{"id":64,"date":"2021-04-18T10:19:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T10:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfj.se\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2024-05-20T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T08:35:30","slug":"historia-om-wfj","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wfj.se\/gb\/historia-om-wfj\/","title":{"rendered":"History of WFJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The last bit of \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland\u2019s narrow gauge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wadstena-Fogelsta railway was opened to traffic in 1874. The 9.6 km (6 mile) long line was paid for by the town of Vadstena. The purpose was to connect with the outside world via the Mj\u00f6lby-Hallsberg line. To keep costs down, the track was built narrow-gauge. The gauge is 891 mm, which is the same as 3 Swedish feet and also the most common narrow-gauge in Sweden. The width of a normal-track railway is otherwise 1435 mm (4ft 8\u00bdin) .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new line between Vadstena and \u00d6desh\u00f6g opened in 1888, and the two railways were merged into the newly formed company Fogelsta-Wadstena-\u00d6desh\u00f6gs Railway (FW\u00d6J).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wfj.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vadstena-gamla-station-m-slottet-tonad-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-791\" width=\"516\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfj.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vadstena-gamla-station-m-slottet-tonad-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wfj.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vadstena-gamla-station-m-slottet-tonad-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wfj.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vadstena-gamla-station-m-slottet-tonad-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wfj.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vadstena-gamla-station-m-slottet-tonad-1536x873.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wfj.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Vadstena-gamla-station-m-slottet-tonad-2048x1164.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1897 the Mellersta \u00d6sterg\u00f6tlands J\u00e4rnv\u00e4g (Mid-\u00d6sterg\u00f6tlands Railway &#8211; M\u00d6J) opened between Link\u00f6ping and F\u00e5gelsta. This line was also built to 891mm gauge and was connected to the FW\u00d6J. In 1919 the two companies merged, keeping the name M\u00d6J. In the meantime the Mellersta \u00d6sterg\u00f6tlands J\u00e4rnv\u00e4g had built a narrow gauge network that stretched from Motala in the west past Link\u00f6ping to Ringstorp in the East. At Ringstop the line connected to other narrow gauge lines in \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland, Sm\u00e5land and N\u00e4rke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The M\u00d6J was a pioneer in the field of electric power and had electrified the stretch to Vadstena. The first electric train between Link\u00f6ping and Vadstena ran on Christmas Eve 1921. The M\u00d6J had its heyday during the Second World War, when the trains could run without restrictions thanks to electric power. In 1950 the M\u00d6J was nationalized. At this time road traffic expanded sharply. Instead of developing the narrow gauge railways, electric power was scrapped in 1956 and replaced by diesel vehicles. The competition from road traffic became increasingly challenging and by 1963 the narrow-gauge saga was all but finished, with the exception of the Vadstena-F\u00e5gelsta section. Freight traffic continued here until June 1, 1978. <br><br>In 1974, four years before the final closure, the Wadstena Fogelsta Railway Museum Association was formed. The purpose of the association was to preserve the line for the future. Vadstena municipality helped to realise the project of buying land and buildings and the association leases the track from the municipality. The first museum train to F\u00e5gelsta ran in 1988.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last bit of \u00d6sterg\u00f6tland\u2019s narrow gauge The Wadstena-Fogelsta railway was opened to traffic in 1874. 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