On New Year's Day and during Thursday, there was a stop in train traffic in Laxå. This was due to a power failure caused by ice formation on a contact wire. On Friday morning, they went out again to knock off the ice.
We're going out and doing a thorough round to be sure to get everything, says Katarina Wolffram, press communicator at the Swedish Transport Administration.
The ambition is to be clear by late afternoon
On the section Linddalen-Finnerödja, one track is open – instead of two – which causes delays of 30 to 40 minutes on the section Göteborg-Stockholm. Some trains have been cancelled.
The ice is being manually removed from the contact wires. Prevention is difficult, according to Wolffram.
This is the established method of doing it, then we'll see if there's anything else.
But it's very unusual to have so much ice on the contact wire.
Trucks "stuck in reverse"
In the early morning traffic, several vehicles got stuck in Bohuslän. On road 678 between Bratterödsmotet and Råsserödsmotet in Uddevalla municipality, trucks blocked the road, reports Expressen.
There are 10-15 vehicles stuck in reverse at Bratteröd that we're working on and pulling now, says towing leader Tomas Johansson to the newspaper and continues:
There's 20 centimeters of snow, so it's a complete stop in all directions and corners. No one's getting anywhere.
In central Helsingborg, seven city buses got stuck in a slope, reports Aftonbladet.
Five can't get up the slope due to icy roads. Two buses have slid down into other vehicles, says Sören Gustavsson, team leader at SOS Alarm to the newspaper.
No one is reported to have been injured in the incident, which occurred at lunchtime.
Yellow warning on Gotland
A yellow warning for snow in combination with wind has also been issued on Gotland during the day until 7 pm. Heavy snow showers are expected to move in, which can bring large amounts of snow in a short time. In total, it can snow 5 to 10 centimeters.
Along the entire coast, also out into the Baltic Sea, there are yellow warnings for strong winds.
