Trains and other things: Varberg

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Varberg

On this Saturday in October I take a trip to Varberg, on the west coast in Sweden.

First, X2000 train to Alvesta

Salen lake

The new Mb (Transmontana) locomotives for Green Cargo are here in Alvesta

My next train is Krösatåg to Värnamo

X14 Krösatåg

Hjortsberga

Rydaholm

Bor

It's a short to from Alvesta to Värnamo

Värnamo is a junction station between Halmstad-Nässjö and Kust-till-kust railways

SJ Regional Göteborg-Kalmar is arriving to Värnamo

Rc6 1415

Y31 1405

Värnamo station

My 3rd train today is Krösatåg to Halmstad, it is a Y32 1411

Forsheda

Smålandsstenar

Landeryd

Oskarström

Halmstad

Train 16821 Hallsberg-Malmö (via Göteborg)

Rd2 1030

I'm crossing the railway to the other side, in order to find Halmstad Östra (East) station

A new station in Halmstad is currently under construction

It turned out that Halmstad Östra was very close to the central one

Halmstad Östra station belonged to the railway Halmstad-Bolmen which was a 65km narrow gauge railway constructed in 1889. Unfortunately it was closed in 1966 and the tracks were taken out of use.

The station is however still in place

Y1 1299

Train 51974 Malmö-Göteborg

Halmstad Central seen from the Östra station

Halmstad central

After visiting Halmstad, I'm taking a train to Varberg. The train is an X31 4406

Varberg station

Due to single track railway through Varberg, the railway here will be built in a tunnel, the construction will take place between 2019-2024

Campus Varberg and Hålrum ("Hole") sculpture

Spirande snäcka ("Spire shell") sculpture

Tullkammare, Custom house

Public bath in Varberg. It is one of the landmarks of Varberg and the current building is from 1903

13th of October, and people are still taking a bath in the sea

I'm now visiting Varberg Fortress which is another landmark of Varberg

From Wikipedia: "Varberg Fortress was built in 1287-1300 by Count Jacob Nielsen as protection against Eric VI of Denmark, who had declared him an outlaw after the murder of his father King Eric V of Denmark. Jacob had close connections with King Eric II of Norway and as a result got substantial Norwegian assistance with the construction. The fortress, as well as half the county, became Norwegian in 1305. In the fourteenth century the fortress was expanded to include a castle."