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Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
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This page shows images of Stockholm public transport,
including trams, metros and ferries.
AB Stockholms Spårvägar (SS) (literally Stockholm Tramways), was a company
founded in 1915 and owned by the City of Stockholm to coordinate and operate
public transportation within the City. In 1967 the public transport in the
entire Stockholm County was coordinated and the company changed its name to
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) and its ownership was transferred to
Stockholms Läns Landsting (Stockholm County Council).
Images:
©Ian Boyle, ©David Pennock and ©Kalle Id.
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Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
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Stockholm Trams & Light Rail
SL Tram Line 7 -
Spårväg City
There are three regular light rail lines and one inner city tram line in
Stockholm. The city line Spårväg City (route 7) from Sergels Torg to
Waldemarsudde is only 3.2 km long with 12 stops. Heritage trams run on part
of this line, marketed as the Djurgården line. The infrastructure is owned
by SL, but the cars are owned and operated by the Swedish Tramway Society.
All SL fares are valid. Initially trams were loaned from Frankfurt and
Norrköping. SL now owns six trams for this route - tram 7 is on loan
from Norrköping.
Norrköping Tram No.25
On loan Norrköping Tram No.25 on route 7
Photo: ©2010 Kalle Id
Norrköping Tram No.33
On loan Norrköping Tram No.33 on route 7
Photo: ©2011 David Pennock
Norrköping Tram No.34
On loan Norrköping Tram No.34 on route 7
Photo: ©2010 Kalle Id
Norrköping Tram No.35
On loan Norrköping Tram No.35 on route 7
Photo: ©2010 Kalle Id
On loan Norrköping Tram No.35 on route 7
Photo: ©2011 David Pennock
Norrköping No.35 as SL No.7
SL Tram No.7, on loan Norrköping
35, on route 7
Norrköping 35 returned to Stockholm in May 2013 for the summer, running as
SL No.7 - note the different route display layout to Nos.1-6
Photo: ©2013 Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Frankfurt Tram No.263
On loan Frankfurt Tram No.263 on route 7
Photo: ©2010 Kalle Id
On loan Frankfurt Tram No.263 on route 7
Photo: ©2011 David Pennock
Frankfurt Tram No.264
On loan Frankfurt Tram No.264 on route 7
Photo: ©2011 David Pennock
SL Tram No.1
SL Tram No.1 on route 7
Photo: ©2013 Ian Boyle
SL Tram No.2
SL Tram No.2 on route 7
Photo: ©2013 Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
SL Tram No.3
SL Tram No.3 on route 7
Photo: ©2013 Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
SL Tram No.4
SL Tram No.4 on route 7
Photo: ©2013 Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
SL Tram No.5
SL Tram No.5 on route 7
Photo: ©2013 Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Line 21 - Lidingöbanan
(Ropsten - Gåshaga brygga)
The Lidingöbanan is a light rail system in Stockholm,
between Ropsten and Gåshaga brygga, situated in the south half of the
Lidingö island. Lidingöbanan has its origins in the Stockholm-Södra
Lidingöns Järnväg, proposed by inventor Gustaf Dalén. Public transportation
on Lidingöbanan has always been provided using tram cars, although the
Lidingöbanan previously carried goods traffic. At its largest, Lidingöbanan
extended to Humlegården on the Stockholm side through Stockholms Spårvägar's
tramway network, and had connectivity to the Värtabanan railway track. There
was also traffic on a track on the north side of the Lidingö island that
terminated in Kyrkviken, but that line was shut down in 1971. The Lidingö
town centre is presently accessible only by bus. Lidingöbanan formally
became part of SL's public transportation network in 1972.
Lidingöbanan was legally a railway until August 2008,
when it was reclassified by the Swedish railway inspectorate
(Järnvägsstyrelsen). Passenger service was always been provided with
tramcars, that before 1967 continued onto Stockholm streets, as mentioned
above. The electrical infrastructure (overhead wire) is of tram type.
The cars used until 2013 (type A30/A30B and trailers
B30/B30B) were all over fifty years old, and remained from the 1940s–50s.
The line closed in June 2013 for rebuilding, shortly after my visit, and is
due to reopen in December 2014 with new vehicles.
Tram 311
Lidingöbanan tram 311 at Skärsätra
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Lidingöbanan tram 311 at Ropsten Metro Station
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Tram 313
Lidingöbanan tram 313 at Ropsten Metro Station
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Tram 316
Lidingöbanan tram 316 at Skärsätra
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Tram 318
Lidingöbanan tram 318 at Ropsten Metro Station
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Skärsätra Station
Skärsätra Station
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Line12 - Nockebybanan
(Nockeby – Alvik)
Line22 - Tvärbanan (Sickla udde – Alvik)
The Nockebybanan and Tvärbanan are light rail lines
are using Flexity Swift units (A32 in Stockholm's classification system).
Nockebybanan terminates inside the Alvik tunnelbana station where the tram
tracks are in the middle of the station, flanked by the platforms with the
tunnelbana tracks on the outside allowing cross-platform exchange between
tram and underground.
Nockebybanan is a tram line between Nockeby and Alvik in the western suburbs
of Stockholm, Sweden. The 5.6 km (3.5 miles) long line connects with
the tunnelbana (metro) and Tvärbanan light rail at Alvik. The Nockebybanan
is operated by Arriva. The first part of the Nockebybanan, to Alléparken,
was opened in 1914. The line was then gradually extended, and at its
greatest extent, it ran from Nockeby to Tegelbacken in central Stockholm.
Since the opening of the western tunnelbana green lines in 1952, the line
has terminated at Alvik. The line was out of service between June 1997 to
June 1998 while it underwent significant renovation and modification to
accommodate the new Flexity Swift (A32) trams.
The Tvärbanan is a light rail line in the suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden. Its
name means Crossways line in English. It links together many bus and rail
lines crossways through its connections with the southern and western subway
branches of the Stockholm Metro (Tunnelbanan) and the Stockholm commuter
rail (Pendeltåg). Near Liljeholmen the track is shared with freight traffic
in a short section, which is the only place in Sweden where freight and
trams share the same track. The tramway mainly runs on segregated
rights-of-way, but there is a section in Gröndal where the tracks run along
roads amongst regular road traffic. In Hammarby sjöstad the trams run in a
reservation in the centre of the road rather than in mixed traffic, but
there are level crossings between the tram line and several streets. Traffic
on the Tvärbanan started in 2000, first between Gullmarsplan and
Liljeholmen, then later between Liljeholmen and Alvik, and in 2002 between
Gullmarsplan and Sickla udde.
The depot and traffic control centre are shared between the Tvärbanan and
Nockebybanan.
Tram 409
Flexity Swift A32 tram 409 at Alvik about to depart
for Nockeby.
Photo ©2008 Kalle Id
Museum Line - Djurgårdslinjen
The Djurgårdslinjen, along with almost every other
tram line in Stockholm, was withdrawn in conjunction to the switch to
right-hand drive traffic in 1967, but was restored as a heritage tram line
in June 1991 and operated on a non-profit basis by members of the Swedish
Tramway Society (Svenska Spårvägssällskapet) through its operating company
AB Stockholms Spårvägar. The trams run on a section of Route 7.
Unfortunately I was a day early for the beginning of daily summer
operations, but photographed some trams in the depot. Other images
©David Pennock and Kalle Id.
Museum Tram 17
Spårväg City is at least for the moment operated by
Stockholm's Spårvägar, a company originally established by the Swedish
Tramway Society to operate the museum tram line in Stockholm. At times
museum trams are also used on the normal line 7 to provide extra capacity,
as seen here.
Stockholm Museum Tram No.17
Photo ©2010 Kalle Id
Stockholm Museum Tram No.17
Photo ©2011 David Pennock
Museum Tram 71
Between 1946 and 1948 Stockholms Spårvägar took
delivery of 98 "Mustang" trams (classes A25, A26 and A27) . None of the
original Mustangs can be used in right-handed traffic and the museum line's
Mustang is in fact from Malmö, where the A25 class was known as G class.
Malmö adapted their trams for right-handed traffic in 1967, but closed down
the system only six years later.
Stockholm Museum Tram No.71
Photo ©2008 Kalle Id
Museum Tram 331
Due to the lack of right-handed traffic trams in
Stockholm when the museum line was opened, six class M23 trams were bought
from Gothenburg and given the class designation A31. These
"Gothenburg-Mustangs" were externally different from all trams used in
Stockholm.
Gothenburg Museum Tram No.331
Photo ©2008 Kalle Id
Museum Tram 365
Class A12 tram 335 (ASEA 1924) at Norrmalmstorg, the
western terminus of the museum line to Djurgården (present-day 7N). Trams
built for Stockholms Spårvägar (SS, lit. Stockholm Tramways) until the 1930s
all had similarly-styled ends to give them a uniform appearance; classes
from A1 to A13 were all essentially similar in appearance (although the A13
suburban trams had a different livery).
Stockholm Museum Tram No.365
Photo ©2008 Kalle Id
Museum Tram 621
Another Gothenburg tram in Stockholm; in summer 2008
Stockholm's museum line had the M25 unit 621 on loan from Gothenburg. The
M25 class trams were built in 1958-1962 by Hägglund and adapted to
right-handed traffic in 1967. The original Gothenburg livery was identical
to that of Stockholm's traditional one, the three-shaded livery seen here
was taken into used in the 1970s. Presently it's being abandoned in favour
of a return to the original blue/white. Trams similar to this are still in
daily use in Gothenburg, particularly due to the problems with their fleet
of newer Ansaldo-built vehicles.
Gothenburg Tram No.621 on loan for use on the
Djurgårdslinjen
Photo ©2008 Kalle Id
Museum Depot
Djurgårdslinjen Depot with
museum trams
Photo: © Ian Boyle 10th December 2012
Lines 25/26 -
Saltsjöbanan
The Saltsjöbanan is an electrified standard gauge
suburban rail system between Slussen in central Stockholm and Saltsjöbaden
in Nacka. It is 18.5 kilometres (11.5 miles) in length and has eighteen
stations in use. An average of 19,600 journeys are made on an ordinary
workday. The line is mainly single-track, and is isolated from Sweden's
national railway network. The main line runs from Slussen to Saltsjöbaden,
while a branch line connects the intermediate station Igelboda to Solsidan.
At Slussen it meets the Stockholm Metro’s Red and Green lines.
Line 25- Slussen - Nacka - Igelboda - Saltsjöbaden
Line 26- Igelboda - Tattby - Solsidan (some trains continue to Slussen in
the evenings)
The
railway's initial purpose was to offer a quick way for Stockholm residents
to get to planned beaches and recreational facilities around Saltsjöbaden.
The construction of the railway went faster than expected, but turned out to
be very expensive, mostly owing to the problems building the last stretch
into the city, which involved a lot of civil engineering including tunnels.
Saltsjöbanan was inaugurated on 1 July 1893 and was operated with steam
locomotives until 1910 after which the lines were gradually electrified
(circa 1 kV DC). The branch from Igelboda to Solsidan (also called
Vårgärdsbanan) was opened in 1913. As of 2009, the trains running on Saltsjöbanan are
EMU sets of two or three cars. They were made by
ASEA, models C10 (with motor) and C11 (trailers). The cars are slight
modifications to an older model of
Stockholm Metro train. Maximum allowed speed is 70 km/h (43 mph).The railroad does not feature
Automatic Train Control (ATC), in contrast to most other rail traffic in Sweden. This makes collisions
and overruns more likely, such as the
January 2013 incident when a passenger train started to move without
authorization, with only a cleaner on board. At maximum speed, it violently
overran a set of buffer stops and crashed into a block of flats in
Saltsjöbaden. (Ref: Wikipedia)
Train 2885
Saltsjöbanan train 2885 at Henriksdal
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Train 2890
Saltsjöbanan train 2890 (right) at Henriksdal
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Train 2900
Saltsjöbanan train 2900 at the city centre terminus at
Slussen
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Saltsjöbanan train 2900 at Henriksdal
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
Red Line T13 - Norsborg -
Ropsten
Line 13 (T13) is one of the two red lines of the
Stockholm Metro connecting Norsborg and Ropsten. It is a 26.6 km (16.5 mi)
long line with a 44 min travel time and 25 stations, making it the second
longest line in the Stockholm Metro after line 19. (Ref: Wikipedia)
Red Line trains near T-Centralen
Photo: © David Pennock, 3rd June 2011
Red Line T13 at Henriksdal
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 31st May 2013
