Läggesta railway station

Läggesta railway station is a railway station on Svealandsbanan near the small town of Mariefred in Strängnäs municipality, Sweden.

Läggesta
General information
LocationMariefredSträngnäs
Sweden
Coordinates59°14′55″N 17°10′3″E / 59.24861°N 17.16750°E / 59.24861; 17.16750
Operated byTrafikverket
Line(s)Svealandsbanan
Distance67 km (Stockholm C)[1]
Tracks3 (lower level)
2 (upper level)
History
Opened1895 (lower level)
1997 (upper level)
Läggesta (Upper) Railway Station
Läggesta Lower Railway Station

Läggesta railway station is the nearest station for all-year rail traffic for visitors to Mariefred and to the Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, to which regular buses leave from the railway station.[2] There is also a museum railway, Östra Södermanlands Järnväg, with 600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) gauge, going from Läggesta to Mariefred in the summer. Its station, Läggesta Lower Station (Swedish: Läggesta nedre station), is located under a bridge which is part of the mainline station of Läggesta.

References edit

  1. ^ "58 Stockholm - Eskilstuna - Örebro - Hallsberg" (PDF). Resrobot (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Hitta hit" (in Swedish). Strängnäs Municipality. Retrieved 24 September 2019.