Kävlinge – Barsebäckshamn railway line

Kävlinge – Barsebäckshamn
Löddeköpinge station, 1910
Route length:	16.2 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Maximum slope :	10  ‰
Minimum radius :	300 m
Legend Lund-Kävlinge Järnväg by Lund C Malmö-Billesholms Järnväg from Malmö C Kävlingeån Kävlinge-Sjöbo Järnväg from Sjöbo 16.2 Kävlinge Malmö-Billesholms Järnväg to Teckomatorp Landskrona-Kävlinge Järnväg to Landskrona 14.384 Tungan 11,826 Högsmölla 9,640 Västanhög 8,500 Norrevång 7.341 Löddeköpinge 4,800 Marbäck (1908-1912) 3,800 Barsebäcksby 1,868 Sjöbobadet 0.000 Barsebäckshamn port Swell:

The Kävlinge – Barsebäckshamn railway was a Swedish standard-gauge railway between Kävlinge and Barsebäckshamn in Skåne . The route was built by Kjeflinge-Barsebäcks Järnvägs AB (KjBJ) and nationalized in 1927.

prehistory

Agriculture in the region developed in the late 1800s and early 1900s . The expansion of public transport routes took place slowly. Count Adolf Hamilton of Barsebäck Castle took the initiative to investigate the possibility of building a railroad in order to improve sales of his products.

The surveyor Major Axel Nilsson from Malmö was commissioned in 1897 to calculate the cost of a railway line from Barsebäckshamn to Kävlinge. This route was supposed to lead via Hög, Löddeköpinge and the Hof von Barsebäck to the port of Barsebäck. The work was completed on March 27, 1902 and revealed two different possible routes. A group of citizens, consisting of Hamilton, Gottfrid Warholm, Carl Henrik Tranchell, Anton Theodor fromell, Fredrik Wrangel, Anders Jönsson in Kävlinge, Nils Månsson in Hög and August Andersson in Löddeköpinge, opted for the more expensive alternative that to 590,000 crowns including of rail vehicles was appreciated.

The concession was granted on June 17, 1904, and the line was to be opened to public transport on July 1, 1907. At the same time, another application for a license was submitted for the Kävlinge – Löddeköpinge section in order to create a connection to a planned canal to Lödde å . This request was rejected by the king.

Kjeflinge-Barsebäcks Järnvägs AB (KjBJ)

On October 6, 1905, Kjeflinge-Barsebäcks Järnvägs AB (KjBJ) was founded. Financing preparations began, but were time consuming, and construction of the line began late in February 1906. The completed route was removed on August 1, 1907 and opened to public traffic on August 4, 1907. The construction costs were 875,000 crowns.

traffic

Steam motor car 2 of the “Kävlinge-Barsebäck Järnväg”, around 1912

The line's economy was bad from the start, mainly because of the economic crisis that lasted until the summer of 1907. Another slump occurred with the Great Strike in 1909. At the end of the year the liabilities were 84,000 crowns. There were also high interest expenses. Various attempts have been made to increase income for society. On July 1, 1913, the company offered the municipality of Kävlinge to buy the entire railway company for at least 372,000 kroner, the current debt level on December 31, 1912. The municipal assembly refused, as did the council in Barsebäck. Therefore, the company was taken over by the newly founded Trafikaktiebolaget Kävlinge-Barsebäckshamn .

Trafikaktiebolaget Kävlinge-Barsebäckshamn

The old company had a debt of 670,000 kroner when it was liquidated. During the First World War , all rail traffic in Sweden had good times. Problems were caused by the company owned port of Barsebäck, which could no longer accommodate large ships. Although 100,000 crowns were invested in the renovation, the situation did not improve. The attempt to get the state to take over and expand the port was unsuccessful.

In July 1919 Statens Järnvägar (SJ) was offered to take over the route for a purchase price of 600,000 crowns. The state refused because it saw no use in it. On January 6, 1920, a new offer was made to take over the route for 450,000 crowns. Again, SJ wasn't interested.

In 1924 the railway company dredged the port of Barsebäck and the state expanded it. However, the expected increase in traffic did not materialize. Therefore, in 1926 negotiations began with Kungliga Järnvägsstyrelsen and the board of directors of Landskrona-Lund-Trelleborgs Järnväg (LKSJ) about a possible takeover.

Owner Adolf Hamilton

These negotiations were unsuccessful. Therefore, Adolf Hamilton bought the railway line from the railway company for 330,000 crowns. SJ General Director Axel Granholm suggested that the company submit a petition to the Reichstag so that the state would take over the route.

In January 1927 two similar proposals were made in the two chambers of the Reichstag. These were approved and on May 1, 1927, the state took over the route.

Barsebäck station in 1934 with the SJ train

Statens Järnvägar

After the takeover, the line was merged with Landskrona-Kävlinge-Sjöbo Järnväg and formed an operational unit with the former LKSJ / KSJ companies, which was popularly known as Sjöbobanan.

Cessation of operations

The passenger train traffic of the former KjBJ was stopped on June 10, 1954 and the freight traffic in 1955. The line was demolished in 1956, while it was not formally closed until January 1, 1957.

Traction vehicles

For the passenger , the KjBJ of bought arlöfs waggonfabrik two steam powered rail cars for the system Purrey . Together with the two steam locomotives bought second-hand, this was sufficient for all traffic until SJ took over the route.

→ Main article : KjBJ 1–2

number	Surname	design type	Wheel alignment	Manufacturer	Fabr.-No./ year of construction	Special
3		Tank locomotive	B t	Nydqvist och Holm , Trollhättan	489/ 1898	Delivered to Malmö-Limhamns Järnväg as ”RIBESBORG”, number MLJ 3. Purchased in 1907 from Kävlinge – Barsebäcks Järnväg, sold to Malmö-Simrishamn Järnväg (MSJ) in 1915 and also in 1915 to the Malmö Dragarebolag construction company as No. 2, scrapped in 1931
4th		Tender locomotive	1 B - 2	Nydqvist och Holm, Trollhättan	250/ 1887	Delivered as “Lagan” to Skåne-Hallands Järnväg , SHJ 10, 1896 to Statens Järnvägar as SJ VKBe 492 , stored in 1907, bought in 1908 by Kävlinge – Barsebäcks Järnväg, stored in 1927 and scrapped in 1928

Web links

Commons : Kävlinge-Barsebäcks Järnväg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• STATENS JÄRNVÄGAR, 1906-1931 - MINNESSKRIFT I ANLEDNING AV DE SVENSKA STATSBANORNAS 75-ÅRIGA TILLVARO MED KUNGL. MAJ: TS NÅDIGA BEMYNDIGANDE. Del III, BANA OCH BYGGNADER, X. KÄVLINGE — BARSEBÄCKS JÄRNVÄG. In: runeberg.org. KUNGL. JÄRNVÄGSSTYRELSEN, 1931, p. 68 , accessed July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kävlinge – Barsebäckshamn. Bandel 627, SJ district 28 bs. In: banvakt.se. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Cecilia Hägglund, Rolf Wändel: Sjöbobanan . Ed .: Kävlinge commun. 2006, ISBN 91-974631-2-4 (Swedish).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Kävlinge - Barsebäck Järnväg - KjBJ. Historia och lok översikt. In: svenska-lok.se. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Statens järnvägar. 10 masking sections (Malmö) med föregångare. In: riksarkivet.se. Riksarkivet, accessed July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
5. ^ Nydqvist & Holm, NOHAB. Delivery list. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ MLJ, Malmö - Limhamns Järnväg. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
7. ^ Nydqvist & Holm, NOHAB. Delivery list. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Swedish). 
8. ↑ KjBJ 4. In: svenska-lok.se. Retrieved July 10, 2020 (Swedish).