Scenic route
Inlandsbanan
Mora → Gällivare · Sweden
Two summer days up Sweden’s green spine: moose at the window and a trackside stop at the Arctic Circle, where everyone piles out for photographs.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 71047 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 84 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 26 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Inlandståg — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Inlandsbanan?
The Inlandsbanan runs 1,070 km from Mora to Gällivare.
How long does the Inlandsbanan take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 days for the 1,070 km. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Inlandsbanan?
Inlandståg, with Y1 diesel railcars.
How old is the Inlandsbanan?
The line has been in service since 1937. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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