Inlandsbanan

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Inlandsbanan
An Inlandsbanan train
Info
Type	Railway
System	Swedish railway
Terminals	Kristinehamn Gällivare
Operation
Opened	1908
Owner	Banverket
Operator(s)
Technical
Line length	1300 km
No. of tracks	1
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in)
Electrification	No

The Inland Railway (in Swedish: Inlandsbanan) is a Swedish railway line between Kristinehamn and Gällivare, a stretch of about 1300 kilometres. It runs through the central parts of northern Sweden, and was built between 1908 and 1937.

[edit] History

In 1907 the Riksdag decided that the first link between Östersund and Ulriksfors were to be built. The next stage Ulriksfors-Volgsjö (today Vilhelmina) in 1911 the year after that the Sveg-Brunflo stage was given the go ahead. The northernmost stage Vilhelmina-Gällivare was decided 1917. By purchasing the private railway lines between Sveg and Kristinehamn the entire stretch stood clear.

It were to take many years for the workers to finish this line. Originally the line was to be inaugurated in 1924, but due to recession, labour shortage etc. they werent finished until 1937.