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Åmål-Årjängs
Järnväg Åmål-Årjängs
Railway |
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Uppdaterad: 26 juni 2022 |
Rälsbuss och
Släpvagn/Railbus and Trailer
Enligt Provinstidning Dalsland (31.04.17) rälsbussen tog ibruk 31 maj 15. The line to Kättilsbyn was a problem for
the railway from the point
of view of passenger traffic. When the line opened, the train to Årjäng, for example, would run the two kilometers up to Kättilsbyn from Hallanda and then back down to Hallanda before continuing on to Årjäng.
Needless to say that this was
a headache, inefficient
and a waste of time. The railway management attempted to
obtain capital from the local communities for the purchase of a railbus but were unsuccessful.
Probably in desperation, they
traded one of their new passenger cars (10) and paid an additional 6000 crowns for this railbus. It entered service on 15 May 1931. The railbus solved their problem of Kättilsbyn, but it was not a comfortable vehicle. The railbus was sometimes
used on other stretches of the line. The railbus was originally a road bus built by Fiat. |
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