Classic route
Dalabanan
Stockholm → Mora · Sweden
To Dalarna, Sweden’s folklore heart: Lake Siljan, Leksand’s midsummer poles and the Vasaloppet town of Mora, where the Inlandsbanan begins.
- Distance
- 310 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 40 min
- Average speed
- 85 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmStockholm Central +9
- 39 kmArlanda central +2
- 70 kmUppsala C +3
- 132 kmSala
- 164 kmAvesta Krylbo
- 187 kmHedemora
- 203 kmSäter
- 229 kmBorlänge
- 250 kmDjurås
- 256 kmGagnef
- 273 kmLeksand
- 283 kmTällberg
- 294 kmRättvik
- 333 kmMora
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. 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
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 3293019 (51 km), relation 71594 (261 km), 313 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.3% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 26
- 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 Dalabanan?
The Dalabanan runs 310 km from Stockholm to Mora.
How long does the Dalabanan take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 40 min for the 310 km. That is an average of 85 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Dalabanan?
SJ.
How old is the Dalabanan?
The line has been in service since 1891. 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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