Sundsvall – Storlien railway line

Sundsvall – Storlien
Are (1890)
Route number :	20th
Course book range :	42
Route length:	358 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Sundsvall – Storlien 15 kV 16⅔ Hz  ~
Top speed:	Bandel 224 (Ånge) - (Sundsvall c): 130 km / h Bandel 212 (Ånge) –Bräcke: 180 km / h Bandel 223 (Bräcke) - (Östersunds central): 160 km / h Bandel 221 (Östersunds central) - limit : 140 km / h
Dual track :	Moradal – Bräcke
Operating points and routes
Legend Stockholm – Sundsvall railway from Gävle 578.777 Sundsvall C 577.737 Sundsvall V Railway line Stockholm – Sundsvall to Härnösand 571.1 Sizes 566.977 Töva (formerly P-Halt) Matfors – Vattjom railway line 561.194 Vattjom (formerly P-Halt) 558.220 Hällsjö 552.687 Nedansjö (formerly P-Halt) 544.4 Österlo 542.3 Vasterlo 537.890 Stöde 535.2 Västerstöde 533.3 Nederede 531.1 Överede 527.677 Viskan (formerly P-Halt) 525.2 Storboda 524,475 Bodaborg 521.884 Torpshammar 518.1 Getterån 512,564 Fränsta 509.1 Gullsta 507.894 Ljungaverks lastplats Johannisberg – Ljungaverk railway line 507.310 Ljungaverk formerly Österhångsta Johannisberg – Ljungaverk railway line 505.065 Johannisberg (formerly P-Halt) 502.903 Callans Såg Ljungan 498.079 Erikslund Ljungan Norra stambanan from Gävle / Storvik 484.270 Long Norra stambanan from Gävle / Storvik Moradal Dysjön (formerly P-Halt) Bensjöbacken (formerly P-Halt) 514,948 Bräcke Stambanan genom övre Norrland after Boden 525.988 Stavre 538.641 Gällö 552.249 Pilgrimstad Inland Railway from Mora 571.065 Brunflo 574.0 Grytan 576.5 Optand 579,000 Ope 585,946 Ostersund C 586.955 Ostersund V Inland railway to Gällivare 593.4 Sam 596.2 Folkhögskolan 597.4 Täng (Åssjö) 602.4 Sandwetugan 604.5 Dvärsätt Indalsälven 606,641 Hissmofors 607,326 Krokom 609,700 Krokom OJ 611,620 Storflon (formerly P-Halt) 612.5 Kvarnlösa 618.087 Nälden 624,345 Ytterån 633,373 Trångsviken (formerly P-Halt) 640.4 Mällby 644.092 Mattmar 651.826 Eggfors 654.825 Mortar 665.220 Järpen to Tegefors Verk (about 2 km) Järpströmmen / Liten 678,447 Undersåker 691,594 Are 699.296 Duved Indalsälven Landverkströmmen 723,524 Ånn 735.035 Enafors 747.864 Storlien 601 m 751.825 Sweden / Norway Trondheim – Storlien railway line to Trondheim

The Sundsvall – Storlien railway is a 358-kilometer railway line between Sundsvall in Sweden and Storlien on the border with Norway . It was opened in sections between 1874 and 1882.

On the Norwegian side, the Trondheim – Storlien railway line, referred to by Jernbaneverket as Meråkerbanen , connects , the Swedish section is now referred to as Mittbanan by the Trafikverket . The Swedish name alludes to the route near the geographic center of Sweden near the Torpshammar stop .

The Sundsvall– Storlien section is electrified . The line is single-track; only the Moradal - Bräcke section has two tracks due to the higher traffic density .

history

Sundsvall-Torpshammars Järnväg

The oldest section of the line is the diverted Sundsvall – Torpshammar railway . The approximately 60 kilometers long section with a track width of 1067 mm was built by the private railway company Sundsvalls Järnvägsaktiebolag and put into operation in 1874. In addition to the main line, the approximately three kilometer long secondary line Matfors – Vattjom was laid.

Storlien (1882)

Norrländska tvärbanan

Shortly after the opening of the STJ, the Swedish state decided to extend the route westwards via Bräcke and Östersund to the Norwegian border - but in standard gauge . In 1878 the Torpshammar – Ånge – Bräcke section of what is now known as the Norrländska tvybana , the "Norrländische Cross Railway", was put into operation, and a year later the railway reached Östersund. In 1882 the last remaining section on the Swedish side between Östersund and the Norwegian border at Storlien was inaugurated. Three years later, the STJ was bought by the Swedish State Railways SJ and the Sundsvall – Torpshammar line was expanded to standard gauge.

Meråker Railway

At about the same time as the construction of the Norrländska tvrebsana , the Norwegian government - Norway was in union with Sweden - pushed ahead with the construction of the Meråker Railway from Trondheim via Meråker to Storlien. The line was opened on October 17, 1881. Together they form a so-called Mellanriksbana . These are routes that connect Norway and Sweden or Sweden and Finland .

Connection of other railway lines

For the time being, the railway line was an island operation with no connection to the rest of the Norwegian or Swedish rail network. In 1881, but only three years after the Norrländska tvärbanan , the Norra stambanan reached Ånge from the south; from Bräcke it was extended from 1883 towards the ground as Stambanan genom övre Norrland . The inland railway at Östersund and Brunflo was not connected until 1911/12 and 1916 respectively. From Sundsvall, onward travel by rail on the Ostkustbana was only possible from 1927.

electrification

The line was electrified between 1939 and 1945.

Current operation

From November 2013, the continuous train service to Norway was interrupted. The ground subsided between Storlien station and the Norwegian border and there was a risk of a landslide . The line was stabilized in 2014 and reopened in February 2015. A bridge is to be built between 2016 and 2018 to replace the endangered dam.

traffic

After earlier rather modest passenger transport offers on the route, the offer has been gradually expanded since the early 1990s.

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  Class 92 railcars in Östersund

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  Krokom station building

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  Järpen train station

Local transport

In transport services between Heimdal , Trondheim and Östersund since 22 September 2002 two daily train pairs of Nabotåget , until June 2007 operated by the Norwegian Norges Statsbaner and the Swedish Public Transportation Authority in Jämtland County . They were partially financed by the EU Interreg IIIA program for cross-border cooperation.

On June 17, 2007 Veolia Transport took over the Mittlinje in Sweden and Nabotåget in Norway and merged them under the name Mittnabotåget . For some years now, the connection between Norway and Sweden has been broken in Storlien, so that travelers always have to change trains.

Since June 7, 2020, SJ Norge AS has been operating passenger services on the Norwegian section under the “NORD” brand.

Long-distance transport

SJ offers SJ X2 , intercity and night train connections on the route from Sundsvall to Östersund and sometimes further to Åre, Duved and Storlien. In addition, a pair of night trains operated by Veolia Transport operates twice a week during the winter season from Malmö via Stockholm to Duved. Other trains use the Ånge – Bräcke section.

Tourist traffic

The section between Brunflo and Östersund is used between mid-June and early September by the domestic railway, which operates for tourist purposes . In winter, various charter and special trains such as Åretåget bring ski tourists to the winter sports centers near the Norwegian-Swedish border, including to Åre and Duved.

Freight transport

The Sundsvall – Storlien railway is an important part of the Swedish freight network. The Ånge – Bräcke section, which connects the east-west route with the north-south route from Gävle to Boden, is of particular importance. The Töva timber loading point is the hub of the so-called "Tövasystem" (Tövasystemet) , in which Hector Rail supplies the works of one of the large companies in the timber industry , SCA , in the Sundsvall region with around 1.8 million tons of raw material annually.

Web links

Commons : Mittbanan  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Sundsvall – Trondheim railway line. Järnväg.net, accessed November 26, 2013 (Swedish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JNB 2019 Bilaga 3 E STH per sträcka. (PDF) Utgåva 2018–12–14. trafikverket.se, December 14, 2018, p. 140 , accessed on February 8, 2019 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ added to route and station directory according to Dr. Koch, 1939
3. ↑ Pressinbjudan: Invigning av banken över Örabäcken, Storlien (Stora Helvetet). Trafikverket, January 13, 2015, accessed September 21, 2016 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Bro ersätter järnvägsbanken. Trafikverket, October 8, 2015, accessed September 21, 2016 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ Lennart Sundström: Stora volymer råvaror och gods transporteras i Jämtlands län. (PDF; 4.6 MB) In: www.lansstyrelsen.se. Länsstyrelsen Jämtlands län, accessed on May 27, 2013 (Swedish, autumn 2000).