Saltsjöbanan

Saltsjöbanan is a suburban rail system between Stockholm and Saltsjöbaden in Nacka, Sweden. The rail system is 18.5 kilometres in length and contains eighteen stations in use.

Saltsjöbanan was inaugurated on 1 July 1893 and was operated with steam locomotives until 1910 after which the lines were gradually electrified.Initially the rail was operated by Järnvägs AB Stockholm-Saltsjön, and there was a lot of freight traffic present that made it profitable. The freight traffic diminished with time, and by 1960s it didn't make ends meet anymore and the Stockholm County Council took it over in 1969. Today it is owned by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, SL.

Future plans for Saltsjöbanan include its conversion to a light rail system and linking it together with the Tvärbanan light rail and using the same type of cars as it uses.

Lines

There are two lines on the Saltsjöbanan rail system, one from Slussen to Saltsjöbaden, and one from Igelboda to Solsidan. One changes between them at station Igelboda. At Slussen there are interchange options to Stockholm Metro red and green lines.

External links

* [http://www.sl.se/ficktid/karta%2Fvinter/vSaltis.pdf PDF map of Saltsjöbanan]
* [http://www.sl.se/ficktid/karta%2Fvinter/vSpar.pdf PDF map of all SL rail lines]
* [http://www.sl.se/english/ Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Stockholm Transport)] - Official site (English)
* [http://www.sl.se/ Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Stockholm Transport)] - Official site (Swedish)
* [http://www.saltsjobanan.se/eng/ Saltsjöbanan - A different railroad] - Unofficial site with lots of details and images of the stations (English)
* [http://www.saltsjobanan.se/ Saltsjöbanan - En annorlunda järnväg] - Unofficial site with lots of details and images of the stations (Swedish)