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X.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.
1. RAILWAYS.
The building of railways was commenced låte in Sweden, but once
begun, it was continued with great energy. On the whole, the network
of railways in Sweden, such as it is now in the second decade of the present
century, forms the greatest economic achievement that the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries can boast of in that country.
The real pioneer of railways in Sweden was Count A. E. von Rosen (1797
—1886). In 1845, this nobleman received a concession to build railways in the
central and southern parts of the country, on a magnificent, if also somewhat
ambitious, plan, which, otherwise, in its characteristic features, is closely
identical with that of the present Government railways. Although von Rosen, on
Table 125. Length of Railways in Sweden.
At the end of the years State railways1 Private railways Total Of which in Gauge
Southern Sweden Northern Sweden2 Normal Narrow
I860 ....... 303 204 507 375 132 496 ii
1865 ....... 869 416 1285 1138 147 1177 108
1870 ....... 1118 590 1 708 1561 147 1457 251
1875 ....... 1513 2168 3 681 3 344 337 2 996 685
1880 ....... 1956 3 923 5 879 5 075 804 4 638 1211
1885 ....... 2 385 4 505’ 6 890 5 602 1288 5 508 1382
1890 ....... 2 613 5 405 8 018 6 438 1580 6 343 1675
1895 ....... 3 269 6 486 9 755 7 234 2 521 7 744 2 041
1900 ....... 3 849 7 453 11302 8 354 2 948 8 681 2 621
1905 ....... 4 199 8 449 12 648 9 290 3 358 9 756 2 892
1910....... 4 418 9 411 13 829 10 228 3 601 10 551 3 278
1911....... 4 453 9 489 13 942 10 306 3 636 10 636 3 306
1912....... 4 610 9 561 14171 10 367 3 804 10 854 3 317
1913....... 4 688 9 689 14 377 10 552 3 825 11 010 3 367
1 Exclusive of the steam railway-ferry route. — 2 The five northernmost läns and
Kopparberg Län.
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