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Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 10,912 kilometres (6,780 mi), the 24th largest in the world. [3] Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855. . The major operator of passenger trains has traditionally been the state-owned SJ, though today around 70% of all rail traffic consists of subsidised local and regional trains for which the regional public transport ...
1906 railway map. The first railway in Ireland opened in 1834. At its peak in 1920, Ireland had 5,600 km (3,480 mi) of railway; now only about half of this remains. A large area around the border has no rail service. Ireland's first light rail line was opened on 30 June 2004.
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The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain.By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 3,500 route miles (5,630 km). The current status is less than half that amount, with a large unserviced area around the border area between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
SJ is the primary passenger train operator in Sweden.A wholly state-owned company operated for-profit under market conditions, SJ operates various services across Sweden. SJ's operations include high-speed trains, intercity trains, night trains, and regional trains, with some services extending into Denmark, Norway and Germany.
Map of the East Coast Line, showing Stockholm at the bottom and Sundsvall at the top. (The black line along the coast). The East Coast Line (Swedish: Ostkustbanan) is a 402-kilometre (250 mi) long mainline railway in Sweden, linking the cities of Stockholm, Uppsala, Gävle and Sundsvall, as well as the suburbs north of Stockholm.
The company was reconstructed as Halmstad-Nässjö Järnvägar (HNJ), which owned and operated the railway until the railway line was nationalised in 1945. [1] Today passenger services are operated on the railway by the public operator Krösatågen. In the coming years the railway will be electrified between Nässjö and Värnamo. [2]
Sundbyberg is a railway station in central Sundbyberg, Sweden, 6.4 kilometers from Stockholm Central Station.It opened in 1876 as part of the Mälaren Line.The station serves both Stockholm commuter rail trains around Stockholm County, and regional trains operated by SJ to Västerås and Gothenburg. [2]