Umeå Central Station (Swedish: ''Umeå centralstation'' or ''Umeå C'') is a railway station in
Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, U ...
,
Sweden.
The station was the sole station serving Umeå until the opening of
Umeå East Station in 2010. Renovation of Central station was completed the following year.
History
The station was designed by architect
Folke Zettervall
Folke Zettervall (21 October 1862 – 12 March 1955) was a Swedish architect and head architect with the Swedish State Railways
(''Statens Järnvägar'') between 1895 and 1930.
Biography
Zettervall was born at Lund, Sweden. He was the son of ...
and built 1895–96.
In 2001, it was declared a
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
.
With the construction of the
Bothnia Line
The Bothnia Line ( sv, Botniabanan) is a high-speed railway line in northern Sweden. The long route, from Höga Kusten Airport, where it connects to the Ådalen Line, via Örnsköldsvik to Umeå, was opened in 2010 and trains are allowed to t ...
, Umeå Central Station was rebuilt from July 2010 until November 2012, with a new pedestrian and bicycle tunnel built under the tracks. A new 175 metre long platform was built on the north (
Haga) side of the station and the existing platform on the south (city centre) side of the station was extended to 455 meters. The station building was renovated at the same time. The adjacent Järnvägstorget and Bangatan were renovated in 2013.
Services
Umeå Central station is the terminus for up to four daily high-speed trains to and from
Stockholm Central Station
Stockholm Central Station ( sv, Stockholms centralstation) is a railway station in Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station opened on 18 July 1871 and it had over 200,000 visitors da ...
, operated by
SJ AB Bombardier Regina X55 trains. SJ also operate a daily night train, with portions to Stockholm and
Gothenburg which separate/join in
Sundsvall.
In December 2020,
Vy Tåg
Vy Tåg AB is a Swedish railway company that operates franchises in different parts of Sweden. The company was founded in 1999 by three former railway employees in Statens Järnvägar and the investment company Småföretagsinvest/Fylkinvest. I ...
assumed operation of the
Swedish Transport Administration
The Swedish Transport Administration ( sv, Trafikverket) is a government agency in Sweden, controlled by the Riksdag and the Government of Sweden. It is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for transport: road, rail, shipping and avi ...
state-supported night trains between Stockholm and
Norrland
Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administ ...
, for a period of four years. Two Vy night trains call at Umeå in each direction every day: one between
Narvik,
Kiruna and Stockholm and one between
Luleå and Stockholm.
Norrtåg provide local and regional rail services south towards
Sundsvall, west towards
Vännäs
Vännäs () is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 4,466 inhabitants in 2018.
The name of the village is known since 1535 (''Wendenäs'', ‘The place where a person walkin ...
(until 2010, the original railway junction between Umeå and the
Main Line Through Upper Norrland
The Main Line Through Upper Norrland ( sv, Stambanan genom övre Norrland) is a long railway line between Bräcke, Jämtland County and Boden, Norrbotten County in Sweden. For military and regional policy reasons, it was built in very sparsely p ...
), north west towards
Lycksele
Lycksele (; sma, Liksjoe; Ume Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish L ...
and north towards
Boden, Luleå and
Haparanda.
Photo gallery
File:X62-UmeaaC-2012.jpg, Norrtåg X62 train at the station
File:Umeå Central Station tracks.jpg, Umeå Central Station (before redevelopment).
File:Umeå centralstation-2012-04-13.jpg, The inside of the station
References
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Railway stations in Umeå
Main Line Through Upper Norrland
Bothnia Line
Railway stations opened in 1896
Buildings and structures in Umeå