Örebro–Skebäck Railway

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Örebro–Skebäck Railway is a 4.1 km standard-gauge line in Sweden that runs from Örebro S on the Krylbo–Mjölby Main Line to Skebäck by the city’s old eastern harbor on the Svartån. It opened for freight on 12 January 1904, and there has never been passenger service.

A concession was granted on 31 December 1901, and the line was built and run by the Örebro–Skebäck Railway Company, owned by the city of Örebro from the start. The construction cost was 200,000 SEK. In 1908 a third rail was added to carry narrow-gauge traffic from Northern Östergötland Railways (NÖJ). The railway had no trains of its own and was operated by SJ and NÖJ.

Narrow-gauge traffic ended in 1951 after the state bought NÖJ and SJ moved coal transport to standard gauge between Norrköping and Örebro Gasworks; the third rail was removed soon after. General freight traffic stopped on 1 January 1956. From 1965 the line became an industrial track and it still exists today.

In 2006 paper recycling moved away via a land swap with the municipality to Törsjö in Marieberg, and Örebro Paper Mill closed in 2010. The line is now somewhat shortened. Regular traffic serves Mondi Örebro, which makes waterproofing for packaging and is located about half a kilometer west of the old paper mill.