Old Main Line
The old main railway to far northern Sweden (Bräcke–Boden, "Stambanan genom övre Norrland") was built during the period 1880–1895, about 30–100 km from the coast to protect it from military attacks (airplanes did not exist at all then). It is very curvy and has relatively steep grades. It will remain in use by freight traffic, and probably partly for some passenger traffic, such as Östersund-Bräcke-Långsele-Kramfors Airport-Umeå.
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