#tokeriibergslagen — Public Fediverse posts

Since #TokeriiBergslagen in March 2025, Karlstad Centralstation has almost fully undergone its development. Its layout seems 'typical' Swedish for me. The island platform is 500m long, in the middle are crossovers between the tracks at platforms and the track in between without. Track 3a seems to be used for 'parking' Värmlandstrafik Regina trains. As I'm still tired, I don't take more pictures here. Unlike last timey our trip doesn't continue with the absurdly cosy Tågab train. #HullerOmBullar

Just how absurd can a train service get? 🤯 It's Sunday morning in Kristinehamn, which means it's time for another #TokeriiBergslagen revival (https://mastodon.social/@larstransportworld/114174765948983792). Tågab's Sunday-only service is the only passenger train on the Bergslagen line. The southbound and northbound services use different lines. For #Streckensammeln reasons, it's now time for the northbound service. Today, a former SL X10 with a mix of different seats is transporting all three (!) passengers. #BlankSpots

I need a shuttle service to travel between Kristinehamn and Karlstad, so #TokeriiBergslagen enjoys a small revival! (https://mastodon.social/@larstransportworld/114207459507797445) #Tågab 's absurd service between Kristinehamn (headquarters) and Karlstad (terminus for Stockholm trains) is the best option for both ways. Unlike in March, the mandatory seat reservation now costs 60 SEK. However, the staff only open the doors of one carriage manually. All four passengers end up sitting anywhere but in their booked seats. #BlankSpots

Zürich HB 🇨🇭. Finally. After 5100 km and 34 trains, this is the end of #TokeriiBergslagen. Thanks for reading, liking, commenting and sharing - I did learn a few new things from you guys. 😊
Oh, and: 1 bulle every second train or every 300km sounds completely reasonable, doesn't it? DOESN'T IT? 😬😋

The next day is quickly told: RE7 to Neumünster, ICE to Zürich. After Frankfurt, the moment I feared: Time for the last of all the bullar on this trip. 😥
And of course, soley due to the bad luck of @larstransportworld, our train is terminated short at Basel SBB. But this means: Emergency Pizza! 😋
📟 Bullar counter (final): 17
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There is a lovely old centre in Flensburg, but dare I say, the bulle situation is dreadful. 😬 Import bulle and tea it is for desert.
📟 Bullar counter: 16
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You could change for a train to Germany in Tinglev. But that would be too easy, wouldn't it?
So we stay in the train until Gråsten on the cruelly underserved Sønderborg branch. Another of these neglected rural Danish stations, but there is a connecting bus to Flensburg 🇩🇪. A wonderfully quiet ride along the sea while the night falls.
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Semla & coffee while we cross Denmark. 😋
Strangely, free coffee in DSB's 1st class is instant coffee, which you have to make yourself from a thermos flask with hot water and Nescafe powder. Was it always like this? 🤔
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No worries! We just change to the IC Lyntog, which starts from here. Actually there is a rather large depot and yard with grade separated access outside the station, which I didn't know before.
Our train is a multiple unit, ours is a DSB class IR electric "rubber nose". Not as comfortable as the older diesel version, but still fantastic. 🥰
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Well, then... Goodbye, Sweden! 😥
Øresundståg takes us from Malmö's underground platforms across the Öresundsbron 🇸🇪/🇩🇰 to Copenhagen's ... Airport? 🤔
Wait, what?!
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The train has a handy 20 minutes stop at Malmö, which is enough to get some Bullar at Gateau. Today, however, the Snälltåget service was even terminated short here due to the lack of drivers. Information in the train was only in Swedish, which confused many Tourists.
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But unlike the SJ trains, the Snälltåget service features a real dining car, called "Krogen"! However, a reservation is recommended: Every seat was taken, when I popped by. Take-away coffee is self service, including the payment.
📟 Bullar counter: 15.
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There is no 1st class and 2nd is far from the luxurious SJ X2. But given their age, the coaches have been well refurbished and are reasonably comfortable. Nearly every seat is occupied (photos taken at the terminus). Really curious why there is no SJ train, given that demand.
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But competition does what it should here: Snälltåget steps into the breach: The private operator runs a service between the X2, which - unlike SJ - also crosses the Öresund to Copenhagen. Interrail is accepted, so it's former German InterRegion coaches instead of X2 luxury for us.
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Norrköping station the next morning. Time to go home. 😥
Absurdly enough, there is a 3 hrs gap in SJ's X2 services between Stockholm and Malmö, the country's 3rd biggest city and gateway to most of Europe. You want to travel in the morning? Well, don't.
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Arrival in Norrköping. Which not only features one of Sweden's rare tram networks, but seems to be a rather interesting and lovely town with a good vibe and a lot of water and industrial heritage. Too bad that we only see it at night.
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Last train for the day: A really crammed SJ X40 double decker. These units are really too small for the demand on the Gävle-Linköping line. Maybe SJ should exchange them for some of the TiB ER1, which, to me, seem too big for their lines...?
Bonus: There were cute dogs, as the system placed us in the dedicated pet compartment. 🐕
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Used to the quieter small-town Sweden, there are way too many people here for our liking. We retreat to a Gateau branch in a more quiet part of Stockholm C.
📟 Bullar counter: 14
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In case you don't know why I said "underwhelmed": These are two examples of newer Tunnelbana stations. A true piece of art! 😍
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BTW.: Does anybody know, whether these braking indicators show the distance to the target position or the distance to the breaking curve at the current speed and location?
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Quick visit to the Citybanan commuter train trunk line, which I've never visited before. Knowing the design of Stockholm's Tunelbana stations, I was rather underwhelmed. Also bad passenger flow management and poor signage. But the precision breaking indicators are pretty cool.
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Way to soon, we arrive in the ugly parking garage that is Stockholms Central. The TÅGAB train reverses here and returns to Kristinehamn.
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All in all, a very enjoyable ride with TÅGAB. Of course, the train's Kiosk in a converted compartment of a 2nd class carriage has to be visited. Coffee is free for 1st class customers and I was lucky enough to get a free, warm bulle with it from the nice lady, even if that's not included in the ticket. 😊
📟 Bullar counter: 13
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Why, apart from being complete nerds, would anyone take this old train instead of SJ's Snabbtåg, you might ask?
Well, a) because it's cheaper. And b): Which modern train gives you this level of comfort?! That's not a seat, that's a goddamn couch! 🥰
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One highlight follows another on this trip! We're back at Karlstad C the next day and this is our next train! 👇😍
We're booked on TÅGAB's quirky Thu to Sun only Karlstad-Stockholm service. Yes, this is a regular service, not a heritage railtour!
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Bus-train connection in Kil, where we spot an interesting train (any idea what it is for?), before a Regina brings us back to Karlstad. The successful photo day is celebrated with another bulle, which I scandalously forgot to take a picture of.
📟 Bullar counter: 12
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Oh, and can we please take a minute to admire Värmlandstrafik's absolutely ace new corporate design? 😍
Timetables, information screens, bus livery: All very clean but bright with a beautiful logo in a warm yellow colour and great typography. This is how you do it! 🥰 Postauto, please take note!
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Back to the nearest bus stop, which is located alongside the double carriageway. This is something you'd never see in Switzerland, but which makes Swedish regional busses really fast, as they don't have to leave the big roads to stop in tiny villages. It's even a request stop, signalled by a small but very bright LED, built into the stop sign.
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Highlight of the day: A classic electric-diesel duo TÅGAB freight train! 🤩 One of the rather rare class Rm locos hauls a class TMY diesel and a long timber train.
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Outdoor bullar. 😋 While not as good as the ones made by traditional bakerys, even the Supermarket bullar are way better than everything we get back at home. Let alone that Kardemummabullar are basically unknown west of the Öresund.
📟 Bullar counter: 11.
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