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Christiania diverges here to the left (see. R. 4*2). — About 4 Engl. M.
to the N. is Porla Helsobrunn (p. 313), a small watering-place.
244 Kil. Vretstorp; to the N. rises the Kilsberg.
259 Kil. (160 M.) Hallsberg (*Rail. Restaurant;
Jernvags-Hotel; Gästgifvaregård) is an important station . being the
junction for Örebro to the N. (p. 313) and Motala (p. 302) to the S.;
stoppage of 10-20 minutes.
Beyond Hallsberg the train commands a fine view of the
plain of Nerike. — 272 Kil. Pålsboda, the junction of a
narrow-gauge line to Norsholm (p. 309). — 284 Kil. Kilsmo, on the N. bank
of Lake Sottern. 294 Kil. Högsjö. 303 Kil. Vingåker, a pretty
place, is the central point of the district of that name, the
inhabitants of which are a handsome race, remarkable for their
picturesque costumes (now rapidly disappearing) and their love of travel.
(See ’Svenska Folket, Tåflor af J. W. Walander’.’) Farther on, the
train passes Säfslaholm (the chateau of which contains good
paintings by Swedish masters, a sculpture of Adonis and Cupid by
Byström. a Mercury by Fogelberg, etc.), the lakes of Viren, Kolsnar
(nar, ‘lake’), and Xäsnar, and the chateau of Sjöholm. 316 Kil.
Baggetorp.
324 Kil. (201 M.) Katrineholm (Jemvägs-Hotel, with
restaurant) is the junction for Norrköping, Mjölby, Nässjö, and Malmö
(UR. 41, 53). In the vicinity are the estates of Stora Djulö and
Klaeslorp, with marble-polishing works, of the products of which
there is an exhibition at Katrineholm.
The train now traverses the picturesque district of
Södermanland, with its extensive forests and numerous lakes (which last
have given rise to the saying that ‘in Södermanland the Creator
omitted to separate tlielandfrom the water’), and passes a number
of large chateaux belonging to the Swedish aristocracy. 334 Kil.
Valla; 346 Kil. Flen, with the chateau of Stenhammar on the
Val-demaren (or Vammelri) Lake. From Flen to Eskilstuna and Xykoping,
see p. 354.
361 Kil. (224 M.) Sparreholm. with the estate of that name, a
favourite Sunday resort of the Stockholmers. 373 Kil. Stjemhof;
382 Kil. Björnlunda. The scenery from this point to Stockholm is
the prettiest on the whole journey. Beyond (391 Kil.) Gncsta we
pass the picturesque Frösjö or Lake Frustuna and Lake Sillen.
— From Gnesta an interesting excursion may be taken to the S.E.
to the chateau of Tullyarn, near Aby, at present the summer
residence of the crown-prince of Sweden, and to Trosa (Stadtkällarej,
a small town on the Baltic, from which a steamboat plies to
Södertelge and Stockholm.
398 Kil. (247 M.) Mölnbo; 409 Kil. Jerna.
421 Kil. (261 M.) Södertelge Öfre, from which a short
branchline runs to (3/4 Engl. M.) the town of Södertelge, the first station
on the canal-route from Stockholm to Gothenburg (p. 306).
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