Classic route
Skövde–Nässjö railway
Skövde → Nässjö · Sweden
- Distance
- 142 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 44 min
- Average speed
- 82 km/h
- Train
- R 7209
- Countries
- Sweden
- In service since
- 1864
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The Jönköpingsbanan was the Southern main line’s own way north, finished on 1 December 1864; ten years later a shorter line through Katrineholm took its traffic away.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1532125 — 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 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 7209
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
How long is the Skövde–Nässjö railway?
The Skövde–Nässjö railway runs 142 km from Skövde to Nässjö.
How long does the Skövde–Nässjö railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 44 min for the 142 km. That is an average of 82 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Skövde–Nässjö railway?
SJ, with R 7209.
How old is the Skövde–Nässjö railway?
The line has been in service since 1864. 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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