Classic route
Tjustbanan
Linköping → Västervik · Sweden
Västervik to Åtvidaberg was laid in 1879 as an 891 mm narrow gauge line; the link to Bjärka-Säby in 1906 joined it to Linköping, and the whole of it was widened to standard gauge in 1964.
- Distance
- 115 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 38 min
- Average speed
- 70 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLinköping C +3
- 3 kmTannefors +1
- 37 kmBasthagen
- 39 kmÅtvidaberg
- 55 kmFalerum
- 79 kmÖverums bruk
- 91 kmGamleby
- 115 kmTjustskolan
- 115 kmVästervik
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. 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 OpenStreetMap relation 6393363: 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 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 28881
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Tjustbanan?
The Tjustbanan runs 115 km from Linköping to Västervik.
How long does the Tjustbanan take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 38 min for the 115 km. That is an average of 70 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Tjustbanan?
SJ, with Krösatågen.
How old is the Tjustbanan?
The line has been in service since 1906. 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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