Scenic route
Roslagsbanan
Stockholm → Kårsta · Sweden
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Sweden’s last commercial narrow-gauge railway (891 mm), still running through Stockholm’s leafy northern suburbs out to rural Kårsta.
Stations
- 0 kmStockholms östra
- 2 kmUniversitetet
- 5 kmMörby
- 6 kmDjursholms Ösby
- 11 kmRoslags Näsby
- 12 kmTibble
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- 13 kmEnsta
- 14 kmVisinge
- 17 kmTäby kyrkby
- 19 kmKragstalund
- 21 kmBällsta
- 22 kmVallentuna
- 24 kmOrmsta
- 25 kmMolnby
- 28 kmLindholmen
- 34 kmFrösunda
- 38 kmEkskogen
- 41 kmKårsta
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 241405 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- 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 Roslagsbanan?
The Roslagsbanan runs 43 km from Stockholm to Kårsta.
How long does the Roslagsbanan take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h for the 43 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Roslagsbanan?
SL.
How old is the Roslagsbanan?
The line has been in service since 1885. 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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