Läggesta railway station

Läggesta
Location Mariefred, Strängnäs
Sweden
Coordinates 59°14′55″N 17°10′3″E / 59.24861°N 17.16750°E / 59.24861; 17.16750Coordinates: 59°14′55″N 17°10′3″E / 59.24861°N 17.16750°E / 59.24861; 17.16750
Operated by SJ
Line(s) Svealandsbanan
Distance 67 km (Stockholm C)
Tracks 3 (lower level)
2 (upper level)
History
Opened 1895 (lower level)
1997 (upper level)
Läggesta (Upper) Railway Station
Läggesta Lower Railway Station

Läggesta railway station is a railway station on Svealandsbanan near the small town of Mariefred in Strängnäs municipality, Sweden.

Läggesta railway station is the nearest station for all-year rail traffic for visitors to Mariefred and to the Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, to which regular buses leave from the railway station. There is also a museum railway, Östra Södermanlands Järnväg, with 600 mm (1 ft 11 58 in) gauge, going from Läggesta to Mariefred in the summer. Its station, Läggesta Lower Station (Swedish: Läggesta nedre station), is located under a bridge with is part of the mainline station of Läggesta.


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