Norra Södermanlands Järnväg

Norra Södermanlands järnväg
Taxinge-Näsby station, now a museum station
Route length:	121.7 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	Södertälje – Eskilstuna, Läggesta – Mariefred 15 kV 16⅔ Hz  ~
Operating points and routes
Legend 0 Södertälje C until 1922 1896-1921 Västra stambanan of Stockholm C 0 Saltskog until 1922 Södertälje hamn 4.0 Södertälje uthamn 2.8 Gläntan until 1922 Västra stambanan to Järna Svealandsbanan until 1922 3.4 Tveta 1895-1965 4.3 Tvetaberg 1895-1965 7.0 Vasa -1902 10.7 Almnäs 1895-1968 Svealandsbanan 13.8 Johannesdal -1932 16.5 Nykvarn 1895– Svealandsbanan 23.6 Ryssjöbrink 1901-1969 27.4 (7.594) Taxinge-Näsby Museum train Härnön (4,460) Sjöbygget 31.6 (3,399) Hedlandet Museum train 34.1 Bergåsa 1966-1973 Skallaholmsbron (12 m) Mälaren S / S Mariefred (-0.447) Mariefreds Ångbåtsstation Museum train (-0.194) Värdshuset Museum train (0.000) Mariefred Museum train (0.648) Gripsholmsviken Museum train (0.962) Hjorthagen Museum train (2,059) Marielund Museum train (2,565) Hunting cheeks Museum train Svealandsbanan (3,208) Läggesta nedre Museum train 35.0 Läggesta Svealandsbanan 38.5 Åkers sågverk -1975 Åkers styckebruk 2.9 Valsberga 1895-1974 5.9 Svealandsbanan 6.5 Grundbro -1974 9.8 Malmby 1895-1974 13.0 Ulfhäll Svealandsbanan 14.9 Strängnäs 1895-1991 Strängnäs hamn 49.8 Byringe 1895-66 56.6 Stålboga 1895-1975 Mellersta Södermanlands järnväg to Skebokvarn 61.1 Eklången 1895-1975 67.1 Arla 1895-1974 73.8 Hallberga 1895-1975 Svealandsbanan 80.7 Eskilstuna södra 1895-1975 2.0 Eskilstuna norra 1895-1979 Eskilstunaån Railway line Kolbäck – Oxelösund from Oxelösund 81.5 Eskilstuna C 84.1 Brottsta 1901-1946 86.1 Hällbybrunn 1895-1940 Railway line Kolbäck – Oxelösund to Rekarne 91.9 Nybybruk 93 Nyby bruk 94 Roxnäs 1920-1933 95.3 Painting baths 1899-1933 96.3 Mälarbaden hamn 1900-1933

Norra Södermanlands Järnväg (NrSlJ), also called Eskilstunabanan , was a standard-gauge railway line in Sweden . It opened in stages between 1895 and 1899. Between 1994 and 1997 it was largely replaced by the newly built Svealandsbana . Since then, individual sections have still been used by freight and museum traffic, the rest has largely been dismantled.

history

The Norra Södermanlands Järnväg was built relatively late. The two original endpoints of the line, the industrial cities of Södertälje and Eskilstuna , had been connected to the Swedish railway network since 1862 and 1877 and could also be reached by ship. The city of Strängnäs in between also had good steamboat connections over the Mälaren. From the 1870s onwards, plans for a railway line were drawn up several times, but not implemented for economic reasons. It was not until 1890, on the initiative of Carl Alexanderson , landowner and owner of ironworks in Åkers styckebruk and Stålboga , that a concession was applied for to build a standard-gauge line from Nybybruk via Eskilstuna, Eklången, Stålboga and Åkers styckebruk to Södertälje and was granted on May 22, 1891. Branch lines to Strängnäs, Mariefred and Eskilstuna norra were also included in the concession .

Norra Södermanlands Järnvägsaktiebolag

The foundation of the railway company Norra Södermanlands Järnvägsaktiebolag took place on September 30, 1891 and in November of the same year construction began on the Södertälje – Eskilstuna – Nybybruk line. On September 30, 1895, the line was officially opened by the Swedish King Oskar II .

Extension after Mälarbaden

Between May 1899 and June 1900 the line was extended beyond Nybybruk to Mälarbaden .

Changes to Södertälje

Between 1916 and 1922 the course of the Västra stambanan near Södertälje was changed. In the course of these measures, the previous connecting station of NrSlJ near Saltskog was closed and a new connection was established at the newly built Södertälje södra station (today Södertälje hamn).

Nationalization and electrification

In the 1920s the economic situation of the railway deteriorated to such an extent that bankruptcy was imminent. Therefore, the NrSlJ was nationalized on July 1, 1931 and incorporated into the state railway company SJ . The Södertälje – Eskilstuna section, including the connecting railway to Mariefred, was electrified in 1936 under state control.

From 1936, the railway company Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg – Oxelösunds Järnvägar (TGOJ) took over the freight traffic on the Eskilstuna C – Nybybruk section. Leased from 1965, and in 1968 the TGOJ finally bought this section of the route. In 1998 the section was taken over again by the state together with the rest of the TGOJ rail network.

Shutdowns

Even before the nationalization, on October 11, 1921, passenger traffic on the branch line Södertälje – Södertälje uthamn was shut down. Further closures of branches after the nationalization also initially only affected passenger traffic:

date	Route section	length	Type of traffic	Remarks
10/11/1921	Södertälje C - Södertälje uthamn	4 km	passenger traffic
07/01/1931	Eskilstuna S - Eskilstuna N	2 km	passenger traffic
01/01/1933	Eskilstuna C - Nybybruk	10 km	passenger traffic
01/01/1933	Nybybruk - Painting Baths	4 km	Total traffic
09/27/1969	Läggesta - Mariefred	4 km	Total traffic	since 1966 narrow-gauge Östra Södermanland Järnväg
1979	Eskilstuna S - Eskilstuna C	1 km	Freight transport
03/10/1983	Åkers styckebruk - Strängnäs	15 km	passenger traffic
08/15/1991	Åkers styckebruk - Strängnäs	15 km	Total traffic

The Svealandsbana

→ Main article : Svealandsbanan

Towards the end of the 1980s, the winding route turned out to be too slow to be able to compete with road traffic, especially for commuting to Stockholm. In addition, the largest city along the route, Strängnäs, was only connected by a 15-kilometer branch line. It was therefore decided to build a new line via Strängnäs between Södertälje and Valskog on the Mälarbana . To make room for construction, the Södertälje – Eskilstuna section was closed for three years in January 1994. In June 1997 the Svealandsbana was put into operation.

Current condition

The Södertälje – Taxinge Näsby and Åkers Styckebruk – Eskilstuna sections were shut down and dismantled in the course of the construction of the Svealandbana. The section Taxinge Näsby – Läggesta was handed over to the museum railway company Östra Södermanlands Järnväg (ÖSlJ) together with the branch line Läggesta – Mariefred .

→ Main article : Östra Södermanlands Järnväg

The only remainder of the NrSlJ still used in regular freight traffic is the Hällbybrunn – Nybybruk section. The route section is also used for special steam trips.

The Grundbo – Åkers styckebruk section of the former branch line to Strängnäs was reversed, so to speak, and it has now become a freight branch line to Åkers styckebruk.

Web links

Commons : Norra Södermanlands Järnväg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ to banvakt.se, Bandel 354. Accessed March 8, 2019 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ to banvakt.se, Bandel 338. Retrieved March 14, 2019 (Swedish).  
3. ↑ Rolf Sten: NrSlJ, Norra Södermanlands Järnväg. In: historiskt.nu. January 17, 2009, accessed March 7, 2019 (Swedish). 
4. ↑ Rolf Sten: NrSlJ, Norra Södermanlands Järnväg. NrSlJ snabbfakta del 1/2. In: historiskt.nu. January 17, 2009, accessed March 8, 2019 (Swedish). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Rolf Sten: NrSlJ, Norra Södermanlands Järnväg. NrSlJ snabbfakta del 2/2. In: historiskt.nu. January 17, 2009, accessed March 8, 2019 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ (Stockholm-) Södertälje Syd övre-Eskilstuna-Valskog (-Arboga). Svealandsbanan. In: järnväg.net. Retrieved March 9, 2019 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ Ånga drog entusiaster till Nyby bruk. In: ekuriren.se. March 4, 2019, accessed March 18, 2019 (Swedish).