Talk:Rail transport in Sweden

I want to make the main editor of this page (user:Alarm) aware of the fact that many pages indeed link to this page, via redirects such as Norra Stambanan), so it is indeed essential to expand the page. Fred-Chess 21:14, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

The current map is quite completley wrong. It should be modified, or deleted. Reasons: 1)None of the private-built main lines (BJ/GDG, SWB, TGOJ, West Coast main line or HNJ) are inserted. 2) The map is showing a) the Inland Railway line, which never was very important outside politics and rhetorics of politicians, and b) the two original SJ-lines in the south (finished 1862...) and the Northen main line (finished 1894(?)) Ther were some other main developement after that period... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.227.207.247 (talk) 17:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Total length
"Total: 12,821 km (includes 3,594 km of privately owned railways) standard gauge: 12,821 km 1.435 m gauge (7,918 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (1998) narrow gauge: 221 km 0.891-m gauge (2001)"

Shouldn't the 221 km of narrow gauge be included in the total 12,821 km? Or should 221 km be subtracted from the 12,821 km of standard gauge? 85.231.217.245 18:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

2010 collapse
I would like to suggest a new section about the collapse/chaos of the railway that has been in effect the past couple of days as a result of a very intense snowstorm.

The Railway traffic in the southern half of the country came to a total stop because of malfunctioning levers, malfunctioning trains, oversnowed rails and etc.

So how do we put this into the article in a good way? What/how many sources to use? What is the best word/headline to describe it?

references:

//Theblacksmith99 (talk) 13:21, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

5 ft 10 in gauge
proposed Swedish broad gauge (not ever built)
 * English measurement: 1,778 mm (5 ft 10 in)
 * Metric measurement: 1,780 mm (5 ft 10$1/12$ in)
 * Swedish measurement: 1,782 mm (5 ft 10$1/6$ in)

121.102.47.39 (talk) 05:23, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Proposed, where, when, by whom? Sources? --BIL (talk) 20:43, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Future at Narvik harbour


multi gauge at Narvik harbor:
 * gauge 1: 1435mm (4'8.5")
 * gauge 2: 1524mm (5'0")
 * gauge 3: 1676mm (5'6")
 * gauge 4: 2134mm (7'0")

121.102.47.39 (talk) 06:52, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Please stop adding nonsense to railway articles.
 * Narvik has one standard-gauge railway. It does not have, and does not need, complex multi-gauge systems. In the forseeable future it is unlikely that any new railway will be built to Narvik (from where?) at high latitude and across mountainous terrain; and even if such a railway were built, standard gauge would be the obvious choice. Please stop adding these multi-gauge fantasies to rail articles.
 * 
 * bobrayner (talk) 11:35, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Reindeer problem
Reindeer need some iron in their diet, and what better place to find it are rail tracks which general fine flakes as the wheels of the train wear on the steel rails. Brake blocks can also generate fine iron powder. Since reindeer on tracks can cause accidents, some method of decoy iron is needed to keep the animals away from the rail lines. See Licking problem Wimbledon32 (talk) 04:17, 18 April 2020 (UTC)