Stockholm City Line
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Stockholm City Line | |
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standard gauge | |
Electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
Operating speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) |
Signalling | ATC-2 |
The Stockholm City Line (
Route
The tunnel significantly improves the traffic throughput to and from south of Stockholm as there are only two tracks in that direction from Stockholm Central Station, the same number that were in place in 1871 when the railway was originally built. It has 24 scheduled trains per hour in each direction. The commuter trains pass Stockholm with up to 16 trains per hour per direction. The other eight are regional and long-distance trains. The tunnel takes all commuter trains, allowing more regional and intercity trains to operate along the old line.
Placing the commuter rail traffic into a tunnel of its own thus allows increased capacity for other national rail traffic through Central Station via Centralbron. The entire system for long-distance passenger railways in Sweden suffers from this bottleneck, since 80% of train rides in Sweden start or stop in Stockholm [1]. As a result, there is no room to increase the frequency of commuter, regional, and long-distance trains despite their heavy usage.
Seen from south to north, the route of the Citybanan tunnel branches off the
History
The project was proposed by the
After the general elections of 2006, the new
Coordinates:
- Southern tunnel entrance: 59°18′54″N 18°04′04″E / 59.315052°N 18.067773°E
- Northern tunnel entrance: 59°20′57″N 18°01′09″E / 59.349252°N 18.019209°E
References
- ^ "The Stockholm City Line". Trafikverket. 2014-08-21. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ Stockholm's Citybanan Opens Today's Railways Europe issue 261 September 2017 pages 34-38
- ^ "Alliansen vill skrota Citybanan". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ^ "Fritt fram i hela tunneln". Trafikverket. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2015-05-23.