Läggesta railway station is a railway station on

Svealandsbanan Svealandsbanan is the Swedish name of the ''Svealand Railway'', which runs between Södertälje and Valskog (near Arboga) via Mariefred Läggesta, Strängnäs and Eskilstuna. The length is . The railway was opened between Södertälje and Eskil ...

near the small town of

Mariefred Mariefred is a locality situated in Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,726 inhabitants in 2010. The name is derived from that of the former Carthusian monastery here, Mariefred Charterhouse, and means "Peace of Mary" (t ...

Strängnäs Strängnäs is a locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, one of the thirteen dioceses ...

municipality, Sweden. Läggesta railway station is the nearest station for all-year rail traffic for visitors to

and to the

Gripsholm Castle Gripsholm Castle ( sv, Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm. Since Gustav Vasa, Gripsho ...

, to which regular buses leave from the railway station. There is also a museum railway,

Östra Södermanlands Järnväg Östra Södermanlands Järnväg (Ö.Sl.J.),'' Eastern Södermanland Railway'' is a narrow gauge railway in Mariefred, Sweden. Steam-hauled passenger traffic is provided all days of the week during the summer. Operations began on a small scale a ...

, with gauge, going from Läggesta to Mariefred in the summer. Its station, Läggesta Lower Station (Swedish: ''Läggesta nedre station''), is located under a bridge which is part of the mainline station of Läggesta.

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Railway stations in Södermanland County {{Sweden-railstation-stub