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Östertälje Railway Station
Östertälje is a station on Stockholm's commuter rail network, located in the district of Östertälje in south-eastern Södertälje, 34.3 km from Stockholm City Station. The station consists of a single island platform with a ticket hall on the platform, accessible via a pedestrian tunnel. As of 2015, it had an average of 3,000 boardings per winter weekday. Travel time to Stockholm City Station is 34 minutes, and to Södertälje Centrum, 9 minutes. History A stop at Igelsta was established in 1879, later replaced by Östertälje station in 1921 due to a track realignment. After SL took over responsibility for local rail traffic in the Stockholm region, the current standardised station structure was completed in 1970, replacing the old station building and pedestrian bridge. The station has elevators, but no escalators. On the eastern side, there is a small kiosk, as well as stops for connecting bus services. Ticket sales are available near the fare gates at the entrance. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm Commuter Rail
Stockholm commuter rail () is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are state-owned and administered by the Swedish Transport Administration, while the operation of the Stockholm commuter rail services itself has been contracted to SJ AB since March 2024. History Initial operations and early routes Local trains have been operated on the mainline railways around Stockholm since the late nineteenth century. At the beginning, local rail services were part of the Statens Järnvägar, Swedish State Railways, but in the late-1960s, the responsibility for these services was transferred to Stockholm County, which incorporated it with the ticketing system of Stockholm Transport. New trains were bought, stations were modernised, and the Stockholm commuter rail network was developed with an aim of making it more metro-like. Originally the syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, () is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Stockholm Metro, ''Tunnelbana'' metro, Stockholm commuter rail, ''Pendeltåg'' commuter trains, Buses in Stockholm County, buses, Trams in Stockholm, trams, local rail, and some ferry services. SL's network serves approximately 700,000 daily passengers and is financed through a combination of regional taxes and fare revenues. The organisation operates under a Integrated ticketing, unified ticketing system, and contracts with several private operators to run its services, including Transdev, SJ AB, SJ, VR Sverige, Keolis, and AB Stockholms Spårvägar, Stockholms Spårvägar. History SL has its origins in Stockholms Spårvägar (1915), AB Stockholms Spårvägar (SS), a city-owned public transit company which started in 1915, by the City of Stockholm with the aim to Deprivatizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Stockholm County
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LIBRIS
LIBRIS (Library Information System) is a Swedish national union catalogue maintained by the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately .... It is possible to freely search about 6.5 million titles nationwide. In addition to bibliographic records, one for each book or publication, LIBRIS also contains an authority file of people. For each person there is a record connecting name, birth and occupation with a unique identifier. The MARC Code for the Swedish Union Catalog is SE-LIBR, normalized: selibr. The development of LIBRIS can be traced to the mid-1960s. While rationalization of libraries had been an issue for two decades after World War II, it was in 1965 that a government committee published a report on the use of computers in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nynäshamn Municipality
Nynäshamn Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nynäshamn. In 1974 the former ''City of Nynäshamn'' (itself instituted in 1946) was merged with ''Ösmo'', from which it had been detached as a market town (''köping'') in 1911 and ''Sorunda'', all in the Södertörn peninsula and adjacent islands. Demography Population development 2022 by district This is a demographic table based on Nynäshamn Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 29,442 residents, including 21,526 Swedish citizens of voting age. 45.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Residents with a foreign background On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igelsta Bridge
The Igelsta Bridge () is a railway bridge in Södertälje, Stockholm County in Sweden. The bridge crosses the Södertälje Canal, and the E4 motorway. The length is 2140 m, and the maximum height is 48 m. It was opened in 1995, and is the longest railway-only bridge in Scandinavia. The Oresund Bridge, the western Great Belt Bridge and the Storstrøm Bridge are longer but have both rail and road. A railway station, Södertälje Syd, is located on the western part of bridge. Escalators are used to reach the tracks. Most high speed trains on the X 2000 service to Gothenburg and Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ... and almost all regional trains stop at the station. Local commuter trains stop at the old lower level of the station. Railway bridges in Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södertälje Centrum Railway Station
Södertälje Centrum (abbreviated ''Södertälje C'') is a station on Stockholm's commuter train network, located in central Södertälje in Stockholm County, Sweden. The station is 38.1 km from Stockholm C, and is the terminus station of a branch line from Södertälje Hamn railway station. Södertälje Centrum serves SL train routes 40, 41 and 44 towards Stockholm. Line 48 to Gnesta also starts from here, which is the only of Stockholm's commuter train lines not running via Stockholm City. History The station opened to traffic in 1860 as part of Stockholm's first railway line under the name ''Södertelge nedre'' ''(''Södertelge Lower), however on 15 May 1926, the station was renamed Södertälje Central Station, despite only being used for local services, and was finally changed to Södertälje Centrum in 1994. Trains from Södertälje Centrum previously operated on a shuttle service to Södertälje Hamn, however since 1982 services have been continuous to Stockholm. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södertälje Municipality
Södertälje Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Södertälje. It borders to Lake Mälaren in the north and the Baltic Sea in the south, and within the Stockholm County to Nykvarn Municipality and Salem Municipality and also border Södermanland County and its municipals Gnesta and Trosa. The municipality was created 1967–1971 through the amalgamation of the former ''City of Södertälje'' with large rural and suburban areas surrounding it. In 1999, it was split when a new entity, Nykvarn Municipality, was detached from Södertälje Municipality. Economy Two big industries dominate Södertälje. Scania AB is a world leading manufacturer of trucks and busses and employed over 9,000 people. AstraZeneca is an international manufacturer of drugs (medicine) employing over 3,000 people. The municipal Södertälje itself employs over 5,600 people including teachers and people working with elderly peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Södertälje
Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in the Södertälje Canal.Nationalencyklopedin, Södertälje. http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/södertälje-(tätort-södertälje-kommun) (hämtad 2020-06-13) Since year 2000, it is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, city located entirely within the province of Södermanland. History Ancient history It is estimated that the first people reached the area around what is today Södertälje during the Stone Age, about 4000 BC. They formed settlements around 3000 BC, when the peasant culture is believed to have reached the area.Svartsjö, Christina 2004, ''Centrumförnyelse i Södertälje - utopi eller verklighet!''. Blekinge tekniska högskola Around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Transport Administration
The Swedish Transport Administration () 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 aviation. It owns, constructs, operates and maintains all state-owned roads and railways and operates many car ferry services. The agency is a member of the Nordic Road Association. For shipping and aviation, it only does planning and purchasing unprofitable traffic. Trafikverket does not do practical physical work to construct or maintain roads or railways, because that is done by separate companies which Trafikverket write contracts with and pay. History A special committee oversaw the effectiveness of the Swedish transport agencies during 2008 and 2009. A conclusion was reached that there would be significant gains compared with the then-present situation if a new agency responsible for long-term planning of the transport system for road, rail, maritime a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
