A black and white photo from 1945 with male workers standing on top of a train carriage working with electric wires.
Photo: Swedish Railway Museum/SMTM. PDM

History of the railway

Below we have collected information about some of the buildings, facilities and professions that were of importance to the railway – and about the railway’s development through the ages.

Railway buildings

Aerial view of large train stalls with railway in the background where a train travels. Wagons and locomotives both in the stable and outside on rails. Photo: Unknown, Swedish Railway Museum collections/SMTM. CC-BY.
Read about the railway buildings

Railway occupations

Female conductor in the driver's cab. Photo: Thomas Tell

Sweden’s first female train driver Ulla-Brita Neibig

Read about the railway occupations

Gardens of the railway

Front of large building with lawn and several palm trees growing. Photo: Unknown, Swedish Railway Museum Collections/SMTM. CC-BY.
Read about the gardens of the railway