Europabanan (The Europe Line)

Europe Line (Europabanan)

Europabanan (the Europe line) is a proposed high-speed railway between Jönköping and Scania in Sweden. The speed is planned to be 320 km/h. In Jönköping it will connect to Götalandsbanan, the planned high-speed railway Stockholm-Göteborg.

Europe Line (Europabanan) Previous Proposals

There is also a proposal, but no real plan, to build a railway between Helsingborg and Copenhagen, including the HH Tunnel under the Öresund. The rail track on the current Öresund bridge is congested.

Europabanan will, if built, be used for passenger trains going between Copenhagen-Stockholm, Malmö-Stockholm, Helsingborg-Stockholm, Helsingborg-Jönköping and more connections. The travel time Malmö-Stockholm is expected to be around 3 hours compared to 4.5 hours today. The travel time Helsingborg-Jönköping would be cut by 2 hours compared to today. The disadvantage with the project is the big cost.

Europe Line (Europabanan) Feasibility Study

There is a feasibility study ordered by the government supporting the idea about the Europabanan. The study did not include the Öresund tunnel. There is no further planning done. This is in contrast to Götalandsbanan which has a detailed plan along half its stretch and (in 2010) one being made for the rest of that railway. There is no decision to build any part of these railways.

The expected cost is at least 40 billion SEK for Europabanan, not counting the connection to Denmark, an amount that caused political hesitation.

Europe Line (Europabanan) Negotiations

In February 2016 negotiations were started with municipalities for financing a high-speed rail between Stockholm and Malmö, with stations in Jönköping, Värnamo, Hässleholm and Lund.

Europe Line (Europabanan) Planned Route

Götalandsbanan to Linköping
Jönköpingsbanan to Falköping
Jönköping Central Station
Jönköpingsbanan to Nässjö
Jönköping (new station)
Götalandsbanan to Borås
Vaggerydsbanan
Taberg
Halmstadsbanan to Nässjö
Vaggeryd
Halmstadsbanan
Coast-to-Coast Line to Borås
Värnamo
Coast-to-Coast Line to Växjö
Halmstadsbanan to Halmstad
Skåne–Småland Line
Markarydsbanan
Hässleholm Central Station
West Coast Line to Ängelholm
Lund Central Station
Malmö Central Station

Øresund Bridge
over Øresund

Sweden / Denmark Border

Drogden Tunnel
under Øresund

Copenhagen Central Station
to Fyn, Jylland & Hamburg