Ludvika – Falun railway line

Ludvika-Falun
Rämshyttan station (around 1900)
Route number :	10
Course book range :	49, 53
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16 2 / 3 Hz  ~
Operating points and routes
Legend from Gävle 0.000 Falun Orsa – Falun railway to Rättvik by Falun GDJ by Falu Gruva (1975–1963) 1.546 Tisken Railway line Tisken – Björbo to Björbo Källviken (until 1936) 8.022 Hinsnoret (formerly P-Halt, 1915–1968) Ösjön (temporarily P-Halt, 1947–1957) 13.236 Tomnäs (from May 30th 1903) 16.796 Ornäs (formerly P-Halt) Barkargärdet Dalälven 21st Domnarvet (formerly P-Halt) Rättvik – Borlänge railway line from Rättvik 23.832 Boron length C Days lmp (until 1898) to Avesta 27.770 Lindane 32.497 Sellnäs (formerly P-Halt, from October 1, 1898) 43.053 Ulvshyttan (formerly P-Halt, until October 1, 1894 Skräcka ) from 2020 50.646 Rämshyttetunneln (167 m) 10 Idkerberget Tuna-Hästberg (until 1967) Framing 4th Rämshytte bruk (from December 9, 1916) 0 51.999 Rämshyttan (formerly P-Halt, until July 12, 1904 Rämen ) Norra Malsjöberg, ore loading from Tyskgruvan, 700 m, (1938–1950) 61.247 Gräsberg (formerly P-Halt) 63.757 Källbottengruvan (until 1954) 65.622 Håksberg by Vansbro Wessman – Barkens Jernväg 70.125 Ludvika Railway line Kolbäck – Ludvika to Fagersta C Railway line Frövi – Ludvika to Ställdalen

The Ludvika – Falun railway is a standard-gauge Swedish railway line . It is part of the historical and also the so-called Bergslagsbanan today .

history

The railway line from Ludvika to Falun is the northernmost part of the main line of the former Järnvägar (BJ) mountain camps . The entire line ran from Gothenburg to Falun. Traffic on the Ludvika – Falun section was started on December 31, 1875 as the first section of the BJ, and the entire line was in operation four years later. This section is the direct continuation of the section between Ställdalen and Ludvika , the former main line of Frövi – Ludvika Järnväg (FLJ). There the two railway companies BJ and FLJ operated competing operations on parallel routes for years.

In 1908, the BJ became the majority shareholder in Gävle – Dala – Järnväg and together with it and other companies formed the Göteborg – Dalarne – Gävle Transport Authority (GDG), in which BJ and GDG were the most important partners. The GDG was nationalized in 1947 and later integrated into the SJ . The line was electrified in 1946.

Rämshyttan – Idkerberget railway line

The ten kilometer long railway line from Rämshyttan to Idkerberget was opened on October 1, 1912 by the BJ for freight traffic.

The Idkerberget ore mine was established in the early 1900s. In 1908 the production of iron ore was between 50,000 and 100,000 tons. Some of this ore was processed in the Rämshyttan smelter acquired in 1904 from the Grufaktiebolaget Dalarna founded in 1901 . Another part of this ore was brought to Ulfshyttan on a nine-kilometer cable car from 1902 to 1912 . The ore mine became known in Sweden when on March 16, 1961, a large land collapse occurred in which several cars and a garage sank. No one was injured, but 70 people had to be evacuated. The pit was closed on February 28, 1977. This eliminated the transport tasks on the route, which resulted in the provisional suspension on May 23, 1977. The final shutdown took place on April 1, 1983.

Web links

• Map of the region
• Gunnar Eveking: Bangårdsskisser. (between Ludvika and Falun). March 26, 2005, archived from the original on August 21, 2010 ; Retrieved August 28, 2018 (Swedish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ludvika – Rämshyttan – Borlänge – Falun. Bandel 292. In: banvakt.se. Retrieved October 25, 2017 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Descriptions of the Swedish mine building, page 20
3. ↑ Rämshyttan-Idkerbergets Järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 24 : Ryssläder secretary . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1916, Sp. 60 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
4. ↑ Linbanor för industri ella tillämpningar. In: ekeving.se. Retrieved August 28, 2018 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ 1961 mine disaster (Swedish)
6. ↑ rail Register 1977
7. ↑ rail Register 1983