Västra stambanan

Stockholm – Gothenburg
Route number :	1
Route length:	455 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	15 kV 16 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Stockholms C – Älvsjö: 160 km / h Älvsjö – Södertälje hamn: 130 km / h Södertälje hamn – Alingsås: 200 km / h Alingsås – Partille: 180 km / h Partille – Göteborg C: 150 km / h
Dual track :	consistently four-track: Stockholm S – Flemingsberg
Legend from Uppsala and Västerås 0 Stockholm C Norrström Riddarholmen Soderstrom Citybanan 2 Stockholm S only Årstabroarna 5 Årstaberg only Älvsjö freight yard by Liljeholmen 8th Älvsjö only to Nynashamn 11.5 Stuvsta only 14th Just huddles 16 Flemingsberg Groedingebanan Lida tunnels (1780 m) Karlslund tunnel (1300 m) Malmsjötunneln (900 m) Tunnel (≈200 m) Tullinge only Utsikten Tumba Soderby Bjornkulla Malmsjö Garnudden Rönninge only Dånviken Tunnel (≈300 m) Östertälje only Södertälje centrum only Södertälje only hamn Södertälje järnvägsbro, Igelstaviken (≈300 m) Igelstabron , Igelstaviken (2140 m) 37 Södertälje syd undre / övre (crossing with escalator) to Valskog to Valskog Glia tunnels (660 m) Tunnel (≈400 m) Tunnel (≈150 m) Bränninge Groedingebanan 48 Jarna Railway line Järna – Åby to Norrköping 59 Mölnbo 66 Gnesta 71 Scour 75 Björnlunda (formerly P.-Halt) 84 Stjärnhov (formerly P.-Halt) 93 Nyckelsjön 96 Sparreholm (formerly P.-Halt) 103 Skebokvarn (formerly P.-Halt) Kolbäck – Oxelösund railway line from Kolbäck 111 Flen 116 Holbonäs 119 Sköldinge (formerly P.-Halt) 123 Valla (formerly P.-Halt) 126 Stolpstugan 134 Katrineholm to Södra stambanan 137 Szczecin 142 Baggetorp (formerly P.-Halt) 149 Viala 155 Vingåker 160 Billsbro 164 Högsjö (formerly P.-Halt) 175 Kilsmo (formerly P.-Halt) 185 Pålsboda (formerly P.-Halt) Örebro – Pålsboda Järnväg to Örebro Pålsboda – Finspångs Järnväg to Finspång 193 Melsäter from Storvik 198 Hallsberg Hallsberg rbg Post Hallsberg to Mjölby 205 Tälle formerly stop Tälle grindar 207 Östansjö (formerly P.-Halt) 214 Vretstorp (formerly P.-Halt) 220 Linddalen formerly Hst. to Oslo and from Kristinehamn 229 Laxå 243 Finnerödja (formerly P.-Halt) 252 Gårdsjö Railway line Gårdsjö – Håkantorp to Håkantorp 260 Älgarås (formerly P.-Halt) 267 Slätte (formerly P.-Halt) Göta Canal 274 Töreboda 281 Fagre 287 Moholm (formerly P.-Halt) Tidan 291 Tidan 298 Väring (formerly P.-Halt) 302 Ulvåker 304 Åkleby 311 Kjepplunda Kalkbruk Skövde – Karlsborg railway line from Karlsborg 313.173 Skovde 315 Karlsro Kalkbruk 319 Skultorp 322 Regumatorp 325 Lilla Borgunda 329 Stenstorp 335 Valtorp 336 Berga 338 Tomten 339 Torbjörntorp 344 Falkoping to Nässjö 352 Odensberg 358 Floby used to be Sörby Lidan 366 Källeryd (formerly P.-Halt) 370 Fåglavik Nossan from Uddevalla and Borås 378 Herrljunga 3383 Remmenedal 391 Vårgårda 395 Torv factories Säveån 397 Lagmansholm 402 Algutsgården 406 Torp Säveån 412 Alingsås 415 Lövekulle 418 Bryngenäs (formerly P.-Halt) 419 Västra Bodarna only Pendeltåg 423 Norsesund only Pendeltåg 423 Norsesunds Västra (formerly P.-Halt) Ubbared tunnel 2 Ubbared tunnel 1 430 Floda only Pendeltåg 434 Stenkullen only Pendeltåg 436 Hedefors Säveån 438 Lerum only Pendeltåg 439 Aspedals 440 Aspen only Pendeltåg Aspentunneln (272 m) Säveån 443 Jonsereds Östra (formerly P.-Halt) Jonsered tunnel (187 m) 444 Jonsered västra only Pendeltåg 445 Bokedalen 446 Kåhög 449 Partille only Pendeltåg 450 Ugglum Säveån 451 Sävedalen Sävenäs marshalling yard 453 Sävenäs Lastplats 454 Sävenäs only Pendeltåg from Strömstad and Kil / Oslo 455 Olskroken (formerly P.-Halt) to Gothenburg N freight yard from Lund and Kalmar / Karlskrona 457 Gothenburg C

Västra stambanan ( German  Western Stammbahn ) is a railway line in southern Sweden , which leads from Gothenburg to Stockholm . It connects the two largest Swedish cities and is one of the most important rail connections in the country.

history

Hallsberg, an important hub

In the middle of the 19th century the Swedish Reichstag decided to build a railway network consisting of trunk lines . The main task was to expand the railway lines from Stockholm towards Gothenburg and Skåne . For the Västra stambana to Gothenburg it was decided to build the shortest route, which would then not touch important cities such as Skara and Örebro .

On December 1, 1856, the first section from Gothenburg to Jonsered was inaugurated. In November 1862 the whole route was completed. The travel time was 14 hours.

Electrification was completed by 1926, and in 1958 the entire line was expanded to two tracks.

Since 1990, the high-speed train is traveling SJ X2 the Västra stambana km with 200 / h and thus shortened the travel time for the trip from Gothenburg to Stockholm to three hours. In 1995 a new line was opened from Järna to Flemingsberg, past Södertälje . The section from Järna to Stockholm S is now equipped with four tracks, two for long-distance trains and two for suburban trains. There are two tracks between Gothenburg and Alingsås for mixed traffic with X2000, regional trains, Pendeltåg and freight trains.

The route is operated by SJ AB , but regionally also by other operators such as Västtrafik and Storstockholms Lokaltrafik .

literature

• Järnväg . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Johan – Kikare . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 429-430 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• Laxå. 1. Järnvägsstation vid Västra stambanan . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 15 : Kromat – Ledvätska . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1911, Sp. 1455-1456 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
• F. Persson: Västra stambanan . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 33 : Väderlek – Äänekoski . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1922, Sp. 429-430 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

• Gothenburg-Hallsberg-Katrineholm-Stockholm. Västra stambanan. In: Järnväg.net. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ JNB 2017 Bilaga 3rd E STH och medelhastighet per sträcka. (PDF) trafikverket.se, November 1, 2016, accessed February 1, 2017 (Swedish).