Goods transport /Transportation

Below are transport options for companies in Åmål as well as travel information.

Rail
Vänerexpressen has a daily connection by rail between the Gothenburg harbor- Karlstad with stops in Åmål. This allows for import and export of goods for companies in the region.

Vänerexpressen AB  (in Swedish)
Kolgatan
65221 Karlstad
Tel: +46 (0)54-180 554
Transport information, LBC Värm-Dal: +46 (0)532-60 77 60


Re-loading terminal
LBC Värm-Dal handles the re-loading of goods between rail and truck at the re-loading terminal in Åmål. Today, about 7-8 containers per day are handled, evenly distributed in 20- and 40 foot containers. Container goods are distributed throughout the immediate area, as far away as Årjäng (60 km).
 
LBC Värm-Dal AB   (in Swedish)
Strömsbergsg. 21, Box 122
66223 Åmål
Tel: +46 (0)532-60 77 60 


Harbor
The harbor is owned and administered by the municipality and maintained by Vänerhamn AB. All vessels transporting goods on Vänern can be served by Åmåls harbor. Today, Eurosand AB, loads goods at Åmåls commercial harbor, which amount to an annual volume of 30-35 thousand tons.

Vänerhamn AB  (in English)
Smedjeg. 1 C
46238 Vänersborg
Tel: +46 (0)521-678 95
Contact person for the municipality of Åmål: Olle Andersson +46(0)532-170 80


Road transport - E45
Åmål is located on route E45 which is an important transport road.
 

Getting to Åmål

• Åmål is located on Route 45, approximately 170 km north of Gothenburg and 80 km 
  southwest of Karlstad. The distance to Oslo is about 180 km.
• The closest airport (flygplats Karlstad) is a 50 minute drive.
• When flying to Gothenburg, Oslo, or Stockholm there are airport buses to the train stations.
  There are then train connections to Åmål.
• Åmål has direct train and bus connections to Gothenburg and Stockholm daily.
• Route 164 connects Åmål with the west coast (to Strömstad 125km).
• Vänernhamn AB has a harbour in Åmål.



For more information on transportation, schedules etc. click on the links below:


• Västra Götalands Transportation (Overview of transportation in western Sweden – in Swedish)
• RESPLUS (in English)
• SJ- Swedish Railroad (in English)
• Västtrafik (in Swedish)
• ÅmålsRundan - Service Linje 780 and Linje 782 (In Swedish)
• Värmlandstrafik (in Swedish)
• Säfflebussen (in Swedish)
• Swebus Express (in English)
• Airport Trollhättan-Vänersborgs  (in Swedish)
• Airport Karlstad  (in English)
• Airport Göteborg-Landvetter (in English)
• Airport Göteborg-Säve (in English)
• Airport Stockholm-Arlanda (in English)
• Airport Stockholm-Bromma (in English)
• Airport Stockholm-Skavsta (in English)
• Airport Oslo  (in English)
• Airport Rygge ( Moss, Norway)  (in English)
• Airport Torp (Norway) (in Norwegian)


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