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14-657: Until 1875, Emmaboda was called Gantesbo. Back then there were only two houses in Gantesbo, which both remain to this day. The houses are called Gantesbo A and Gantesbo B. One of the houses is located on Bökön located west of Emmaboda's sports ground. The second stands on a hill between Emmaboda parish hall and the Bjurbäck school. In 1874, Emmaboda railway station was established for the Coast-to-Coast Line ( Kust till kust-banan ) and in 1875 Karlskrona-Växjö railway

28-412: A detailed construction plan, and construction was decided to begin 2016. However this project has been put on hold, because of political hesitation over the high speed railway project. SJ Da Da is a series of locomotives used by Swedish State Railways ( Swedish : Statens Järnvägar, SJ ). 93 units were built by ASEA between 1952 and 1957. They remained in service until the 1990s. After

42-508: Is planned to have a very high standard, prepared for up to 320 km/h. It is planned to be a part of a future high speed railway between Gothenburg and Stockholm, called Götalandsbanan . The first part will be between Mölnlycke and Bollebygd including a tunnel station directly under the Göteborg Landvetter Airport . This project will allow 2-3 trains per hour and direction, compared with 1 train today. This project has

56-740: The 1980s, the line was served by the SJ Rc locomotives. The section from Gothenburg to Borås has additional local traffic. SJ X7 multiple units were used from the 1960s, and from the 1990s SJ X11 , SJ X12 , SJ X14 and SJ X53 units have been introduced. In 1990 the section was upgraded and all traffic halted for three months. In 1994, the brand "Coast-to-Coast" was introduced and SJ X2 high-speed trains were introduced. They remained in service until 2002, when Oresundtrains were introduced. In 2007, Regina multiple units were introduced, and then again Rc-hauled trains from 2009. Between 2010 and 2013,

70-576: The 2nd respectively 3rd division. The three football brothers Viktor , David and Rasmus Elm are from the village Broakulla, which is located near Emmaboda. Badminton player Henri Hurskainen , who has represented Sweden in the Summer Olympics and won various international medals, was born in Emmaboda. Emmaboda has two large companies, Xylem Water Solutions (located on the brink of Linde) and Emmaboda Glass Works ( Emmaboda Glasverk ) which

84-711: The Kalmar Line. The lines were nationalized in 1940 and 1941 and operations taken over by the Swedish State Railways . By then, the section from Gothenburg to Borås had been electrified. The remaining sections were electrified between 1954 and 1962: from Alvesta to Växjö in 1953, from Växjö to Kalmar in 1954 and from Borås to Alvesta in 1962. SJ T41 locomotives were the most common during the diesel era, and replaced by SJ D and SJ Da locomotives after electrification. The services were also provided with SJ X9 multiple units and later SJ F locomotives. From

98-525: The Swedish Transport Administration upgraded the 57-kilometre (35 mi) section from Emmaboda to Karlskrona, with the goal to reduce travel time from 40 to 33 minutes. The line was out of use from December 2011 to June 2013, with all work being completed in 2014. The upgrades included continuous welded rails , centralized traffic control , a new catenary system, new passing loops at Gullberna and Vissefjärda , upgrade of

112-476: The car race "A Day On the Strip" and "End of Summer Big Power Meet", a classic car show which attracts veteran cars from all over Sweden and other Nordic countries. Emmaboda is located in the middle of the tri-city region of Växjö , Kalmar and Karlskrona . All three places are 60 kilometers from Emmaboda. Emmaboda Church ( Emmaboda kyrka ) was built in 1926 after drawings by architect Göran Pauli (1891-1940) and

126-561: The last D-locomotive had been delivered in 1943, SJ needed more locomotives during the late 1940s with new lines being electrified. The solution was the Da, a modernised version of the D-type including the rigid-frame coupling rod layout that was by then regarded as obsolete by most other undertakings. It was used as a universal locomotive throughout the SJ system. A more powerful, but slower Dm series

140-427: The passing loops at Spjutsbygd and Holmsjö , new platforms at Holmsjö Station , speeds up to 200 km/h (125 mph), 40 level crossings removed, 8 new tunnels and bridges, new track layout and signaling system at Emmaboda, and a rebuilt Karlskrona Station . The project cost 950 million Swedish krona (SEK). There are plans to build a new railway on the section between Gothenburg and Borås. This new railway

154-593: Was born in Emmaboda Municipality, more specifically at Moshultamåla in Algutsboda parish. Many of his novels were written about the people in the Emmaboda area. "Emmabodafestivalen" was an indie-pop festival annually held in Emmaboda from 1988 until 2018, when the police announced they would not grant further permits to the festival due to drug use at the site. It attracted pop fans from all over Sweden. Other events taking place in Emmaboda include

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168-596: Was connected to the station in Emmaboda. The musical " Kristina från Duvemåla " written by former members of the Swedish music group ABBA ; Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus , is a story based on a series of books by author Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973). The Emigrants series was about people living in Dufvemåla homestead (which is 3 km outside of Emmaboda) who emigrated to the United States . Moberg

182-483: Was founded in 1919. Emmaboda also has many medium-sized businesses . Coast-to-Coast Line The Coast-to-Coast Line ( Swedish : Kust till kust-banan ) is a 410-kilometre (250 mi) long Y-shaped electric railway line between Gothenburg via Emmaboda to Kalmar and Karlskrona in southern Sweden . The line was built as five different railways: from Gothenburg to Borås , from Borås to Alvesta , from Växjö to Alvesta, from Karlskrona to Växjö and

196-464: Was originally a parish home. In 1941, a remodeling was carried out, after drawings by architect Paul Boberg (1884-1947) when the parish home was converted to church. The tower and the current choir party were then added. The altarpiece is painted by artist Gunnar Theander (1894-1975) in 1935. The bell tower houses two bells which were cast by the foundry, Bergholtz klockgjuteri. There is a football club called Emmaboda IS, with women's and men's teams in

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