The Main Line Through Upper Norrland is a 626 kilometres (389 mi) long railway line between Bräcke

Bräcke

Bräcke is a locality and the seat of Bräcke Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,566 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

, Jämtland County

Jämtland County

Jämtland County is a county or län in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two tiny uninhabited strips of Lapland and Dalarna. Jämtland County constitutes 12 percent of Sweden's total area, and is...

 and Luleå

Luleå

- Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden....

, Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...

 in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. For military and regional policy reasons, it was built in very sparsely populated areas, far away from the more densely populated coast. The line has several branches to settlements on the coast, the ones to Umeå

Umeå

- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...

 and Luleå being considered part of the line itself. Today the three largest settlements along the line is Boden

Boden, Sweden

Boden is a locality and the seat of Boden Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 18,680 inhabitants in 2005.- History :The town of Boden started as a railway junction where the Northern Line met with the Ore Line from the rich iron ore fields in northern Sweden.The town experienced...

 (pop 18800), Älvsbyn

Älvsbyn

Älvsbyn is a locality and the seat of Älvsbyn Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 5,042 inhabitants in 2005.Älvsbyn has a railway station that is served by trains running between Boden and Stockholm along the Swedish east coast. It also features a Youth Hostel with a small recreational...

 (pop 5500) and Vännäs

Vännäs

Vännäs, from Wendenäs, ‘where the river changes it path’ is a locality that have existed since 1539. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden and had roughly 4,100 inhabitants in 2005....

 (pop 4100).

The line is dominated by freight traffic. In 2010, the Bothnia Line opened, which parallels the Main Line Through Upper Norrland along the coast from Sundsvall

Sundsvall

-External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall....

 to Umeå

Umeå

- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...

. The North Bothnia Line

North Bothnia Line

The North Bothnia Line is a proposed high-speed railway line between Umeå Central Station and Luleå Central Station in Sweden. The line would be long and be a northern extension of the Bothnia Line, which opened in 2010...

 is under planning, and will allow high-speed trains to run to Luleå

Luleå

- Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden....

. The railway also has two passenger night trains per night and direction, and between Umeå and Luleå one day train per direction.