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Coast-to-Coast Line

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Between 2010 and 2013, the Swedish Transport Administration upgraded the 57-kilometre (35 mi) section from Emmaboda to Karlskrona, with the goal to reduce travel time from 40 to 33 minutes. The line was out of use from December 2011 to June 2013, with all work being completed in 2014. The
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There are plans to build a new railway on the section between Gothenburg and Borås. This new railway is planned to have a very high standard, prepared for up to 320 km/h. It is planned to be a part of a future high speed railway between Gothenburg and Stockholm, called
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units have been introduced. In 1990 the section was upgraded and all traffic halted for three months. In 1994, the brand "Coast-to-Coast" was introduced and
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to Alvesta, from Karlskrona to Växjö and the Kalmar Line. The lines were nationalized in 1940 and 1941 and operations taken over by the
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removed, 8 new tunnels and bridges, new track layout and signaling system at Emmaboda, and a rebuilt
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high-speed trains were introduced. They remained in service until 2002, when
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multiple units were introduced, and then again Rc-hauled trains from 2009.
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locomotives after electrification. The services were also provided with
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locomotives were the most common during the diesel era, and replaced by
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The section from Gothenburg to Borås has additional local traffic.
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The line was built as five different railways: from Gothenburg to
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multiple units were used from the 1960s, and from the 1990s
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locomotives. From the 1980s, the line was served by the
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Rc

X31
Swedish
electric
railway
Gothenburg
Emmaboda
Kalmar
Karlskrona
Sweden
Borås
Alvesta
Växjö
Swedish State Railways
SJ T41
SJ D
SJ Da
SJ X9
SJ F
SJ Rc
SJ X7
SJ X11
SJ X12
SJ X14
SJ X53
SJ X2
Oresundtrains
Regina

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