2010: The King of Sweden Formally Opens a Railway Station in the Northeastern Region of the Country

August 28, 2010

Three weeks after it first went into service, a railway station in the city of Umeå in northeastern Sweden was formally opened. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presided at the inaugural ceremony for this station, which is in the eastern area of the city and close to both Umeå University and University Hospital of Umeå.

Umeå Östra station — “Östra” is Swedish for “East” – was designed by Lennart Sjögren of the architectural firm White Arkitekter. Much of this building was made from glass and glued laminated timber. Umeå Östra station is served by the Bothnia Line. This high-speed railway route covers a total of 118 miles (190 kilometers) between Umeå and Höga Kusten Airport (situated between the localities of Kramfors and Sollefteå).

Other railway lines serving Umeå Östra station include the Vännäs Line, a route connecting both the municipality of Vännäs and the locality of Vännäsby with Umeå; the Lycksele Line, which courses northwest to the municipality of Lycksele; and the Main Line Through Upper Norrland, a 389-mile (626-kilometer)-long route between the localities of Bräcke and Boden.

This station is one of two operating in Umeå. The other facility is Umeå Central Station, which has been around since 1896 and is 1.2 miles (two kilometers) to the west of Umeå Östra station.

Photo Credit: Dag Lindgren (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)

For more information on Umeå Östra station, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ume%C3%A5_%C3%96stra_station