Katrineholm railway station

Railway station in Katrineholm, Sweden

Preceding station	SJ			Following station
Södertälje Syd towards Stockholm Central		Western Main Line		Skövde towards Gothenburg Central
		Värmland Line		Hallsberg towards Oslo Central
		Stockholm-Uddevalla		Skövde towards Uddevalla
		Southern Main Line		Norrköping Central towards Copenhagen Central
Preceding station	Long distance trains			Following station
Södertälje Syd towards Stockholm Central		MTRX		Skövde towards Gothenburg Central
Stockholm Central Terminus		Tågab		Hallsberg towards Karlstad Central
Preceding station	Regional trains			Following station
Flen towards Stockholm Central		Mälartåg		Vingåker towards Hallsberg
Flen towards Uppsala Central				Norrköping Central towards Linköping Central

Other services Bus

Location

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Katrineholm railway station is located in the town of Katrineholm, Sweden, at the Western Main Line and the endpoint of the Southern Main Line. Some fast long-distance trains stop here, and also regional trains in multiple directions. The station is located at the traditional midpoint of the town. Regional and city buses stop nearby.

Railway traffic started in 1862 when the Western Main Line between the two largest cities of Sweden opened for traffic reached the place, with traffic all the way same year.^[5] In 1866 the first part of the Southern Main Line from Katrineholm to Norrköping, later towards Malmö, was put into operation.^[6]

The station building is originally from 1862 but has been added to a few times, especially 1915.^{[7][dead link]} Katrineholm is a railway town, created based on its location at a railway junction. The present town location was countryside before the railway construction.^[8][9] The name Katrineholm comes from a nearby major farm [sv] with this name located 2 km (1+1⁄2 miles) northwest of the railway station.^[9]