Kinnekulle Line

Kinnekulle Line
Kinnekulle Line
	Kinnekulle Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Västra Götaland County
Termini	Gårdsjö; Håkantorp;
Service
Type	Regional Rail
Operator(s)	Swedish Transport Administration
History
Opened	1877
Technical
Line length	121 kilometres (75 mi)
Number of tracks	One
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	No
Operating speed	100 km/h (60 mph) maximum[1][2]
Route map

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.[3] 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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