Värtabanan 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 ...

just north of urban

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, from

Tomteboda Tomteboda is a place in northern Stockholm, Sweden, known for its mail terminal and its shunting yard. A new railway tunnel for commuters has been built between Stockholm South Station and Tomteboda. See also * Stockholm commuter rail * Swe ...

via

Norra Djurgården NORRA or Norra may refer to: * Nordic Regional Airlines, a Finnish airline operating on behalf of, and formerly majority-owned by, Finnair * National Off-Road Racing Association, a desert off-road racing association * Norra (village) Norra (germa ...

Värtahamnen Värtahamnen is a port in Stockholm, Sweden. Värtahamnen and the adjacent Stockholm Free Port at Lilla Värtan is Stockholm's main port. Värtahamnen primarily serves passenger ferries for the shipping company Silja Line as well as freighters fo ...

. It is nowadays mainly used for freight traffic linking Stockholm to the

container port A container port or container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example train ...

at Frihamnen, although a passenger service was operated on this line until 1913. A

train ferry A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train f ...

service also operated on Värtabanan between 1967 and 1975 (Stockholm –

Naantali Naantali (; sv, Nådendal) is a town in southwestern Finland, and, as a resort town during the summer, an important tourist centre of the country. The municipality has a population of (), and is located in the region of Southwest Finland, west ...

) and again from 1989 until the start of 2012 (Stockholm –

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

Gallery

Vartabanan 2007.jpg, Värtabanan in

Bellevueparken Bellevue (''Bellevueparken'') is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. Bellevue borders to Vasastan and is part of the Royal National City Park. History The park was designed by landscape architect Fredrik Magnus Piper (1746–1824) who also ...

Vartabanan 2007a.jpg, Värtabanan on

Uggleviken Uggleviken ( sv, (the) Owl Bay) is a former bay and lake in Norra Djurgården, a semi-rural area in north-eastern central Stockholm, Sweden, forming part of the Royal National City Park. Together with Lillsjön, Laduviken and Storängsbotten, Ug ...

VartabananStorangsbotten.jpg, Värtabanan at Storängsbotten

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