Bollnäs and Orsa was supposed to connect the old industrial community of Dalfors . However, the terrain was too unfavorable for a direct connection. Therefore, the main line led a little further to the northwest and Dalfors was connected via a three-kilometer branch line. This branched off in the small town of Göringen. The opening train ran on November 12, 1902. In 1960 operations were stopped and the tracks were then dismantled.

Göringen train station

The original name of the station was "Dalfors", but it was renamed Göringen in 1901. The first station building in Göringen was an exhibition pavilion that stood at the 1901 trade fair in Gävle. It was bought by the railway company and in its new function it became a station building with a cafeteria. In 1919 a real station building was erected. It was designed by the then chief architect of the SJ, Folke Zettervall, and corresponded to the SJ standard. He had designed a number of station models that could be expanded according to standard drawings depending on the volume of traffic. Göringen was a model of the second expansion stage . The same buildings stood on the dismantled Sveg – Hede railway line .

The station building consisted of two rooms, a waiting room for passengers and an office room for the staff. It has exits on either side and a small bay window towards the railroad tracks. In the 1940s the station was modernized. The wall between the waiting room and the expedition was moved so that the waiting room became smaller. In 1954 the house was connected to the power supply and in 1956 a toilet was installed in the waiting room.

On the old Dalforsbangården ( German  Dalforsbahnhof ) a terminal was built for the handling of logs between trucks and trains. The station in Göringen was manned by staff until 1969. After that it became an unoccupied station. The timber loading in Göringen ended in 1970 and in the following year the last regular passenger train ran between Bollnäs and Orsa. Demand goods traffic existed for another year. The station building fell into disrepair. The move of the building to a railway museum was planned in the 1980s, but was never carried out. Instead, in 1998 Dala – Hälsinglands Järnväg (DHdJ) acquired both the station building and a large part of the station grounds. After extensive renovation, the building was put back into operation in 2001.

Today the station shows the former condition with platforms on the main line and the branch line to Dalfors, with goods sheds and the former station garden of the staff.

Data

• April 1899 - Bollnäs – Voxna, 51 km, provisional traffic started
• November 4, 1899 - general traffic
• December 1899 - Skattungbyn – Orsa, 17 km, provisional traffic
• January 18, 1900 - Voxna – Skattungbyn, 50 km, provisional traffic when there is no snow
• October 18, 1900 - Voxna – Orsa, 67 km, general traffic
• November 1, 1902 - Göringen – Dalfors, 3 km, general traffic
• May 29, 1960 - Göringen – Dalfors, 3 km, all traffic stopped
• September 1, 1971 - Bollnäs – Orsa, 119 km, passenger traffic ceased
• May 27, 1972 - Edsbyn – Furudal, 49 km, freight traffic ceased
• October 1, 1983 - Edsbyn – Furudal, 49 km, route closed to all traffic
• June 11, 1995 - Edsbyn – Voxna, 15 km, private freight transport
• August 19, 1996 - Voxna – Furudal, 34 km, private goods transport Orsa – Bollnäs
• Autumn 2001 - Orsa – Edsbyn, 33 km, freight traffic ceased
• 2002 - Edsbyn – Furudal, 49 km, freight traffic stopped
• June 13, 2004 - Alfta – Edsbyn, 15 km, freight traffic ceased (formally January 1, 2007)
• June 12, 2005 - Bollnäs – Alfta, 22 km, freight traffic ceased (formally January 1, 2007)

literature

• Christer Hammare, Bengt Sandhammar: Göringen – Dalfors - tretusen tvåhundra meter järnvägshistoria . Ed .: Dala-Hälsinglands Järnväg. 2000, p. 64 (Swedish).

Web links

• Info. historiskt.nu(Swedish). 
• Bollnas-Edsbyn-Orsa. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Information about the former DHdJ (Swedish)
• Line book of the Inlandsbahn including Orsa – Furudal. (PDF) Retrieved April 3, 2018 (Swedish). 
• Part of the route from Trafikverket Furudal – Bollnäs. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on February 2, 2016 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
• Homepage Dala-Hälsinglands Järnväg. Retrieved January 22, 2014 (Swedish). 
• Orsa Jernvägsförening. orsajf.se, accessed May 13, 2020 (Swedish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} KUNGL. JÄRNVÄGSSTYRELSEN (ed.): STATENS JÄRNVÄGAR 1906-1931 . MINNESSKRIFT I ANLEDNING AV DE SVENSKA STATSBANORNAS 75-ÅRIGA TILLVARO MED KUNGL. MAJ: TS NÅDIGA BEMYNDIGANDE. tape 2 . CENTRALTRYCKERIET, Stockholm 1931, p. 70-72 (Swedish, Del III, BANA OCH BYGGNADER).
2. ↑ TRAFIKVERKET JNB 2021 Bilaga 3 E STH per sträcka. (PDF) Utgåva 2020-03-31. trafikverket.se, May 3, 2020, p. 135 , accessed on May 12, 2020 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Line book of the Inlandsbahn Orsa – Furudal. (PDF) March 17, 2014, accessed May 12, 2020 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Photos from 2011
5. ^ Inlandsbanan, en integrerad del av det nationella järnvägsnätet. (PDF) Utvecklingsplan inlandsbanan. (No longer available online.) Inlandsbanan, February 19, 2009, archived from the original on March 4, 2012 ; Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ releases the association DHdJ
7. ↑ helahälsingland.se: Nu ska banan röjas from September 6, 2013 (Swedish).
8. ↑ Trafikverket: Beslut om upphörande av underhåll och nedläggning av järnväg from June 16, 2015.
9. ↑ http://dhdj.se/aktuellt.html
10. ↑ Orsa Järnvägsförening 2017 ( Memento from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
11. ^ Goeringen's station. Dala-Hälsinglands Järnväg, accessed on May 13, 2020 (Swedish). 
12. ↑ http://www.historiskt.nu/bandata/bandelsdata/Baslista/Alla/bd141.htm