Kinnekulle Line

Kinnekulle Line (Swedish: Kinnekullebanan) is a 121-kilometer (75 mi) long unelectrified single track railway line from Håkantorp via Lidköping and Mariestad to Gårdsjö in Sweden. At Gårdsjö, it connects to the Western Main Line and at Håkantorp it connects with the Älvsborg Line. The line lacks both automatic train protection and centralized traffic control.^[3]Västtrafik runs a regional trains service on the whole line, using Y31 trains. Green Cargo run trains from Hallsberg to a paper mill in Mariestad.

Kinnekulle Line
Kinnekulle Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Västra Götaland County
Termini	Gårdsjö Håkantorp
Service
Type	Regional Rail
Operator(s)	Swedish Transport Administration
History
Opened	1877
Technical
Line length	121 kilometres (75 mi)
Number of tracks	One
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	No
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)^[1]^[2]
Route map Legend km Västra stambanan Stockholm 0 Gårdsjö Västra stambanan Göteborg C 9 Hova 17 Torved 21 Lyrestad Göta Canal 30 Hasslerör 39 Mariestad 50 Lugnås 56 Äskekärr 59 Österäng 64 Forshem 67 Hällekis 71 Råbäck 74 Trolmen 80 Blomberg 84 Källby 88 Filsbäck 93 Lidköping Lidan 94 Framnäs city 104 Lovene 112 Järpås 118 Stora Levene Älvsborgsbanan Uddevalla C 121 Håkantorp Älvsborgsbanan Herrljunga C This diagram: view talk edit

References

1. "Gårdsjö till Håkantorp" (PDF). Göteborgs linjebok (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Administration. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
2. "Håkantorp till Gårdsjö" (PDF). Göteborgs linjebok (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Administration. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
3. "Kinnekullebanan" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Administration. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

External links

• Time table, select table number 63

 

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