Varberg railway station

Varberg old station
General information
Location	Halland County Sweden
Coordinates	57°6′34″N 12°14′55″E / 57.10944°N 12.24861°E / 57.10944; 12.24861
Elevation	3 metres (9.8 ft) [1][2]
Lines	previously West Coast Line Viskadal Line
Tracks	4
Construction
Accessible	was that
Architect	Sven Fredrik Mellin[3]
Other information
Station code	Vb
History
Opened	1880[4]
Closed	2025
Electrified	was that
Location

Varberg C
General information
Location	Halland County Sweden
Coordinates	57°6′40″N 12°14′58″E / 57.11111°N 12.24944°E / 57.11111; 12.24944
Elevation	−6 metres (−20 ft) [5]
Owned by	Jernhusen[6]
Lines	West Coast Line Viskadal Line
Tracks	5
Construction
Accessible	yes
Other information
Station code	Vbc
History
Opened	2025
Electrified	yes
Services
Preceding station SJ Following station Göteborg C Terminus West Coast Line Halmstad C towards Malmö C Preceding station Øresundståg Following station Åsa towards Gothenburg Central Copenhagen–Gothenburg Øresundståg Falkenberg towards Østerport Preceding station Västtågen Following station Tofta towards Uddevalla Uddevalla-Borås-Varberg Line Varberg Terminus Åsa towards Göteborg C Gothenburg-Varberg Line
Location

Varberg railway station (Swedish: Varbergs station) is located in Varberg, Sweden, at the West Coast Line and the endpoint of the Viskadal Line. The station is located around 300 metres (980 ft) from the traditional midpoint of the city. Regional and city buses stop nearby.

Trains

Fast trains and the regional express "Öresundståg" along the coast stop here. Regional trains also go towards Borås and further north.

History

Railway traffic started in Varberg in 1880 when the Varberg–Borås Line, now called Viskadal Line was opened.^[4] In 1886 the Middle Halland Railway between Varberg and Halmstad opened.^[7] In 1888 the Gothenburg–Halland Järnväg between Gothenburg and Varberg opened.^[2] The two latter lines are now part of the West Coast Line.

A basically new high-speed railway has been built along the coast after 1980, for the part just north of Varberg finished in 1998.^[2][8] The part through and just south of Varberg was completed in 2025.^[9]

The old station building is from year 1880, but since 2025 no longer at the railway.^[10] In 2019 a tunnel began construction through Varberg, along with a new station at the northern end of the tunnel, close to the old station.^[9][11] This new station and the tunnel was opened for traffic in 2025.

In 2025, the International Union of Railways awarded the new Varberg station its annual award for "Station & Urban Design".^[12][13]

References

1. "Min Karta". minkarta.lantmateriet.se.
2. "Driftplatser som ingår i Bandel 489". www.historiskt.nu.
3. Vem ritade stationshuset? (Gamla Varberg Hembygdsförening)
4. "498 Varberg - Borås". historiskt.nu (in Swedish). 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
5. "Min Karta". minkarta.lantmateriet.se.
6. "Varbergs station" (in Swedish). Jernhusen. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
7. "Driftplatser som ingår i Bandel 491". www.historiskt.nu. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
8. "Lund-Helsingborg-Halmstad-Göteborg" (in Swedish). järnväg.net. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
9. "Varbergstunneln, Västkustbanan, Varberg–Hamra". Trafikverket. March 10, 2022.
10. "Varbergs nya station". www.jernhusen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
11. Ernström, Ulrika (2015-04-21). "Framtidens station förändrar hela staden". Hallands Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-03-21.
12. "UIC Celebrates Excellence in Railway Stations and Rail Tourism at the 2025 UIC Station Awards and TopRail Tourism-Friendly Awards". International Union of Railways. 2025-10-21. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
13. "UIC prisar Varbergs nya stationshus" (in Swedish). Järnvägar.nu. 2025-10-17. Retrieved 2026-01-03.