Lidingöbanan

Lidingöbanan
One of the new A36 trams, made by CAF
Overview
Type	Light rail/Tram
System	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Status	Active
Locale	Lidingö
Termini	Ropsten Gåshaga brygga
Stations	13
Services	1
Operation
Opened	1914
Operator(s)
Depot(s)	AGA
Technical
Line length	9.2 km (5.72 mi)
Track length	9.2 km (5.72 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route number	L21
Route map

Lidingöbanan
Ropsten metro station Torsvik, Lidingö (Millesgården) Baggeby Bodal Larsberg AGA Skärsätra Kottla Högberga Brevik Käppala Gåshaga Gåshaga brygga

Lidingöbanan ("The Lidingö Line") is a light rail in , Sweden, between Ropsten and Gåshaga brygga, serving the southern half of Lidingö island.

The Lidingöbanan has its origins in the Stockholm-Södra Lidingöns Järnväg (Stockholm-Southern Lidingö Railway), proposed by inventor Gustaf Dalén. Public transportation on Lidingöbanan has always been provided using tram cars, but in the past Lidingöbanan also carried goods traffic. At its largest, Lidingöbanan extended to Humlegården in Stockholm through 's tramway network, with access to the Värtabanan railway track. There was also traffic on a track on the north side of Lidingö island which terminated at Kyrkviken, but that section closed in 1971. Lidingö town centre is now accessible only by bus. Lidingöbanan formally became part of 's public transportation network in 1972.

Lidingöbanan was legally a railway until August 2008, when it was reclassified by the Swedish railway inspectorate (Järnvägsstyrelsen). Passenger service has, however, always been provided by tramcars, which prior to 1967 continued onto the streets of Stockholm, as mentioned above. The electrical infrastructure (overhead wire) is of tram type.

Until recently the rolling stock consisted of Type A30/A30B and B30/B30B maneouver trams, all over fifty years old, and dating from the period (1940s–50s) when the Stockholm Metro was only partially completed and these areas were served by trams, adapted for faster two-way traffic.

The line was closed between the summer of 2013 and October 2015 for engineering works, modernisation and installation of new equipment, with rail replacement buses running during that period. When reopened parts of the single track line had been converted to double track, and new Type A36 trams were introduced, along with a new signalling system.

Lidingöbanan has a single line with thirteen stations, from Ropsten in northeast Stockholm to Gåshaga brygga in southeastern Lidingö. At Ropsten there is an interchange with the Red Line 13, and a Waxholmsbolaget archipelago boat terminal at Gåshaga brygga.