Ferry Lina

Färjan Lina (Ferry Lina)

Locale	Töreboda kommun
Transit type	Passenger ferry
Operator	Töreboda kommun
Began operation	1919
System length	25 meters
No. of lines	1
No. of vessels	1

Ferry Lina (Färjan Lina) is the world's shortest regular ferry. It crosses the Göta Canal, in Sweden, taking about 25–30 seconds to do so. The ferry is powered by pulling a rope that must be lowered when a boat is passing.^[1][2] It appears in the Swedish comedy movie Göta kanal 3.

The ferry line was opened in 1919 by the retired driver Oskar Lindhult because of a new district in Töreboda on the other side of the canal. Before the ferry line opened the residents needed to use their own boat.^[3] In the beginning, the ferry that was used was a wooden boat. At the end of the 1930s, the skipper Färje-Karl (Ferry-Karl) got permission to set up a rope over the canal and then a special ferry was built. In 2019 the ferry line celebrated 100 years of service.