Saltsjöbanan

Saltsjöbanan is a 18.6 km long railway line, which connects the excursion Saltsjöbaden with Stockholm. The railway line was inaugurated on 1 July 1893.

The railway was built concurrently with the construction of Saltsjöbaden the exclusive seaside resort. Until 1913 drove steam locomotives on the track. Then the train was fully electrified. Today, along the route 18 breakpoints in operation. Every day on the Saltsöban on average 17,000 passengers.

Stretch

Saltsjöbanan consists of two routes. One leads from Slussen on Igelboda after Saltsjöbaden. In Igelboda the second path branches off to the Solsidan. In Slussen is following the Stockholm Metro ( Tunnelbanan ).

Rolling stock

On the Saltsjöbana uniform electric double railcars are used that have been converted from the subway car. They received pantograph and lateral profile compensation boards for reducing the gap between vehicle and platform. In addition, the middle door opening was sealed each carriage. On the way to Saltsjöbaden ( four-car trains so ) usually come two coupled units are used. On the connection train to Solsidan runs a two-car train.

Operation

The range of Saltsjöbana is single track. The depot is located at Neglinge station on the branch after Saltsjöbaden. The endpoint Slussen in Stockholm is a single-track terminus. The southern terminus Saltsjöbaden is a twin-track station with two outside platforms.

Noteworthy is the operations management in the junction station Igelboda. In this two-track station with a central platform there are daytime half-hourly Correspondence holding. The trains of the main line Slussen Saltsjöbaden intersect here and the shuttle Igelboda - Solsidan shall connect to and from the two trains of this line. Operationally, this is realized so that the train Saltsjöbaden - Slussen enters on track 1. After the entrance of the shuttle train on track 2 of the train Slussen Saltsjöbaden receives entrance to this track. Both trains then face each other in the same track. After the passenger change the two trains to Solsidan and Saltsjöbaden of succession.

Accidents

On January 15, 2013 at about 2:30 clock at night there was a serious accident on the Saltsjöbana occurred. Reasons still not understood sat down at 2:23 clock a complete train set in motion and left the depot in Neglinge direction Saltsjöbaden. There was a 20 -year-old woman who belonged to the cleaning staff for the trains on board. The train ran over 1.5 km in Saltsjöbaden at 80 km / h, buffer stop at the end of the course, which was designed for an impact of up to 40 km / h and crashed into a house behind befindliches. The woman on board the train survived the crash with serious, but not life threatening injuries. In the house no one was injured.

The woman was initially suspected to have stolen the train, and was arrested on common dangerous property damage because of the suspicion. However, the suspicion is not hardened. The track operator Arriva and Nahverkehrsverbund apologized to the person concerned for the hasty accusations. Against the spokesman for the police was filed because of the rapid falsely blame a disciplinary complaint.

The recovery lasted until January 28, 2013, because of concerns it could be cave-ins in the house when the train is removed. The five apartments in the house was declared uninhabitable. The heavily damaged front part of the train is to be scrapped after the examination. Rail traffic between Neglinge and Saltsjöbaden was adjusted. Since September 16, 2013, the section is reopened.

The woman was able to board the train after her awakening to the accident did not remember the accident is being investigated by the State Accident Commission. The security in the trains of Saltsjöbana has already been criticized directly after the accident. So these are not equipped with the safety system ATC, the speed would be decreased automatically. According to preliminary data of SL was also the driving key in the train. According to research by the newspaper Aftonbladet it is also usual in the winter, etc. the safety bar with a stone block to ensure that the brakes do not freeze. This safety handle will actually trigger an emergency stop when it is not pressed for a few seconds while driving. Furthermore, it was questioned whether one directly behind the end of the track at all should build a house.

Operator

On 22 November 2011, the Executive Board of the Stockholm competent management company of task support ( SL) has awarded the operating mode on the Tvärbanan August 2012 to Arriva Sverige AB. Previous operator was Veolia Transport. To provide incentives for the operator, a remuneration model was chosen based on passenger numbers (rather than car - or -kilometers ). The contract runs until 2020 and may be extended until 2024.

Future

In the plans of SL 2020 the project " Tvärbana East" is intended to be implemented in the years 2013 to 2018. It is planned to extend the Tvärbana of Sickla Udde to the east and to connect with the Saltsjöbana. Here is the Tvärbana then continued to Slussen and the Saltsjöbana be converted to a tram.

In the fall of 2012, a preliminary study was commissioned by the provincial government of Stockholm County. The current end of the Tvärbana is located in close proximity to the parish boundary with Nacka. The municipality of Nacka is keen to implement the extension of the Tvärbana to Sickla station as soon as possible to forestall the imminent restructuring of the station Slussen and the associated limitations in transport. Therefore, you will pay the costs for planning and wants to put the necessary basic space.