Doubling the travel time by train between Stockholm and Gothenburg

Between 30 may and 2 June, during the ascension, conducting the Swedish transport administration, two new posts by Hallsberg, sweden. This means that all trains will be off and affect several rail routes. Mainly of concern to the travelers on the routes Stockholm – Katrineholm – Gothenburg, Stockholm – Karlstad – Oslo, and from Stockholm – Västerås – Örebro – Göteborg. Some trains will be cancelled, others diverted via alternative rail routes, and some are replaced by bus.

the stretch between Stockholm and Gothenburg via Katrineholm, will be diverted via Linköping for further travel south. It means that these trains may double the travel time, from today's approximately three hours to about six hours.

On the SJ believes that the information about the increased travel time on the different sections given when the ticket is booked have been sufficient.

– All of which have tickets on these routes have got the right information in connection with the booking. We will also make announcements in the trains one week before so that travellers are aware of what is happening, " says Anders Edgren, press contact at SJ.

can't book a seat reservation, they must seek the information elsewhere, such as via the railway or the transport agency's website.

the Work will be done in the belgian congo consists mainly of tracks and växelarbeten and the signal and kontaktledningsarbeten. This is done with the occasion of the so-called Godsstråket between Hallsberg and Degerön, will be expanded to double track.

"We shall, inter alia, lifting of the traffic from one track to a new, which we do in order to fit with the new Godsstråket," says Linda Lingdell, project manager at the Swedish transport administration.

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