Bothnia Line

Botniabanan (German Bothnia ) is a Swedish single-track railway line with a total length of 190 km and runs from Västeraspby about Örnsköldsvik and Umeå Nordmaling after Gimonäs. The route branches off from Ådalsbanan near the airfield Kramfors Sollefteå from crosses 140 bridges and passes through 25 km tunnel. The maximum speed for passenger trains is 250 km / h for freight trains 120 km / h with a maximum axle load of 25 tonnes.

History

The Bothnia Line is the largest investment in the Swedish rail transport since 1937. According to company press release Botniabana of 28 August 2010, the railway had been created cheaper than provided with a construction cost of 15 billion crowns around half a billion. Newspaper sources, however, spoke of overly optimistic assumptions, massive cost overruns and unreached goals.

Construction of the line was decided by the Swedish Parliament in 1997, construction began on 14 August 1999. Using the 6000 -meter-long Namntalltunnel Sweden's longest railway tunnel located on this route. For security reasons, besides a service tunnel, both of which are all 500 meters connected to an escape tunnel runs. Overall, it is a 13 km long tunnel system. On 15 June 2009 were test driving at high speed instead of south of Örnsköldsvik. Here, the Swedish speed record in a single-track tunnel was erected in Finn Borg tunnels at the height of Bjästa with 289 km / h.

The 26 -kilometer section between Örnsköldsvik and Husum and the four -kilometer freight rail line in the pulp and paper mill M -real Husum were released in October 2008 for freight, the opening of the total distance by the Swedish king Carl XVI. Gustaf was made on 28 August 2010. Farms is the route since 30 August 2010 by Norrtåg AB.

The Bothnia Line is the first railway line in Sweden, which is equipped with the European Train Control System. Initially perverted from Monday to Friday, five pairs of trains between the railway stations Umeå Örnsköldsvik C and E, railcars, Bombardier Regina series were used with the X52 series designation. Since 2011, these were replaced by new buildings in the series Alstom Coradia Nordic X62. Since August 2012 nine pairs of trains a day go all the way Umea Sundsvall.

X 62

In Örnsköldsvik

Special

In Örnsköldsvik the train crosses the outlet slope of the ski jump Paradis Kullen.