Mellerud / Skälebol – Kornsjö railway line

Mellerud / Skälebol – Kornsjö
Route number :	11
Route length:	65 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16 2/3 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Bandel 636 (Skälebol) - (Kornsjö-gränsen): 200 km / h
Legend -2.1 Sunnanå from Kil 0.0 Mellerud from / to Gothenburg 100.1 Abw. Skälebol 104.3 Råskogen 1.3 Gärdserud 4.1 Ostevatten 6.3 Backebol 8.1 ? Dals Rostock 12.2 Dansbo 14.5 Tångebo until ~ 1940 Ölebäcken 16.2 Dalskog 18.2 Half lengths 19.6 Teåker tunnel (135 m) 20.5 Teåker 21.0 Regineberg 22.3 Arket from Uddevalla 26.3 Bäckefors ( Lelångenbanan crossing ) to Bengtsfors 28.9 Vången 35.5 Tingvalla 39.6 Ånim 42.4 Höghus until 1940 Höghusbron 2.6 Le 44.6 0.0 Ed Connection to the port (1910–1929) 48.6 Hökedalen 53.3 Haksjönstunnel 56.5 Mon (formerly Bhf.) 62.5 Dals Högen until ~ 1940 Högen 63.6 Sweden / Norway border 64.6 Kornsjö to Oslo

The railway line Mellerud / Skälebol – Kornsjö ( Norwegian Norgebanan ) is a railway line in Sweden , which connects the railway line Göteborg – Kil with Kornsjö in Norway . It is part of the Gothenburg - Oslo connection .

history

construction

After Bergslagernas Järnvägar had received the concession for the construction of a railway line from Gothenburg to Kil , a committee was formed in 1873 to build a railway line that was to connect Fredrikshald in Norway with the railway line from Gothenburg to Kil, which was under construction, in order to create a continuous rail link between To create Gothenburg and Oslo. On December 19, 1873, Dalslands Järnväg ( DJ ) was founded. This was responsible for the construction of the route from Sunnanå via Mellerud , where the connection to the Göteborg – Kil railway line was to be made, to the Swedish-Norwegian border . The construction of the route from Oslo via Fredrikshald to the border was carried out by the Norwegian state. On November 5, 1875, the DJ received the concession to build the planned railway line. Construction work began that same year. On July 18, 1879, operations between Sunnanå and the Swedish-Norwegian border began. The Norwegian part of the route had already been opened at the beginning of the year, so that a Mellanriksbana was created. In Mellerud there was a connection to the Vänerbana from Gothenburg to Kil, which opened almost at the same time.

Together with the Sunnanå – Kornsjö line, the Ed –Le branch line, two kilometers long , was opened at Stora Le. Since the lake is 43 m deeper than Ed train station, a hairpin was necessary.

business

Norgebanan at Bäckefors

Until 1895, the operation of the line from Sunnanå to Fredrikshald was managed under the administration of Fredrikshald-Sunnanå Järnväg , although the Norwegian section was owned by the state. After that, the two route sections were managed separately.

The branch lines from Mellerud to Sunnanå am Vänern and from Ed to Le am Stora Le were only operated in the summer months when there was shipping on the lakes. Passenger traffic between Ed and Le was stopped in 1929, freight traffic in 1964. The last passenger train ran between Mellerud and Sunnanå in 1925, freight traffic was stopped in 1959.

Together with the Vänerbana, the Dalslandsbana was also electrified with 15 kV, 16 2/3 Hz. On October 1, 1939, electrical operations between Mellerud and Kornsjö could begin.

The DJ was taken over in 1946 by Bergslagernas Järnväg, which was nationalized itself on July 1, 1948 and was incorporated into Statens Järnvägar .

In order to be able to travel directly from Gothenburg to Oslo without changing direction in Mellerud, a connecting curve at Mellerud was put into operation on June 3, 1956, whereby the trains from the direction of Gothenburg are directed past Mellerud station on the route to Kornsjö.

The last construction project for the time being was the new construction of the Skälebol – Dals Rostock section. This shortened the route by 7 km and avoided some tight bends. This new line was put into operation on September 3, 1995. The section between Mellerud and Dals Rostock was then closed.

traffic

The Skälebol – Kornsjö line is single-track. However, there is an alternative point in Råskogen, Bäckefors and Ed. The only stop in passenger traffic is Ed.

Since January 2005, NSB has been operating high-speed services between Gothenburg and Oslo in close cooperation with Tågkompaniet (since April 24, 2019 Vy Tåg ). Tågkompaniet is the operator of the Swedish part of the route with 30 employees with all obligations for traffic between Kornsjö , the border station to Norway, and Gothenburg , on which 385,000 train kilometers per year and 150,000 people are transported. This includes operational control, traffic and the monitoring and implementation of all permits issued by the Swedish security authorities. The traffic is carried out with two Norwegian express railcars NSB BM73 B, the fastest trains in the Swedish rail network with 210 km / h. The train is operated by Norwegian staff on the Swedish route.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JNB 2018 Bilaga 3rd E STH och medelhastighet per sträcka. (PDF) Utgåva 2017–12–08. trafikverket.se, March 12, 2018, p. 134 , accessed April 11, 2018 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Gothenburg – Oslo. Snabbtågstrafik mellan Göteborg and Oslo i samarbete with NSB. In: tagkompaniet.se. Retrieved December 10, 2018 (Swedish). 

Web links

• Skälebol – Kornsjö. Norgebanan. In: jarnvag.net. Retrieved April 11, 2018 (Swedish). 
• Rolf Sten: DJ, Dalslands Järnväg. Fredrikshald - Sunnanå Järnväg. In: historiskt.nu. Retrieved April 11, 2018 (Swedish).