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    The Western Main Line (Swedish: Västra stambanan) is the main state-owned railway line between Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden. Its construction began...
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    nationally owned: Västra stambanan (Western main line), 453 km, Stockholm-Gothenburg through Katrineholm-Hallsberg-Laxå-Falköping Södra stambanan (Southern main...
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    Skövde (category Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County)
    cuts through the plain between the lakes. The Western Main Railway (Västra Stambanan) was built through Skövde in the 1850s, which gave the town a dramatic...
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    trains currently serves Stockholm-Gothenburg (Västra Stambanan) and Stockholm-Malmö-Copenhagen (Södra Stambanan and Öresund Line), but have previously served...
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    Tracks 10 to 19 in the western part constitute a passing station for Västra stambanan and local commuter trains. Tracks 10 to 12 are mostly used for long-distance...
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    and Laxå (Nordvästra stambanan) was also planned. Laxå lies on Västra stambanan. The first parts of Västra and Södra stambanan were opened in 1856. In...
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    1862 when a railway station was opened along the western main line (Västra Stambanan, which runs from Stockholm to Gothenburg). The station remained in...
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    Stockholm. It is situated right by the Western Main Line railway (Västra stambanan). Stenhammar is owned by the State and it has been leased to King Carl...
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    in the year 1860, and was originally the northern terminus of the Västra Stambanan railway line until the construction of Stockholm Central Station (Stockholm...
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    Falköping (category Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County)
    efficient way. The town is located where the Western Main Line (Swedish: Västra stambanan) between Stockholm and Gothenburg meets the railline from Nässjö via...
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