Classic route
Kust till kust-banan
Gothenburg → Kalmar · Sweden
Coast to coast across Småland: Borås, the glass country around Växjö, and Kalmar castle on the Baltic at the far end.
- Distance
- 348 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 4 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 77 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGöteborg C +3
- 3 kmLiseberg
- 14 kmMölnlycke
- 35 kmHindås
- 43 kmRävlanda
- 47 kmBollebygd
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- 61 kmSandared
- 71 kmBorås C
- 110 kmLimmared
- 130 kmHestra
- 143 kmGnosjö
- 154 kmHillerstorp
- 171 kmVärnamo
- 173 kmRörstorp
- 183 kmBor Norra
- 200 kmRydaholm
- 219 kmAlvesta +2
- 227 kmGemla
- 237 kmVäxjö
- 261 kmHovmantorp
- 270 kmLessebo
- 293 kmEmmaboda
- 309 kmÖrsjö
- 320 kmNybro
- 334 kmTrekanten
- 341 kmSmedby
- 349 kmKalmar C +1
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- The 71 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1532427 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 27 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 3036
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Kust till kust-banan?
The Kust till kust-banan runs 348 km from Gothenburg to Kalmar.
How long does the Kust till kust-banan take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 4 h 30 min for the 348 km. That is an average of 77 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Kust till kust-banan?
SJ.
How old is the Kust till kust-banan?
The line has been in service since 1874. 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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