Heritage route
Lennakatten
Uppsala → Faringe · Sweden
Steam from the edge of a university city: the 891 mm Lennakatten rolls 33 km through Uppland forests and lakeside summer halts to the engine sheds at Faringe.
How this line was checked
- The 20 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 18702392 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 81.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 8 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — 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 Lennakatten?
The Lennakatten runs 33 km from Uppsala to Faringe.
How long does the Lennakatten take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 40 min for the 33 km. That is an average of 20 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Lennakatten?
Upsala–Lenna Jernväg, with heritage steam, 891 mm.
How old is the Lennakatten?
The line has been in service since 1876. 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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