Vanerbanan

Gothenburg – Kil
Route number :	11
Course book range :	71
Route length:	232 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16 2/3 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Bandel 637 (Kil) - (Öxnered): 160 km / h Bandel 635 Öxnered– (Älvängen): 200 km / h Bandel 634 Älvängen– (Göteborg Marieholm): 200 km / h Bandel 601 Olskroken – Göteborg Marieholm: 110 km / h Göteborg central – Partille via Olskroken: 150 km / h
Dual track :	Gothenburg C – Trollhättan
Legend to Karlstad and Ställdalen 246.165 Kil to Kongsvinger and to Torsby 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

Vänerbanan is a railway line in Sweden that connects Gothenburg with Kil . Vänerbanan is an art term from more recent times for the Skälebol – Kil route - historically the route was called Bergslagsbanan (this term is used today for the Kil – Ställdalen and Frövi – Borlänge – Gävle routes). The Gothenburg – Skälebol route, on the other hand, is referred to by Trafikverket as Norge- / Vänerbanan.

history

The Grums train station

After Bergslagernas Järnvägar had created a railway connection between Falun and Kil in 1877, the further route from Kil to Gothenburg was tackled. On May 31, 1877, the section was Gothenburg Trollhättan opened on February 26 In 1878, the section Trollhättan-Öxnered. On June 21, 1879, operations between Öxnered and Mellerud began. On December 1st of that year, the entire route to Kil was finally passable.

The line was electrified in 1939/40.

In 1948 the Järnvägar mountain camps were nationalized . The Göteborg – Kil line thus came to the SJ .

Expansion of the route

From 2008, the 82-kilometer route between Gothenburg and Öxnered was expanded to double-track. The first section between Trollhättan and Öxnered (7 km) was opened in 2006. This is where the three-kilometer-long Trollhätte Tunnel was created. The entire route can be driven at a maximum speed of 200 km / h. After the introduction of the new signal system ( ERTMS ), a maximum speed of 250 km / h will be achievable around 2015. The expanded line was opened on December 9, 2012.

traffic

A Bm 73 of the NSB at Öxnered

Six pairs of trains run between Gothenburg and Kil and on to Karlstad every working day. In addition, there is a more extensive regional service (19 pairs of trains on weekdays) from Vänersborg via Öxnered to Gothenburg. Trains from Oslo also run three times a day between Skälebol and Gothenburg.

Among other things, the paper mills located on the route are served in freight transport. After the full expansion of the route in 2012, greater importance for freight traffic between the port in Gothenburg and northern Sweden ( Norrland ) was expected. At the same time, the Västra stambanan between Gothenburg and Hallsberg is relieved .

Web links

• Route at Trafikverket (Swedish)
• Göteborg-Trollhättan-Öxnered-Kil. Norge / Vänerbanan. In: järnväg.net. Retrieved October 31, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TRAFIKVERKET JNB 2021 Bilaga 3 E STH per sträcka. (PDF) Utgåva 2020-03-31. trafikverket.se, May 3, 2020, pp. 137, 138 , accessed on August 11, 2020 (Swedish). 
2. ↑ Ny station invigs, commissioned on September 22, 2012. Accessed January 10, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Milstolpar BanaVäg i Väst. trafikverket.se, archived from the original on October 22, 2012 ; Retrieved January 10, 2016 (Swedish).