Botniabanan
Västeraspby – Gimonäs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Route number : | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Route length: | 190 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power system : | 15 kV 16.6 Hz overhead line ~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maximum slope : | 10 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minimum radius : | 3200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top speed: |
modern passenger trains 250 km / h other passenger trains 200 km / h freight trains 120 km / h |
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Botniabanan ( German Botniabahn ) is a single-track Swedish railway line with a total length of 190 km; it leads from Västeraspby via Örnsköldsvik and Nordmaling to Gimonäs near Umeå . The route branches off from Ådalsbanan near the Kramfors - Sollefteå airfield , crosses a total of 140 bridges and leads through 25 km of tunnels. The maximum speed for passenger trains is 250 km / h and for freight trains 120 km / h with a maximum axle weight of 25 tons.
history
The Botniabana railway is the largest investment in Swedish rail transport since 1937. According to a press release from the Botniabana company on August 28, 2010, the railway was built around half a billion cheaper than planned with a construction cost of 15 billion crowns. Newspaper sources, however, spoke of overly optimistic assumptions, massive cost overruns and unachieved goals.
The construction of the line was decided by the Swedish Parliament in 1997; Construction began on August 14, 1999. With the 6,000-meter-long Namntall tunnel , Sweden's second longest railway tunnel is also on this route. For safety reasons, a service tunnel runs next to it, which is connected to the main tunnel every 500 meters by an escape tunnel. Overall, it is a 13 kilometer long tunnel system. On June 15, 2009, test drives took place at high speed south of Örnsköldsvik. The Swedish speed record was set in a single-lane tunnel in the Finnborgs tunnel at Bjästa with 289 km / h.
The 26-kilometer section between Örnsköldsvik and Husum and the four-kilometer freight train route to the pulp and paper mill M-real Husum were opened for freight traffic in October 2008, the opening of the entire route by the Swedish King Carl XVI. Gustaf took place on August 28, 2010. The route has been operated by Norrtåg AB since August 30, 2010 .
The Botniabahn is the first railway line in Sweden to be equipped with the European Train Control System . Initially, five pairs of trains ran between Umeå Ö and Örnsköldsvik C, Monday to Friday; railcars of the Bombardier Regina series with the series designation X52 were used. In 2011 these were replaced by new builds from the Alstom Coradia Nordic X62 series. Since August 2012, nine pairs of trains have been running the entire Umeå – Sundsvall route every day.
At Örnsköldsvik
Special
In Örnsköldsvik, the lift crosses the slope of the Paradiskullen ski jump on a bridge .
Web links
- Botniabanan ( Memento from December 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ (Kramfors-) Västeraspby-Örnsköldsvik-Umeå. Botniabanan. jarnvag.net, accessed January 22, 2016 (Swedish).
- ↑ Botniabanan invigd och Billigare än väntat. Trafikverket , April 5, 2011, archived from the original on November 3, 2013 ; Retrieved October 3, 2018 (Swedish).
- ↑ Felaktiga slutsatser om Botniabanan i article i DN. Trafikverket , August 27, 2010, archived from the original on November 3, 2013 ; Retrieved October 3, 2018 (Swedish).
- ↑ Botniabanan. trafikverket.se, accessed October 3, 2018 (Swedish).
- ↑ Hastighetsrekord på Botniabanan - June 18, 2009. Accessed October 3, 2018 (Swedish).
- ↑ Premiärtåg på Botniabanan - October 16, 2008. Accessed October 3, 2018 (Swedish).
- ↑ Tjuvstart 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013 ; Retrieved October 3, 2018 (Swedish).