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The train crosses the Södertelge Canal by a handsome
drawbridge or swing-bridge (svängbro). The scenery here is pleasing,
but soon loses its interest. 434 Kil. Tumba, with the large
paper-manufactory of the Bank of Sweden. 443 Kil. Huddinge; 449 Kil.
Elfsjö, beyond which is the Nyboda Tunnel (300 yds.); 453 Kil.
Liljeholmen.
The train crosses the Arstavik, a bay of the Malar, by means
of an embankment (300 yds.-), to the left of which is a bridge
for the road, and beyond it the Reimersholm and Löfholm, -while
to the right is the sugar-manufactory of Tanto. We then pass
the old Södra Station, where no trains now stop, beyond which
a tunnel, 470 yds. long, leads under the Södermalm to the bank
of the Malar. The train then crosses a bay of the Riddarfjärde,
passes the Mälartorg in Staden , skirts the E. side of the
Riddar-holm, crosses another arm of the Riddarfjärde by an iron bridge
268 yds. long, and Anally stops at the Central Station at the S.W.
angle of the Norrmalm quarter.
458 Kil. (284 M.) Stockholm, see p. 316.
39. From Falköping viå Jönköping to Nässjö.
112 Kil. (GO1/^ Engl. 31.). R.ulwat (Fodra-tilambana) in 23/4-6’/2 hrs.
(fares 7 kr. 85, 5 kr. 90. 3 kr. 95 ö.; express, 9 kr. 55, 6 kr. 75, 4 kr. 50 o.).
— Views to the left.
Falköping Station, see p. 295. The train stops again at
Falköping Stud, 1 Kil. from the starting-point. The next station is
(10 Kil.) Vartofta, the junction for (37 Kil.) llricehamn, a town
with llOOinhab. at the N. end of Lake Asunden (reached by a
narrow-gauge line in 2-21/4 hrs. ; fares 3 kr., 1 kr. 85 ö.). The
train crosses the long Lake Strdken by means of an embankment
420 yds. in length. Several unimportant stations. At (50 Kil.)
Ha bo the train reaches Lake Vettern and in clear weather
commands a view of the Visingsö and Grenna in the distance. 56 Kil.
Bankeryd.
69 Kil. (43 Engl. M.) Jönköping (*Stora Hotel, to the E.
of the station, with a garden, one of the best hotels in Sweden,
R. 11’2~21/o kr.; Central Hotel, 2 min. from the station, R. from
IV2 kr.; Lundherg’s, in the town; Post Office in the town-hall),
the capital of Gotland and the seat of the chief court for the
southern provinces of Sweden (except Skåne), a busy
manufacturing town with 19,400 inhab., charmingly situated between Lake
Vettern and the Munksjö, which are connected by a canal. The
streets are wide and regular. The beauty of the situation of the
town is enhanced by the mountains to the S.
Beautiful promenades extend southwards from the Railway
Station, which adjoins the harbour, to the Munksjö, in the centre
of the S. part of the promenades, in front of the nSw
Elementar-läroverkshus (elementary school), rises a handsome Fountain. The
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