The Bergslagen Line ({{langx, sv, Bergslagsbanan) is a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

line consisting of two sections, from

Gävle Gävle ( ; ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 79,004 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the List of cities in Sweden, 13th-most-populated city in Sweden. I ...

via

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

Ställdalen Ställdalen is a locality situated in Ljusnarsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norwa ...

Kil, Värmland Kil () is a locality and the seat of Kil Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden, with 7,842 inhabitants in 2010. It is a railway junction which unites railways from five directions, all but one having passenger services. Swedish world elite high ...

, and from Ställdalen to

Frövi Frövi is a locality situated in Lindesberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 2,516 inhabitants in 2010. Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body o ...

. Although not officially, the

Norway/Vänern Line Norway/Vänern Line () is a Y-shaped railway line in Sweden. The main section runs from Gothenburg Central Station to Kil Station, mostly along the west shore of Vänern. There is a branch from Erikstad to the Norway–Sweden border at Kornsjø ...

is also often regarded part of the

Bergslagen Bergslagen is a historical, cultural, and linguistic region located north of Lake Mälaren in northern Svealand, Sweden, traditionally known as a mining district. In Bergslagen, the mining and metallurgic industries have been important since t ...

Line, because it was before the renaming 1990. Construction began in 1855 and the line opened in 1879. At Kil, the line connects with the

, the Fryksdal Line and the

Värmland Line The Värmland Line (), previously known as the Northwestern Main Line () is a long railway line between Laxå and the Norway–Sweden border at Charlottenberg Station. In Norway, the line continues as the Kongsvinger Line. Passenger train stops ...

. At

Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...

, it connects to the

Dala Line The Dala Line () is a single-track railway line in Sweden, linking the city of Uppsala to the town of Mora, via Sala, Avesta-Krylbo, Hedemora, Säter, Borlänge and Leksand. In Uppsala, the line joins the East Coast Line, which goes south t ...

, at Frövi to the Freight Line through Bergslagen, and in Gävle with the

Northern Main Line The Northern Main Line () is a long electrified railway in Sweden, between Gävle or Storvik and Ånge. The railway consists of single track except the parts between Mo grindar and Holmsveden, Kilafors and Bollnäs, and Ramsjö and Ovansjö ...

and the East Coast Line.

Usage

Between Gävle and Frövi, Tåg i Bergslagen run regional trains hourly in each direction using the Regina. Trains continue from Frövi south to

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

and

Mjölby Mjölby ( ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 28,544 inhabitants in 2024. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name ''Mjölby'' is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or , meani ...

. Between Ställdalen and Kil, the line is used more sparsely. Tågab runs a passenger train a day in each direction most days between

Kristinehamn Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 24,053 inhabitants in 2022. Geography Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern where the small rivers ''Varnan'' and ''Löt'' ...

and Falun. The line between Nykroppa and Kil is rarely used for passenger traffic. Freight traffic is more frequent, especially with trains coming from the North and heading south towards

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

, Värmland or west into Norway and vice versa.

References

*Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsatlas von Europa, J. J. Arnd, Leipzig 1897.

External links

Time tables, select table number 49, 53, 75
Railway lines in Sweden Railway lines opened in 1879