Transport Landskrona

landskrona new railway station, opened in january 2001



by sea side. danish capital copenhagen seen landskrona

the island of ven can reached through regular ferry connection. ships used transport depart 9 times day. extended service available during july , august.

the town s first railway station opened in 1863 , located short walk rådhustorget, city hall square. in 1920s landskrona station western terminal of 3 railway lines. eslöv, kävlinge (from trains continued lund , malmö) , billesholm. s notable during 1860 1940 construction of swedish railway network, there wasn t build railway nearby city of helsingborg. line billesholm short-lived , closed before 1960s. during mid 1970s swedish national railways, sj considering close local train service in south. along other towns , cities in former malmöhus län, did landskrona participated in forming new local railway system, got scanian name pågatåg. new railway system, opened in minor scale in 1983, first of kind in sweden, outside stockholm area. in connection construction of Øresund bridge, train system introduced, called Øresundståg. inter-regional trains international ones, , partly linking denmark , sweden in field of railways. landskrona meant there call new location of station, in order avoid both terminal station type, open northbound traffic. after political discussions decided build new dual track high speed railway between helsingborg , lund, part of planned west coast railway between copenhagen , gothenborg. landskrona located between helsingborg , lund, landskrona became included in planning new railway. but, new railway touched town s eastern end, there need new station in area. new station, located @ until late 1990s, agricultural areas, delineates clear boundary between town , countryside. new station, opened in january 2001, allowed greater range of train operations, compared old terminal southbound trains only. today, local pågatågen trains , inter-regional Øresundståg trains stop @ new station, gives new station frequent weekday service of 4-6 trains per hour in each direction.

a trolleybus shuttle service ( station shuttle ) links new station city centre , ferry terminal in harbour. (by 2017) possible reach copenhagen airport in 50 minutes , central copenhagen in 65 minutes. s possible reach copenhagen northbound trains helsingborg , hh ferry route make 20-minute sea travel helsingør, , there take train copenhagen. although (initially) northbound way central copenhagen includes 2 changes, danish capital reached in less 90 minutes.

the new water tower


history of Øresund traffic

for many years, landskrona serviced car ferries , other ships , copenhagen. 1951 1980 did sl ferries operate route between port of tuborg in northern copenhagen , landskrona. during larger part of period, viking bådene operated smaller passenger ships between inner port of copenhagen harbour. owned in denmark 19 around 1970 purchased swedish centrumlinjen kept name. 1973 energy crisis caused end of shipping line.

between 1980 , 1984 different kind of ships , shipping lines offered @ least summer time traffic copenhagen. , 1985 scarlett line formed, , once again sailed port of tuborg. spring of 1991 did danish vognmandsruten a/s merge scarlett line, maintained established name , began sail every hour. new shipping line intended live on transport of lorries. in autumn of 1993 vognmandsruten a/s went bankrupt , put end car , lorry ferry traffic landskrona.

however hydrofoilic speedboats flygbåtarna ab, had served passenger traffic in southern part of Øresund, between malmö , copenhagen, began operate both landskrona helsingborg. not until march 2002, 2 years after inauguration of Øresund bridge did flygbåtarna ab threw in towel.

copenhagen airport influence

aircraft approaching nearby copenhagen airport land on runway 22l pass on northern part of town, make sharp right turn towards south intercept localiser around barsebäck. landings @ copenhagen take place @ runway 22l. @ busiest times can lead consecutive aircraft passing on landskrona less minute s gap between them.