| Kontinentalbanan | |
| Info | |
|---|---|
| Type | Railway |
| System | Swedish railways |
| Terminals | Malmö C Trelleborg F |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Owner | Banverket |
| Operator(s) | Green Cargo SJ Skåne commuter rail Danske Statsbaner |
| Character | Freight and passenger |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 32 km |
| Track length | 39 km |
| No. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Industrialization of Sweden and Transportation in Sweden --> Rail transport in Sweden utilises a network Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Green Cargo is a Swedish logistics company transporting various types of goods by Train. SJ AB is a Swedish government-owned passenger train operator SJ was created in 2000, out of the Public transport division of Statens Järnvägar Pågatågen is the local Commuter rail system in Skåne County, Sweden. DSB, an abbreviation of Danske Statsbaner ( Danish State Railways) is the largest Danish train operating company and the largest in Scandinavia of tracks | Double or Single |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Electrification | 15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC |
Kontinentalbanan or the Continental Line is a railway between Malmö and Trelleborg in Sweden. A double track railway usually involves running one track in each direction compared to a single track railway where trains in both directions share the same track A single track Railway is one where traffic in both directions shares the same track "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Trelleborg is the southernmost city in Sweden and the seat of Trelleborg Municipality in Skåne County. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. At Trelleborg the railway terminates at a railway ferry quay allowing rail cars to be ferried to Sassnitz in Germany. See also Merchant ship A train ferry is a Ship designed to carry railway vehicles Sassnitz (ˈzasnɪts (before 1993 in Saßnitz is a town on the Jasmund peninsula Rügen Island in the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The railway is also part of the line between Malmö and Copenhagen via the Oresund Bridge. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city The Oresund Bridge ( Danish Øresundsbroen, Swedish Öresundsbron, joint hybrid name Øresundsbron) is a combined two-track rail The first seven kilometers of the line are double track. A double track railway usually involves running one track in each direction compared to a single track railway where trains in both directions share the same track
History
At first called Malmö-Kontinentens Järnväg, the railway was opened in 1898 and was initially thought of as an extension of Södra Stambanan southwards. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Industrialization of Sweden and Transportation in Sweden --> Rail transport in Sweden utilises a network The line replaced an old railway between Malmö and Trelleborg, the Malmö-Trelleborg Railway, which didn't have good enough standard for the traffic. The ferry traffic service started in 1909, the same year it was nationalized. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Nationalization, also spelled nationalisation, is the act of taking an industry or assets into the Public ownership of a national government It was electrified in 1933. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the 1950s the seven kilometers between Malmö and Lockarp were rebuilt to double track.
Most of the international trains on the railway were foreign, and until the 1970s there were direct trains from Malmö to Berlin (operated by Deutsche Reichsbahn), Moscow (operated by the Russian Railways), Hamburg (operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn) and Praha. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Russian Railways (Российские железные дороги РЖД Rossiyskie Zheleznye Dorogi RZhD) is the state-owned Railway company Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (FRG on September Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic.
External links
- Järnväg.net entry on Kontinentalbanan (Swedish)
- Banverket entry on Kontinentalbanan (Swedish)
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