Värtabanan is a
railway
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 ...
just north of urban
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 ...
, from
Tomteboda via
Norra Djurgården to
Värtahamnen. It is nowadays mainly used for freight traffic linking Stockholm to the
container port at Frihamnen, although a passenger service was operated on this line until 1913. A
train ferry
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service also operated on Värtabanan between 1967 and 1975 (Stockholm –
Naantali
Naantali (; ) is a municipalities of Finland, town in Southwest Finland, and, as a resort town during the summer, an important centre of tourism in the country. The municipality has a population of
(), and is located west of Turku.
The town h ...
) and again from 1989 until the start of 2012 (Stockholm –
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...
).
Gallery
Vartabanan 2007.jpg, Värtabanan in Bellevueparken
Vartabanan 2007a.jpg, Värtabanan on Uggleviken
VartabananStorangsbotten.jpg, Värtabanan at Storängsbotten
Sources
Rail transport in Stockholm
Railway lines in Sweden
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