⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Exploring the Stockholm Lidingöbanan (2024)
The Lidingöbanan is a light-rail line in Stockholm, Sweden, between Ropsten and Gåshaga brygga, serving the southern half of Lidingö island.
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 ferryless access to Stockholm when the Lidingö Bridge was opened in 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 center 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. The electrical infrastructure (overhead wire) is of tram type.
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Taken in July 2024.