Coast-to-Coast Line

The Kust till kust - bana is a Swedish railway track that leads over 353 km from Gothenburg Borås and Växjö to Kalmar / Karlskrona. Historically, the term was used only for the route between Gothenburg and Kalmar. The 57 -kilometer section Emmaboda Karlskrona was later enclosed by Banverket in this designation with.

History

The compound is marketed kust - banan since the mid- 1990s as Kust till, runs over the original five different tracks: Gothenburg - Borås Järnväg, Borås Alvesta Järnväg, Vaxjo Alvesta Järnväg, Karlskrona and Kalmar, Växjö Järnväg Järnväg. The different tracks created at different times. The oldest part is the route Vaxjo Alvesta, which was built by the private railway company Vaxjo Alvesta Järnväg as a secondary line of Södra stambana and opened in 1865. 1874 saw the routes Vaxjo Emmaboda, part of the web Karlskrona - Växjö and Kalmar - Emmaboda, owned by the railway company Kalmar Järnväg opened. The web Gothenburg - Borås emerged only in the 1890s ( opened in 1894 ) and the youngest part, Borås Alvesta, was inaugurated in 1902. Between 1938 and 1941, the individual strips were nationalized.

The web Gothenburg - Borås was electrified in 1936. In the 1950s, followed Alvesta-Kalmar/Karlskrona ( 1954-55 ) and ultimately Borås Alvesta in 1962.

There was direct Gothenburg Kalmar and Karlskrona Gothenburg shortly after the opening of Borås Alvesta in 1902. During the 1990s, SJ began to sell direct, in which modern X2000 trains were used. The new concept was an unexpected success.

Today's state

Nowadays, there are direct trains Göteborg-Kalmar/Karlskrona with modern railcars ( Bombardier Regina ). In addition, the regional transport plays an important role on this track, especially on the sections Gothenburg - Borås (SJ on behalf of Västtrafik ) and ( Jonkoping ) Värnamo Växjö (until 2009 of Merresor on behalf of Jönköping Länstrafik ). Squid Alvesta - Malmö - Copenhagen is part of the network of Öresundtåg. Freight traffic also is important.

Other plans for the future

There are plans to build the route Gothenburg - Borås totally restyled as high-speed railway with a top speed of 320 km / hr.

By the year 2020, the section Mölnlycke Bollebygd to be built, the airport Gothenburg -Landvetter is to be crossed by a tunnel station. There are also plans for a new high-speed line Stockholm- Gothenburg ( Götalandsbanan ), which will be but not completed until about 2030.