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Railway line in Sweden

Kinnekulle Line

Overview

Status

Operational

Locale

Termini

Service

Type

Operator(s)

History

Opened

1877

Technical

Line length

121 kilometres (75 mi)

Number of tracks

One

1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Operating speed

100 km/h (62 mph)

Route map

				km
					Västra stambanan Stockholm
				0	Gårdsjö
					Västra stambanan Göteborg C
				9	Hova
				17	Torved
				21	Lyrestad
					Göta Canal
				30	Hasslerör
				39	Mariestad
				50	Lugnås
				56	Äskekärr
				59	Österäng
				64	Forshem
				67	Hällekis
				71	Råbäck
				74	Trolmen
				80	Blomberg
				84	Källby
				88	Filsbäck
				93	Lidköping
					Lidan
				94	Framnäs city
				104	Lovene
				112	Järpås
				118	Stora Levene
					Älvsborgsbanan Uddevalla C
				121	Håkantorp
					Älvsborgsbanan Herrljunga C

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Kinnekulle Line (Swedish: Kinnekullebanan) is a 121-kilometer (75 mi) long unelectrified single track railway line from Håkantorp via Lidköping and Mariestad to Gårdsjö in Sweden. At Gårdsjö, it connects to the Western Main Line and at Håkantorp it connects with the Älvsborg Line. The line lacks both automatic train protection and centralized traffic control. Västtrafik runs a regional trains service on the whole line, using Y31 trains. Green Cargo run trains from Hallsberg to a paper mill in Mariestad.

References

"Gårdsjö till Håkantorp" (PDF). Göteborgs linjebok (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Administration. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
"Håkantorp till Gårdsjö" (PDF). Göteborgs linjebok (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Administration. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
"Kinnekullebanan" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Administration. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

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