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@dominicstucki.ch Sep 25, 2026, 9:40 AM

And with that: Välkommen till Sörmlands väderlotteri! ⛅🎰
The first exciting train, the weird Sunday only open access Tågab service to Göteborg via Karlstad, passes in the shadow.
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@dominicstucki.ch Sep 25, 2026, 9:27 AM

Buss it is! 🚍️ Once it's back i tjänst. Södermanlands Län is one of many Swedish counties with excellent bus branding. Service ist also ok with 2-hrly busses on Sun on this rather rural line. Rail photography without your own vehicle is, though not easy, absolutely possible in Sweden!
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Two green busses with "Ej i tjänst" on the dot matrix next to a Pendeltåg at the station.

The passenger information screen inside the bus in very consequent Sörmlands Trafiken branding. The next station is weirdly named "Elektron"

Two busses of different line connecting at a countryside bus stop at a Sunday afternoon!

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 25, 2026, 9:13 AM

Neither, as the Buss leaves just before Mälartåg arrives. Fortunately, the station offers a good entertainment programme with a Pressbyrån (☕️!) and quite interesting trains passing through.
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An X2000 trainset in the old livery with a grey nose and metallic sides passes through Gnesta station on the middle track

SJ Intercity, a rake of black carriages hauled by a black Rc6 locomotive, passes through Gnesta on the middle track. Cloudy sky, but the train is illuminated.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 25, 2026, 9:03 AM

After consultation of timetables and forecasts for the rather changeable weather today, we end up on a Mälartåg to Stockholm again, where we change to another one to Gnesta. When we disembark with aching backs, a wide variety for onwards travel awaits us. Pendeltåg or Buss? 🤔
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Signpost at Gnesta station with signs pointing towards Regionaltåg, Pendeltåg and Buss and some non-railway destinations as Bibliotek or Kommunhus.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 25, 2026, 8:51 AM

My right index finger’s been twitching nervously for a while – high time for a Photo day! But: Plan A, the Dalabanan IC, doesn't work due to a line closure. Plan B, the Mälar-Regina, doesn’t run at the weekend. We need a Plan C), as our hotel is already threatening us with meetings.
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Two Mälartåg double deck ER1 trains at Uppsala station. The train in the back is for Sala-Eskilstuna, a line which is worked by Regina trains Mon-Fri.

Screen in the Hotel Lobby:
"Today's meetings: Yoga"

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 9:30 PM

"Gateau" bakery was founded in Saltsjöbaden 1937. Even if there's no shop anymore, we have one of their fantastic bullar on the train on this quiet autumn afternoon. This is a lovely railway and I'm glad I managed to see it before the modernisation. Goodbye, Saltsjöbanen! 🥰
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Saltsjöbanan train between a rock and a road

Kardemummabulle from Gateau, which was founded in Saltsjöbaden, on the Saltsjöbanan

The train at Solsidan, next to the old station building, now a restaurant.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 9:13 PM

The Solsidan branch is even sleepier than the main branch to Saltsjöbaden. And it ends at this cute little station, which is now a restaurant and where the platform doubles as an outdoor seating area. It's all so peacefully quiet here. 🥰
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Old blue train next to a wooden shelter and, behind it, a wooden station building. A lot of trees around the station.

The train at the platform next to the wooden station building. A few tables and chairs outside on the platform.

Chairs and tables on the platform, the train waits next to it. In the distance the single track line to Igelboda.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 8:16 PM

At the tiny junction station of Igelboda 🦔, the secondary line to Solsidan ☀️ branches off. The Stockholm-Saltsjöbaden trains cross here, and a 2-car short train shuttles on the branch to Solsidan. It pulls into Igelboda behind the Stockholm train on the same track and turns there.
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View along platform 2. The Stockholm train arrived a minute ago, now the Shuttle from Solsidan arrives behind it on the same track.

The trains from and to Stockholm meet at the narrow island platform of Igelboda.

Station sign of Igelboda and passengers changing from and to Solsidan

The Solsidan train sits at platform 2 behind the Saltsjöbaden --> Stockholm train. At platform 1 opposite, the Stockholm --> Saltsjöbaden train awaits its departure.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 8:00 PM

The first colorful leaves and the tranquillity on this afternoon are unmistakable signs that the cooler half of the year is approaching fast. 🍃🍁🥰
This will be one of the last winters for the old Saltsjöbanan trains. In 2029/30, they will be replaced by brand-new Skoda units.
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Between a quiet road and a patch of woods with the first leaves turning autumn colors, an old blue train is heading toward the photographer.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 2:10 PM

Not particularly much going on in sleepy Saltsjöbaden on this quiet early autumn afternoon. I guess, this was much busier when the line was built more than a century ago.
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Harbour and the sea at Saltsjöbaden. It is very quiet.

A train at Saltsjöbaden station. Some sunny spells in the sky

The rail replacement bus, a red SL bus, at Saltsjöbaden

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 1:36 PM

Old trains! 🥰
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Interior of the old train with low seats and blue handrails and orange wall panels

View out the window on a lake or a little fjord - in Sweden, you never now...

Asea / Hägglunds name plate in the train

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 1:29 PM

Finally: A train! Using old tunnelbana Stock from the 1970s, the 18km long Saltsjöbanan connects the seaside resort Saltsjöbaden and a number of suburban towns to the centre of Stockholm. Given the huge rail replacement offer, I'm not surprised by the rather low demand on the train.
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An old tunnelbana type C train in the old blue SL livery at the platform in Saltsjö-Järla

Öppna and Stäng door operating buttons on the train

Destination board: "<— Slussen / Saltsjöbaden ->"

The name "Saltsjöbanan" written on the outside of the train

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 1:17 PM

Ancient mural showing the reconstruction of Slussen.
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Panting on a concrete retaining wall showing babies playing with a tunnelbana train, a crane and other tools.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 1:13 PM

Next up: The Saltsjöbanan light rail. Heavily affected by the reconstruction of the Slussen node, ongoing since the founding of Stockholm mid 13th century, the line is currently cut back to Saltsjö-Järla in the suburbs. Fortunately there is an easy to understand replacement service.😬
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Diagram of the replacement busses. There are several direct bus lines from Slussen to Slsidan and Saltsjöbaden, while passengers between the first few stations have to get on regular bus service.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 10:30 AM

It has been more than a day since the last light rail, about time to change that! At Årstaberg, we change to one of Tvärbanan's quirky trams for a short tangential trip to Sickla. Nomen est omen, I feel kind of sick(la) when looking at these horrible yellow panels inside the tram.
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Tvärbana light Rail arriving at Årstaberg, train bridges in the background.

Interior of the tram with pastel yellow wall panels

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 10:18 AM

Another completely anonymous group member which isn't me wants to complete his Sweden route coverage, which is why we do a little detour down to Nynäshamn. 120km from Uppsala, all included in the 180 SEK 24-hrs ticket from SL. Take this, Arlanda Mafia!
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Two Pendeltåg at Nynäsham station, which is basically just two platforms with a little roof next to the bus stop

Interior of the Pendeltåg. Weirdly, the seats are much more comfortable than in Skane's Pågatåg, which uses the same rolling stock.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 24, 2026, 9:59 AM

"Some" of our two person group pay the 157 SEK protection money to the PPP mafia to leave the platform at Arlanda C and take the fast train to Stockholm. While I wait at Stockholm City for them to rejoin, I again conclude that I'm not a fan of the Citybanan's architecture...
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Stockholm City station on the Pendeltåg trunk line. Despite the rather high roof, the station somehow looks cramped due to the platform screen doors and the housing of the escalators.

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 22, 2026, 6:52 AM

Uppsala C the next morning. The station is very close to having a great track layout. Just next to it is the heritage railway station Uppsala Östra. We stay on the modern train platform though and board the Pendeltåg to Stockholm.
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The old station building of Uppsala C, a bit to the North of today's modern station

Orange heritage railcars at Uppsala Ö, next to the mainline tracks

A Pendeltåg train on one of the two southbound central turnaround track at Uppsala C

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 20, 2026, 6:11 PM

The train ends in Sala. The line towards the North is blocked, so we continue eastwards. And the train situation improved considerably, when two of Mälartåg's rather rare "Regina" EMU turned up. 🥰
A very pleasant ride through the late afternoon to Uppsala, where this day ends.
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A Regina train with blue front end arriving in Sala

Two Mälartåg Regina side by side in Sala

@dominicstucki.ch Sep 20, 2026, 5:39 PM

Goodbye to our X2000 and hello Mälartåg ER1. This could be one of the best regional trains of our times - but they messed up the seats and the windows big time: Sitting on the train, it feels like there aren't any windows at all!
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X2000 in Katrineholm in Front of an already Autumn coloured tree

View from the tiny, tiny window on a lake