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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Umea Central Station Railway stations in Umeå Main Line Through Upper Norrland Bothnia Line Railway stations opened in 1896 Buildings and structures in Umeå