Sjisjka

Sjisjka, also spelt Sjiska or Šiška, is a railway stop on the Swedish section of the Malmbanan between Gällivare and Kiruna.

The stop is located approximately 20 km south of Kiruna, between Kalixforsbron and Kaitum, at a tiny village with about eight buildings.

Nature reserve

Taking the train to Sjisjka is the only way to enter the Kaitum fjällurskogs naturreservat (nature reserve) apart from hiking or skiing. [ [http://www.bd.lst.se/skydd_gvare/default.aspx?propID=10003030 Välkommen till Kaitum fjällurskogsreservat, Länsstyrelsen i Norrbotten] ] A footpath leads west from Sjisjka to Tjåurek and from there one can go on to Nikkaluokta, Laukkuluspa, Holmajärvi, Liettik or to Kaitum, which is slightly south of Sjisjka at the railway. [Läntmateriets fjällkarta, skala 1:100.000, December 2006] There is no road to the railway station or the village. The nearest roads are in Kaitum and Kalixforsbron, each about 10km away. About 11km west of Sjisjka railway stop is the Sjisjka-ape mire (also spelt Šiškká-ahpi). [http://hem.passagen.se/caprimulgus/gallivare/sjisjka.htm Sjisjka-ape] ] A hill with the same name as the railway stop is situated between the mire and the railway station.

History

Sjisjka was the place where Sami artist Nils Nilsson Skum lived. [ [http://home.earthlink.net/~arran2/archive/nils-skum.htm Árran Archive: Nils Nilsson Skum] ] Among the reasons that the railroad company, Statens Järnvägar, built a railway stop there was the fact that the artist lived there. Another reason was that it was the only place where the railway's initials, "SJ", occur twice in the place's name. [http://www.arkeologicentrum.se/PDF/JA5.pdf Vindkraftverk på Sjisjka] ]

Rail traffic

The railway traffic between Luleå/Boden and Kiruna is now run by Connex. Out of the three passenger trains passing Sjisjka each day in each direction, only one stops in each direction: the first morning train in the southerly direction and the last evening train in the northerly direction. [ [http://www.connex.se/uploadConnex/ConnexSweden/Resenarsportaler/Norrlandstaget/Svenska/Utskriftsvanligt/TidtabellerNorrlandstaget/tidtabell%2030-40.pdf tidtabell] , Connex]

Wind park

In 2004, the energy company "Vindkompaniet i Kiruna" (wind company in Kiruna) filed a request to build 30 windmills on the Sjisjka hill near the railway stop.

The company "Vindkompaniet i Kiruna" wants to build windmills on a hill immediately west of Sjisjka. Originally, the plan was to build a road track from Kaitum to Sjisjka, parallel to the railway line, but this plan faced considerable criticism. [ [http://www.nsd.se/artikel.aspx?artid=19776&cat=15&pageIndex=0&arkiv=False&city=7 Ny ansökan om vindkraft på Sjisjka] ] In the new plan, the windmills are to be transported to Lappberg, and the length of the road is much smaller. This plan was approved by "Miljödomstolen" in 2007 [ [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/norrbotten/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=1285853 Miljödomstolen säger ja till vindkraft på Sjisjka] ] ,the final decision to build it was taken in december 2007 [ [http://www.nsd.se/artikel.aspx?artid=79286&cat=16&pageIndex=0&arkiv=False Ja till rekordhöga vindkraftverk] ] .

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External links

* [http://www.sjk.se/stnbild/stn_s/sjisjka_2001_jpg.htm Pictures]
* [http://www.sjk.se/stnbild/stn_s/sjisjska_2001a_jpg.htm Pictures]
*PDFlink| [http://www.arkeologicentrum.se/PDF/JA5.pdf Maps] |2.62 MiB
* [http://hem.passagen.se/caprimulgus/gallivare/sjisjka.htm Sketch and images of the surroundings]
* [http://www.patrikhansson.se/sjisjka 69 pictures from Sjisjka sorroundings year 2007 by Patrik Hansson]