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The railway network, 1876
Map of The railway network, 1876

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THE HISTORICAL RAILWAY NETWORK
The first main railway lines were opened in 1856: G�teborg-Jonsered and Malm�-Lund. During the 1860s the Western (G�teborg-Stockholm) and the Southern (Falk�ping-N�ssj�-Malm�) main lines were completed. Work was started on the Northern main line and the Stockholm-Uppsala section was opened for traffic in 1863. The routes of these railway lines were determined in the first place by the need for good communications between Sweden�s industrial and economic centres. Military-strategic considerations were also taken into account. Another factor was to bring new life to "slumbering" districts.

The Swedish railway network was at its peak in the late 1930s. The main lines were built with a standard gauge of 1.435m, while the private railways often used narrow-gauge track; 4,000km of a total of 17,000km was narrow-gauge track.

The maps show the railway connections between towns, not the exact track routes.

Read more about the historical railway network.

Source: Railway data 1999, The Railway Club

I samma kartserie ing�r:
The railway network, 1876
The railway network, 1906
The railway network, 1936
The railway network, 1966
The railway network, 1996
Based on the printed version of The National Atlas of Sweden:
Book : The Infrastructure (about the book)
Chapter: Communications
Section: Railways

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