Värtabanan

The railway line Karlberg / Tomteboda - Värtan (Swedish Värtabanan ) is a standard gauge electrified railway between the port and the Värtan Karlberg and Tomteboda stations in Sweden. The route in the city of Stockholm.

History

Statens Järnvägar (SJ ) opened on May 15, 1882 The railway line between Karlberg and Värtan for the overall traffic pattern and the section Tomteboda and Norrtull, the present station Stockholm Norra, for freight transport. Four years later, the route to the connection of Albano by Stockholms Östra was extended. This Roslagsbanan was connected to the rest of the Swedish network. This section was officially shut down on 1 June 1969.

The electrification of the line was already on June 9, 1905 on a trial basis as part of the feasibility studies for the electrification of the rail network of the SJ in Sweden. 1908, the electrical equipment was discontinued. The commissioning of the new electrification takes place on 1 June 1939.

Passenger

With the opening of the passenger was taken after Värtan. These passenger trains were discontinued on 15 April 1913, only military personnel were transported to 1918 by SJ. Since then, the track is a pure freight railway.

Only in the mid-1980s, the passenger was taken up again, it perverse of Värtan out for some years car trains with coaches to Norrland.

The harbor area and the railway tracks to the shore of Lilla Värtan, separates the Lidingö Stockholm has been expanded several times. Next to the Värtahamnen It includes the free port and the oil port Loudden and a container terminal.

Ferry

In Värtahamnen place since 1966 car ferries from Silja Line in the direction of Finland. Train ferries perverted 1967-1976 by ​​Nådendal and again from 1989 after Åbo. The train ferry between Turku and Stockholm was set at the turn of 2011/12.

Line speed

The speed limit on the route was a long time just 40 km / h 2003, the track was repaired and has since be driven at 70 km / hr. In addition, the automatic train control (ATC ) has been installed.

Länken In connection with the construction work for Norra top speed was again reduced to 40 km / hr. After the completion of construction of the road connecting the railway line is to be laid in a tunnel which is to be completed in 2017.