Sweden

M28M21
Photo Courtesy of Andreas Behm
Goetheborg
LRT subway
 

  • Goetheborg Public Transport
  • Goethenberg Traffic Home Page
  • Tramways in Gothenburg


    • Off the track branching off to the left between Frihamnen and Eketrägatan is the former line to Bräcke which was opened 1955 and closed in 1968. It is now used for driver training.

    Kiruna
  • Pictures from the Tramway in Kiruna


    • Malmo
    A new rail line, including 6 km of tunnel, has been approved for Malmo. The town also has a heritage tramway.
     

    Malmö Citytunnel Project Approved

    THE Swedish government has approved a SKr 8.8 billion ($US 1 billion) project to build a new line through the centre of Malmö. As a result, pre-qualified contractors have been invited to bid for the first tunnelling contracts. However, construction cannot start until next year as public consultation still has to be completed and the Environmental Court must examine the project in terms of noise, vibration, and ground water reductions and discharges. "Of course there is a lot of work to be done before we can start digging but the project is entering a concrete and exciting phase," said Mr Örjan Larsson, Citytunnel's project manager.
    The new line will enable trains using the Øresund link from Denmark and from Ystad and Trelleborg to follow a direct route to Malmö's Central station via the city centre. The project will also convert Malmö Central into a through station. A new 11km double-track line will be built from Malmö Central to the Øresund link. This section will have 6km of twin-bore tunnels and new stations at Triangeln and Hyllie. There will also be single-track connections to the lines to Trelleborg and Ystad. The project will be completed in 2009.


    Norrköping
    tramway

    Built in 1904, the Norrköping     tramway is a mere 13 km, 2 line shadow of it's former shadow.

    Tramways in Norrköping
    NORRKÖPINGS SPÅRVAGNAR
    Trafikgruppen Norrköping - Official Home Page
    Plan for possible third tram line
    Vagnparken - railfan page dedicated to Norrkoping's tramways
    Unga Spårvagnsentusiasters Intresseparti
    ERS photos
    Great photos



    Photos Courtesy of Andreas Behm

    M21M28
    Stockholm
     
    Type Full Metro
    Stations 100 (+ one abandoned)
    Lines 3
    Length In Subway 63 km
    Length Topside 37 km
    Total Length 110 km
    Year Built 1933
    Address
    Links
  • euroMetro: STOCKHOLM T-Bana
  • Stockholms Subway
  • Tramways in Lidingö
  • Leif Spangberg's Transit Page - highly informative with many photos you won't see on other sites, covers Scandinavian trams and metros, plus several other European cities
  • Swetramway - the whole Swedish tramway site!
  • Swedish Railways (SJ), by Roland Bol
  • Swedish University Network: Trains
  • FUNET's Trams In Sweden
  • Surf to the Stockholm Subway
  • Fantastic Stockholm tramway site by Bruse Persson
  • Stockholm's Tunnelbana - great, comprehensive site
  • RBVs hemsida! Roslagsbanans Veterantågsförenings (urban rail) The Roslagsbanan is a three line light railway in the north-eastern parts of Stockholm. Narrowgauge 891 mm. Electrified
    Underground funicular in Stockholm
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    Comments The Stockholm subway started out as a tram underground in 1933. It wasn't until 1953 that a full, newly developed metro opened, in large part an evolution of the old tram tunnels.

    Stockholm also has 4 distinct tram lines, each varied:
    # 12 - the Nockebybanan (5.7 km),
    # 7 - the Djurgården line (a 3.2 km museum line)
    # 21 - the 8.9 lm Lidingö linen (more of an interburban)
    #     22 - the Tvärbanan (Crossline), Alvik-Sickla-Udde. Modern Light Rail opened 1999-2002.

    In addition, the Saltsjöbanan is an urban LRT, partially in tunnel, that has been operating since the late 1800's. Other pseudo-subway and LRTs include the Roslagsbanan, the Nockebybanan and the new LRT subway, the 10 km Årstabanan

    Nybohovs Hissbana is a small, underground funicular. It runs 230 meters through rock tunnel and underneath an apartment building. The cars interiors resembles the stockholm subway of the 1960's. It can be reached from the Liljeholmen station.

    Home page

    Great Swedish tramway site
    Swetramway - the definitive Swedish tramway site
    Stockholm's Line 19
    The Whole Swedish Tramway Site
    Lindingoban unofficial home page


    Dead Links
     

  • SL streetcar belonging to Lidingöbanan (broken link)
  • Swedish railways, by Urban Fredriksson (broken link)
  • Stockholm Trams (dead link)
  • Stockholm Subway System home page (dead link)
  • KTH Världsrekord 1996, The Official World Record on Stockholms Subway System (dead)
  • Stockholm Transit Photos (dead link)
  • Photo gallery of Swedish transit - still under construction but should be completed in December

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    Spånka (pronounced Sponka in English) is the Swedish slang for a tramway