Bergslagsbanan

Gothenburg – Falun
Gothenburg BJ
Route length:	458 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16 2 / 3 Hz  ~
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 70.125 Ludvika Railway line Kolbäck – Ludvika to Fagersta C 71 Asea (1950-1965) 74 Våghalsgruvan (until 1921) 74 Våghalsen (1940–1950 / 1952) 75 Kärrgruvan (until 1921) 75 Gonäs 78 Blötberget 78.417 Klenshyttan (formerly P-Halt) BJ 80 Bjornhyttan 80 Björkås (1944–?) Norra Berget 85,440 Grängesberg C Grängesberg mbg 94 Silverhöjden Silverhöjden – Mossgruvan railway line Narrow-gauge railway to Sävsnäs (802 mm) 94.610 Listen BJ 100 Stallberg BJ 105.510 Ställdalen BJ Railway line Frövi – Ludvika to Frövi 110.187 Skäret (P-Halt until 1968) Flickering (until 1975) 120.475 Björksjön (until 1970) Bredsjö herrgårdar (request stop) Nora Bergslags Järnvägar from Gyttorp 126.128 Bredsjö 136.840 Sikfors (formerly P-Halt) 143.041 Hallsfors (official Hallsfors norra) Hallsfors – Fredriksbergs Järnvägar from Fredriksberg 143,602 Hallsfors (formerly P-Halt) 145 Hammarn (until 1977) 148,200 Grythyttans Norra 152.212 Grythyttan Svartälvs Järnväg to Kortfors 159.144 Skatviken Torrvarpen 163,304 Loka (former station) Lokatunneln (159 m) Inland railway from Mora or Filipstad Östra 174.140 Herrhult (1877–1972) 176.950 Nykroppa Domestic railway to Kristinehamn 177.550 Hornkullen (formerly P-Halt) 184.650 Dagbaren (formerly P-Halt) 193,000 Filipstad (Västra, formerly P-Halt) Inlandsbahn to Persberg (new line 1964) FNBJ to Nordmark (narrow gauge) Lung alve 193.720 Brattforshyttan Brattfors – Gejierstal railway from Brattfors 199.391 Geijersdal (formerly P-Halt) 202 Suttertjärn 207.310 Lindfors to Bosjön 214.020 Molkom 219,606 Sandmon 223,550 Mölnbacka 224.503 Mölnbackatunneln (152 m) Lust Klarälven Nordmark Klarälvens Järnvägar from Karlstad 230.155 Deje Nordmark Klarälvens Järnvägar to Munkfors Fryksta – Lyckan railway line 3 Fryksta 0 from Kil nedre (Värmlandsbanan) Värmlandsbanan from Karlstad 246.165 Kil Kil – Torsby railway to Torsby Värmlandsbanan to Kongsvinger Smedsta Utterud's bobbin factory (1881–1903, approx. 1.5 km) Norsälven 256.540 Edsvalla (personal stop from 1879 to 1974) 260.815 Vålberg Rayon factory in Älvenäs, approx. 3 km 268,050 Grums Gruvöns bruk Slottsbrosundet Espingska sidospåret (until 1974) Slottsbron 277,900 Segmon Ransundet 288.730 Varmlandsbro 296,606 Byälven Byälven 297,446 Säffle Avelsäter (until 1960) Norra Viken 313.705 Åmål Åmål – Årjäng railway from Åmåls djuphamn Åmål östra Railway Åmål – Årjäng to Svanskog 322.870 Kicks 327.717 Slädekärr (until 1967) 334,360 Ånimskog Dalsland Canal 347.133 Köpmannebro Mellerud – Arvika railway from Bengtsfors from Sunnanå 355.075 Mellerud from / to Kornsjö 363,530 Erikstad 366 Norgebanan from Kornsjö 366,450 Skälebol (P.-Halt until 1979) 372,306 Brålanda 380.708 Frändefors 388.160 Bjurhem from Herrljunga 369.231 Öxnered (Vänersborg västra 1988–90) old route until 2006 from / to Uddevalla 400.713 Trollhabe tunnel, 3557 m old route until 2006 Göta älv 405.020 Trollhabe Canal Trollhättan-Vanersborg Airport 405.637 Trollhättan Trollhättan – Nossebro railway line , (VGJ) 891 mm 411,462 Velanda Storån 421,527 Upphere Prässebo gravel pit 426,320 Flunbo Prässebo 431.838 Gate baking Nygård 434,560 Nygård tunnel, 3030 m 438,581 439,000 Ällekärr 440,400 Lödöse Södra (since 2012) Alvhem – Lilla Edet railway line 440.570 Alvhem (personal stop 1906–1970) Kattleberg tunnel, 1800 m 447,362 Älvängen 453,312 Nol 456,321 Necessities 459.778 Bohus 464,306 Surte 469.289 Agnesberg Pålberget Alelyckan Railway line Gothenburg – Skara to Skara 473,847 Gothenburg-Marieholm 475,425 454,611 Gamlestaden from / to Uddevalla from / to Hallsberg 455.465 Olskroken from / to Malmö Gothenburg Bs BJ 457,366 Gothenburg C Gothenburg Västg. Gothenburg harbor railway BJ = station of the former mountain camps järnväg

Bergslagsbanan is a standard gauge Swedish railway line . It was built by Bergslagernas Järnvägar (BJ), a private railway company . The main line of the company was the connection between Gothenburg and Falun .

Term Bergslagsbanan

In the historical sense, the term Bergslagsbanan is used for the Göteborg – Falun route of the BJ.

Since the renaming of the railway lines in Sweden by Banverket in 1990 , the Gothenburg – Skälebol and Skälebol – Kil sections have been referred to as Vänerbanan . The name Bergslagsbanan has since been used for the Kil – Ställdalen and Frövi – Ställdalen – Falun– Borlänge - Gävle routes , although the section between Falun and Gävle was built by the Gävle – Dala Järnvägsaktiebolag and only from January 1, 1909 with the establishment of the Trafikförvaltningen Göteborg – Stockholm – Gäfle (GSG) was shared and administered by the FOJ.

Järnvägar mountain camps

At the time, the Bergslagernas Järnvägar railway company was the largest private railway in Sweden with a length of almost 50  Swedish miles . Among other things, the city of Gothenburg, with its port, was the main shareholder in the railway line, as the mineral resources of Bergslagen were not only to be shipped via the east coast ports of Oxelösund and Gävle. In addition, the Göteborg – Mellerud section was expanded to an already high standard at that time in order to run trains to Kristiania . This made the FOJ an exception to the requirements of the Swedish government at the time that longer railway lines should be owned by the state for state interests. In addition, the company made considerable profits for many years.

This led to BJ also making numerous investments in the vehicle fleet. As early as 1927/28, four steam locomotives of the H3s series were procured, which had a top speed of 100 km / h and were the fastest locomotives in Sweden at the time. Over the years, smaller railway companies also merged under the umbrella of the BJ, some of them merged with the BJ, and some of the BJ provided the vehicles for operation. Examples are the railway Alfhem-Lilla Edet , the railway Mellerud-Arvika and the railway Amal-Årjäng and Fryksdal Line .

Over the years, BJ bought shares in Gävle – Dala Järnväg (GDJ), which had built the Falun – Gävle railway in 1859 . In 1908 the BJ had acquired the majority in this company, but it remained independent. The Trafikförvaltningen Göteborg - Stockholm - Gäfle (GSG) was formed for the joint operation in the same year . In addition to the BJ, the Stockholm-Westerås-Bergslagens Jernvägs-Aktiebolag (SWB) and the Gävle-Dala Järnväg (GDJ) were the largest companies involved.

In 1919 the SWB left the GSG. As a result, a new company, Trafikförvaltningen Göteborg – Dalarne – Gävle (GDG), took over the entire operation. In this society, the BJ and the GDJ made up the largest share. Bergslagenbanan thus came into the administration of the GDG. As a result of the company's good financial position, the main shareholder, the City of Gothenburg, saw no need to transfer the company to the state. However, the decision of the Swedish Reichstag of May 17, 1939 on the general nationalization of the railways in Sweden laid the foundation for the takeover of GDG. The state was ready to pay 80 million crowns for society.

This in turn was transferred in 1947 to a state company with the same name and the designation TGDG , which was ultimately merged into the SJ a year later . In 1948 the SJ took over the transport services and a large part of the rail vehicles.

Route Gothenburg – Falun

The BJ opened traffic on the Ludvika –Falun line in 1875, followed by operations on the entire main Gothenburg – Falun line in 1879. The sections in between were put into operation as follows:

Commissioning of the individual route sections

Route section	length	opening
Falun-Ludvika	70 km	December 31, 1875
Kil-Molkom	32 km	March 1, 1876
Molkom – Daglös – Filipstad (later Filipstad Västra)	37 km	August 1, 1876
Dagiessen – Ludvika	115 km	January 3, 1877
Gothenburg - Trollhättan	72 km	May 31, 1877
Trollhättan – Öxnered	10 km	February 26, 1878
Öxnered– Mellerud	41 km	June 21, 1879
Mellerud – Kil	109 km	December 1, 1879
Rämshyttan – Idkerberget	10 km	October 1, 1912

Intercourse with other countries was of great importance to the FOJ. In 1888 the Göteborg – Hallands Järnväg and thus the connection to Denmark was opened. The BJ became part of the rail link between Denmark, Sweden and Norway. In 1905 direct through cars were driven from Copenhagen to Kristiania (Oslo) for the first time.

The line between Gothenburg and Kil was electrified in 1939/40. For this purpose, electric locomotives of the type BJ O ( Bk for the SJ) were procured, as well as type ( X8 ) railcars for the later GDG-Express . The GDG-Express was used between Gothenburg and Gävle in 1947 and took less than six hours to drive to Falun and almost 7 ½ hours to reach Gävle. The Ställdalen – Falun section was electrified in 1946. From 1953 the GDG-Express was shortened to the Gothenburg – Falun route. Gävle was the terminus again between 1962 and 1964, but was no longer served at all from 1967. As a result of the state takeover, the GDG network was divided into two parts. The trains ran on the Gothenburg – Kil (–Karlstad) and (Hallsberg–) Borlänge – Gävle sections. Long-distance travelers had to use the connection via Hallsberg. The Kil – Ställdalen section of the route in between was neglected with its limited local transport.

As with other Swedish railways, various line improvements began in the early 1990s. A new shortcut was built at Kornsjö , new bridges were built over the Slottsbrosund near Grums , over the Ransund south of Segmon , over the Göta älv and the Trollhätte Canal in Trollhättan and the Dalsland Canal in Köpmannebro . The first Interregio trains with type AB9, B9 and BFS9 wagons were used on the Göteborg – Kil (–Karlstad) route.

Since 2004, the line between Gothenburg and Öxnered has been expanded to double-track in stages. At the same time, the Öxnered station was rebuilt. A new connecting track was built between today's Norge- / Vänerbana and the port railway in Gothenburg .

Parallel service with the FLJ

Ludvika railway station

There was a railway line between Ställdalen and Ludvika via Silverhöjden since 1873 , operated by Frövi – Ludvika Järnväg (FLJ). The cooperation between BJ and FLJ was not very good due to the competitive situation in freight traffic to Bergslagen . Therefore, both routes were run roughly parallel, there was also a separate train station for each company in Ställdalen, Hörken , Grängesberg and Ludvika.

After the SJ took over the entire route, the BJ section between Ludvika and Grängesberg was discontinued and dismantled. The parallel section of the Grängesberg – Ställdalen section is still in use today.

Extensions

To increase traffic safety and the capacity of the route with trains with larger loads, a 900 meter long bypass route is being built south of the Rämshyttetunnel. Construction began in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2020.

Bergslagernas Järnvägssällskap

Bergslagsbanan has its own museum company, but not its own route - the Bergslagernas Järnvägssällskap . The registered office of the company is in Gothenburg. It was founded in 1971 to originally receive the Y3 74 BJ steam locomotive. Since then, the collections have been expanded to include numerous locomotives and wagons. In addition to preserving history, the company also organizes rail travel.

literature

• Bergslagernas jernvägsaktiebolag, 1872–1899 - historical elaboration of the history of the company by Wilhelm Berg (managing director), DF Bonniers Buchdruckerei, Göteborg 1900.
• Bergslagernas Järnvägsaktiebolag, 1872–1922 - historical elaboration, J. Antonsons Buchdruckerei, Göteborg 1923.
• Anniversary writings 1948.

Web links

• Göteborg-Trollhättan-Öxnered-Kil. Norge / Vänerbanan. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved February 4, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Kil-Daglös-Ställdalen. Bergslagsbanan. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved February 4, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Frövi-Ställdalen-Borlänge-Storvik-Gävle. Bergslagsbanan. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved February 4, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Bergslagernas Järnvägar at historiskt.nu
• Bergslagernas Järnvägssällskap. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 17, 2012 ; Retrieved February 4, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Gunnar Eveking: Bangårdsskisser (between Ludvika and Falun). (No longer available online.) March 26, 2005, archived from the original on August 21, 2010 ; Retrieved February 4, 2016 (Swedish). 
• Route map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Descriptions of the Swedish mine building, page 20
2. ↑ Järnvägshistoriskt forum Bangårdsskisser Herrhult. Retrieved July 1, 2014 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ to banvakt.se, bandel 390
4. ↑ Ny station invigs, commissioned on September 22, 2012. Accessed January 10, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Photos and locomotive data under menu item Pictures från BJ
6. ↑ Trafikverket bygger nytt järnvägspår förbi Rämshyttetunneln. In: trafikverket.se. Retrieved August 9, 2020 (Swedish).