Lidingöbanan

Lidingöbanan is a light rail line in Stockholm, Sweden, between Ropsten and Gåshaga brygga, serving the southern half of Lidingö island.

Lidingöbanan
An incoming train to Kottla train station
Overview
Status	Active
Locale	Lidingö
Termini	Ropsten Gåshaga brygga
Stations	13
Service
Type	Light rail/Railroad
System	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Services	1
Route number	L21
Operator(s)	AB Stockholms Spårvägar
Depot(s)	AGA
History
Opened	1914
Technical
Line length	9.2 km (5.72 mi)
Track length	9.2 km (5.72 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

Railway Crossing at Brevik Station

Lidingöbanan
0 Ropsten   21  Hamnslingan Värtabanan Gamla Lidingöbron 0,9 Brogrenen –1971 Norra Lidingöbanan 1,0 Torsvik 1,6 Herserud –1983 Baggeby Gårds väg 2,3 Baggeby Bodalsvägen 2,7 Bodal Larsbergsvägen 3,3 Larsberg Agadepån Agadepån Agavägen 4,0 Aga Länsväg 277 4,6 Centralvägen –2000 4,9 Skärsätra 2000- 5,1 Parkvägen –2000 5,5 Kottla Kottlavägen Länsväg 277 6,3 Högberga Videvägen Vattenvägen 7,1 Brevik Hövdingevägen Bovetevägen 8,1 Käppala Herkulesvägen 8,5 Talludden -2013 Rastaspåret (upprivet) Käppalaverket 8,9 Gåshaga Södra Kungsvägen 9,2 Gåshaga Brygga   21

The Lidingöbanan has its origins in the Stockholm-Södra Lidingöns Järnväg (Stockholm-Southern Lidingö Railway), proposed by inventor Gustaf Dalén, opened for traffic 1914. It got ferry-less access to Stockholm when the Lidingö bridge was opened 1925. Public transportation on Lidingöbanan has always been provided using tram cars, but in the past Lidingöbanan also carried goods traffic. At its largest, Lidingöbanan extended to Humlegården in Stockholm through Stockholms Spårvägar's tramway network, with access to the Värtabanan freight railway track. There was also traffic on a track on the north side of Lidingö island which terminated at Kyrkviken, but that section closed in 1971. Lidingö town centre is now accessible only by bus. Lidingöbanan formally became part of SL's public transportation network in 1972.

Lidingöbanan was legally a railway until 31 March 2009, when it was reclassified by the Swedish railway inspectorate (Järnvägsstyrelsen). Freight train traffic existed 1925–1982. Passenger service has, however, always been provided by tramcars, which prior to 1967 continued onto the streets of Stockholm, as mentioned above. The electrical infrastructure (overhead wire) is of tram type.

Until recently the rolling stock consisted of Type A30/A30B and B30/B30B maneouver trams, all over fifty years old, and dating from the period (1940s–50s) when the Stockholm Metro was only partially completed and these areas were served by trams, adapted for faster two-way traffic.

The line was closed between the summer of 2013 and October 2015 for engineering works, modernisation and installation of new equipment, with rail replacement buses running during that period. When reopened parts of the single track line had been converted to double track, and new Type A36 trams were introduced, along with a new signalling system.[1]