Hedebahn

Sveg – Hede
Sveg railway station
Route length:	72.551 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	25  ‰
Minimum radius :	300 m
Top speed:	45 km / h
Legend Inland Railway from Mora 0.000 Sveg 358 m above sea level Inland railway to Östersund 0.800 Industrial connection 5.214 Överberg 389 m.ö.h. 8.200 Överberg's day day 15,500 Remsberget 17.646 Glissjöberg 372 m.ö.h 27,147 Storfäringen 39,380 Håberget 42.400 Sömlingbäcken 395 m above sea level 51.500 Växel vid km 51.5 55,485 Vemdalen Vemån to Vikarsjön (665 m) 63.915 Hedeviken 68.600 Vitåns grusgrop 72.228 Hede 409 m.ö.h.

The Hedebahn ( Swedish Hedebanan ) was a railway line in the central Swedish province of Jämtland County .

history

As early as July 1911, the possibilities of a railway line between Sveg and Hede kyrkoby were examined. In 1912, the investigations brought the proposal to build a branch line from Sveg to Hede as part of the construction of the state railway between Sveg and Brunflo . In 1917, most of the route was measured, and construction began from Sveg in the same year. The plans envisaged a construction time of four years, the final completion took until 1924 because of the First World War .

To develop the railway construction sites, 25 kilometers of new roads were necessary. After completion, the route in the sections Sveg – Vemån 1921 and Vemån – Hede 1923 was used for provisional freight traffic . The rails were used and came from lines that were equipped with reinforced rails. Rails with a meter weight of 27.5 and 24.8 kg / m were used; the latter came from Mora – Vänerns Järnväg .

A train station , five stopping places with goods loading and crossing options as well as a crossing station were built along the route . The larger towns along the route were served as follows: Glissjöberg, Linsell, Ransjö and Glöte from Glissjöberg, Håberget, Hån and Vallen from Håberget, Vikarsjön from Hedeviken and Hede, Långå, Tännäs, Ljusnedal and Funäsdalen from Hede.

The official opening of the entire route took place on November 9, 1924. The construction cost 5.6 million crowns . The 72 km long line branched off the inland railway in Sveg and headed west to the terminus in Hede.

From 1934 to 1965 there were direct sleeping cars between Gothenburg , Mjölby , Stockholm and Hede during the winter sports season . From 1954 to 1956, a continuous multiple unit called Härjedalingen ran between Stockholm and Hede on the weekends .

Shutdown

When rail traffic became increasingly uneconomical in the 1960s, the Swedish State Railways SJ decided to close the line. After a celebratory farewell trip with the S1 1923 on January 30th, traffic to Hede ceased on February 1st, 1966. Part of the route was used for military target practice. The Hede – Glissjöberg section was dismantled a short time later. Only the 18 km stretch from Glissjöberg – Sveg was used for freight traffic until October 6, 1970. Then this section was shut down and dismantled. Within Sveg, a short remainder of the route is still operated as an industrial connection.

After the route was dismantled, a kind of dirt road was created there.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Järnvägar i historien chronological table
2. ↑ Press text about the inauguration. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ Järnvägar i historien chronological table
4. ↑ Description of the route
5. ↑ Järnvägar i historien chronological table

Web links

• Route description (swedish)
• Pictures from Hedebanan. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007 ; Retrieved February 2, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Pictures from the farewell trip