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The Bergslagen Line ( sv, Bergslagsbanan) is a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

line consisting of two sections, from

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

via Falun,

Ställdalen Ställdalen is a locality situated in Ljusnarsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom ...

to Kil, Värmland, and from Ställdalen to

Frövi Frövi is a locality situated in Lindesberg Municipality, Örebro County Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanlan ...

. Although not officially, the

Norway/Vänern Line Norway/Vänern Line ( sv, Norge/Vänerbanan) is a Y-shaped railway line in Sweden. The main section runs from Gothenburg Central Station to Kil Station, mostly along the west shore of Vänern. There is a branch from Erikstad to the Norway–Swe ...

is also often regarded part of the Bergslagen Line, because it was before the renaming 1990. Construction began in 1855 and the line opened in 1879. At Kil, the line connects with the

, the Fryksdal Line and the

Värmland Line The Värmland Line ( sv, Värmlandsbanan), previously known as the Northwestern Main Line ( sv, Nordvästra stambanan) is a long railway line between Laxå and the Norway–Sweden border at Charlottenberg Station. In Norway, the line continues a ...

. At

Borlänge Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017. History Originally Borlänge was the name of a tin ...

, it connects to the Dala Line, at Frövi to the Freight Line through Bergslagen, and in Gävle with the

Northern Main Line The Northern Main Line ( sv, Norra stambanan) is a long electrified railway in Sweden, between Gävle or Storvik and Ånge. The railway consists of single track except the parts between Mo grindar and Holmsveden, Kilafors and Bollnäs, and Ramsj ...

and the East Coast Line.

Usage

Between Gävle and Frövi, Tåg i Bergslagen run regional trains hourly in each direction using the Regina. Trains continue from Frövi south to

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

and

Mjölby Mjölby ( or ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 12,245 inhabitants in 2010. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name "Mjölby" is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or ''möl ...

. Between Ställdalen and Kil, the line is used more sparsely. Tågab runs a passenger train a day in each direction most days between

Kristinehamn Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 17,839 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern where the small rivers ''Varnan'' and ''Löt'' dr ...

and Falun. The line between Nykroppa and Kil is rarely used for passenger traffic. Freight traffic is more frequent, especially with trains coming from the North and heading south towards

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

, Värmland or west into Norway and vice versa.

References

*Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsatlas von Europa, J. J. Arnd, Leipzig 1897.

External links

Time tables, select table number 49, 53, 75
Railway lines in Sweden Railway lines opened in 1879