Värtabanan
Sign in to saveVärtabanan is a freight railway line just north of urban Stockholm, from Tomteboda via Norra Djurgården to Värtahamnen. It is nowadays mainly used for freight traffic linking Stockholm to the container port at Frihamnen, although a passenger service was operated on this line until 1913. A train ferry service also operated on Värtabanan between 1967 and 1975 (Stockholm – Naantali) and again from 1989 until the start of 2012 (Stockholm – Turku).
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- Instance of
- railway line
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Stockholm
- Operator
- Swedish Transport Administration
- Image
- Vartabanan 2007a.jpg
- Length
- 6.120
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- Commons category
- Värtabanan
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
- route number
- 327
- date of official opening
- 1882-05-15
- date of official closure
- 1913-04-15
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Värtabanan is a freight railway line just north of urban Stockholm, from Tomteboda via Norra Djurgården to Värtahamnen. It is nowadays mainly used for freight traffic linking Stockholm to the container port at Frihamnen, although a passenger service was operated on this line until 1913. A train ferry service also operated on Värtabanan between 1967 and 1975 (Stockholm – Naantali) and again from 1989 until the start of 2012 (Stockholm – Turku).
== Recent Developments == As of 2022, the tracks leading to the Frihamnen container port were removed, marking a significant shift in the line’s operational scope.
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