The Ådalen Line () is a

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line between

Sundsvall Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Old town i ...

and Långsele in

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. At Sundsvall, the line intersects with the Central Line and the East Coast Line. At Långsele, the line intersects with the

Main Line Through Upper Norrland The Main Line Through Upper 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 populated areas, far away from the ...

. It also connects to the Bothnia Line. The Ådalen Line follows, and is named for, the

Ådalen Ådalen �oːˌdɑlənis the river valley of the Ångerman River, downstream Junsele, in Sweden. It often refers to the broad, densely populated, fjord-like mouth of the river, in Kramfors Municipality, and is known for the May 1931 Ådalen s ...

river valley. Railway stations with stops for passenger trains are (as of 2018): * Västeraspby (

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) *

Kramfors Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010. The town grew on the western bank of the Ångerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs ...

Härnösand Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...

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Västra (West) * Sundsvall Central

History

Traditionally the line now known as the Ådalen Line consisting of three sections. The connection from Sollefteå and Långsele was built by the

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and opened in 1886, at the same time as the northern part of the Main Line Through Upper Norrland from Ragunda to Långsele. The private Härnösand–Sollefteå Railway (''Härnösand-Sollefteå Järnväg'') received a concession for a private railway in 1888, and opened in 1893. The section from Härnösand to Sundsvall was originally built as part of the East Coast Line and opened in 1925, two years before the line was completed to

Gävle Gävle ( ; ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 79,004 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the List of cities in Sweden, 13th-most-populated city in Sweden. I ...

. The Härnösand–Sollefteå Railway was

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in 1932 and electrified in 1958 at .

Renovation

The

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upgraded of the line, and built of new track, from Sundsvall to the connection with the new high-speed Bothnia Line north of Nyland. The upgrades both include renewal of existing track, and two new section of track. The upgraded line has a maximum permitted axle load of , allow trains and have the new

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(ERTMS). Along with the Bothnia Line and the East Coast Line, the Ådalen Line is the new high-speed main line along the East Coast of Sweden, from

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. of new

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was built; between

and Veda, and between

Bollstabruk Bollstabruk is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Kramfors Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 1,871 inhabitants in 2010. References

Populated places in Kramfors Municipality Ångermanland {{Västernorrland ...

and the connection to the Bothnia Line. This section has eight new tunnels, totaling . The upgrades were completed in September 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adalen Line Railway lines in Sweden Railway lines opened in 1886