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The Fryksdal Line () is an long
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 between
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 Torsby,Värmland in
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. The line is
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, and is not electric. Passenger services are provided by
Värmlandstrafik Värmlandstrafik is the public transport authority for Värmland, Sweden.Nya Wermlands Tidningen. ''Vär ...
using class Y31
DMUs A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...
. The line is also used by freight trains hauling mostly wood,
pulpwood Pulpwood can be defined as timber that is ground and processed into a fibrous pulp. It is a versatile natural resource commonly used for Papermaking, paper-making but also made into low-grade wood and used for chips, energy, pellets, and engineered ...
and paper.


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