Vännäs – Holmsund railway line

Vännäs – Holmsund
Vännäs train station
Route number :	7, 43
Course book range :	37, 35
Route length:	46.47 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16 2 / 3 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Bandel 146: (Vännäs) –Umeå central : 135 km / h Bandel 147: (Umeå central) –Holmsund : 180 km / h
Operating points and routes
Legend from Långsele 857.230 Vännäs after floor C Tvärån 861,540 Vännäsby (formerly train station) Vindelälven 865,400 Brättby (until 2010 publisher) 869.200 Gubböle 875,604 Brandnland 878.090 Brännlandsberget 881.028 Klockarbäcken Norrbotniabanan from Skellefteå (planned) 885,800 Umeå godsbangård 888.001 Umeå C 890.017 Umeå Östra 893.554 Gimmonäs 895.816 Bergsboda Botniabanan to Örnsköldsvik C 898.558 Villanäs 903.703 Holmsund 905,435 Holmsund hamn (Umeå uthamn)

The Vännäs – Holmsund railway in northern Sweden was opened in two sections: in 1896 to Umeå Central and in 1921 to the current terminus at Holmsund . Formerly built as a branch line of the Stambanan genom övre Norrland , today's importance grew with the construction of the Botniabana in 2010.

history

After the railway reached Vännäs in 1891 , it was important to connect Umeå to the railway.

In 1895 the Riksdag decided to build a state railway line from Vännäs to Umeå, which should continue to Storsandskär, because a deep-water port was planned there. The line to Umeå was inaugurated by King Oskar II on September 28, 1896.

By the end of the year, the stretch had reached the beach across from Storsandskär.

Railway bridge to Storsandskär

With the help of one steam-powered and two hand-operated cranes, the underground work for the 300 m long railway bridge began. It was a simple iron truss bridge that rested on piles. The bridge consisted of 40 fields, each with a 7.5 m span. It was completed in 1898 and at that time was one of the longest railway bridges in the country. In the same year, a 1,120 m long connecting line was completed on Storsandskär. A year later, a 150 m long loading bridge was built on the island. The obligations of the state and the state railway were thus concluded.

A railway construction did not take place. The bridge to Storsandskär was not used.

The state auditors complained about the maintenance costs of the bridge as early as 1901, and in 1909 the Riksdag decided to demolish the bridge and the line to Storsandskär again, which probably took place the following year.

In 1916 the city council decided to build a port in Vedkasudden outside of Holmsund.

Extension to Holmsund

In 1921 the line to Holmsund was opened for temporary traffic and in 1922 for regular traffic. In 1968 passenger traffic between Umeå and Holmsund ended. Later, in the 1990s, passenger traffic was limited to a feeder from and to Vännäs to the night train to Luleå.

The line was electrified in 1981 to Umeå, Holmsund received the overhead line in 1992. In the course of this work, a track triangle with a connection from Vännäsby to today's Vännäs Norra was built. With the construction of the Bottniabana 2010–2012, passenger traffic on the route increased again so that Umeå developed into a railway junction.

Special

In Umeå, today's bike path below Bergsboda is the remnant of the route to the railway bridge to Storsandskär.

Web links

• Vännäs – Umeå – Holmsund. jarnvag.net, accessed September 11, 2017 (Swedish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tid tables 2/1982
2. ↑ JNB 2019 Bilaga 3 E STH per sträcka. (PDF) Utgåva 2018–12–14. trafikverket.se, December 14, 2018, p. 147 , accessed on January 22, 2019 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ LINJEBOK. VÄNNÄS → Holmsund. trafikverket.se, October 31, 2016, accessed on September 11, 2017 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Vännäs – Umeå – Holmsund. jarnvag.net, accessed September 11, 2017 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Järnvägsbron till Storsandskär. umea.se, archived from the original on November 26, 2005 ; Retrieved on September 11, 2017 (Swedish, / Despite an intensive archive search in Sweden, there are neither drawings nor pictures of the bridge).