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Railway Operators in Sweden

SJ AB - Statens Järnvägar

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The former SJ has been split in 2000 in different companies: SJ AB (passenger traffic), Green Cargo AB (freight), EuroMaint AB (stock maintenance) and TraffiCare AB (station services). In 2006 37.4 million passengers passengers travelled with SJ over in total 6.16 billion passenger-km. GC freight traffic amounted 32 billion tonne-km. In 2010 Green Cargo absorbed private operator TGOJ, taking over almost all of its locomotives and also the traffic flows.

SJ operates InterCity and high-speed (X2000) services, but also operates regional services that are known under their brand names:
Kust till Kust is the name for the service between Göteborg and Kalmar/Karlskrona. For this service adapted Øresund EMUs have been bought, of which 4 are owned by Blekingetrafiken and 10 by Skänetrafiken.
Øresundståg operates passenger trains over the bridge/tunnel combination over the Øresund. In Sweden the trains run up to Ängelholm, Kalmar and Kristianstad. For these services trainsets of class X31K, and for inner-Swedish services class X32 (see above) are used.
Trafik i Mälardalen is a brand name used by for train services that operate to the east of Stockholm, roughtly up to Uppsala, Sala, Örebro, Hallsberg and Norrköping. Especially the ordered class X40 double-deck EMUs will be used in this region.
Vättertåg is the brand name for the local services on Töreboda-Skövde-Falköping-Jönköping-Nässjö

Furthermore, SJ operates trains for Upptåget until summer 2011. In June 2008 SJ has taken over operation of the night trains Göteborg/Stockholm-Luleå/Narvik and the day train Luleå-Narvik from Veolia/Connex.

Websites: http://www.sj.se/, http://www.greencargo.com/, http://www.vasttrafik.se/ and http://www.ul.se/

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AEX - Arlanda Express (A-Train AB)

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In November 1999 A-Train AB has started operating the "Arlanda Express" between Stockholm and Arlanda Airport with new trains class X3.

Website: http://www.arlandaexpress.com/

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BTAB - Botniatåg AB

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Botniatåg is a subsidiary of the German (DBAG) and Swedish (SJ) state railways. From 2010 to 2016 the company will operate passenger trains on railway lines in northern Sweden: Sundsvall-Umeå, Umeå-Luleå, Umeå-Lycksele, Luleå-Kiruna, Sundsvall-Åre, with options for more lines. The trains are actually owned by Norrtåg that has ordered the services.

Website: http://www.botniatag.se/

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EM - EuroMaint AB

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Euromaint is the company that owns and operates 13 workshops and depots around Sweden. It used to be part of SJ but was sold in 2007 to financial company Ratos.

Website: http://www.euromaint.se/

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HR - Hector Rail AB

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HectorRail has signed an agreement with ScandFibre Logistics for traction of daily trains between Hallsberg and Göteborg, Grums, Frövi, Norrköping, Dynäs and Piteå. The first trains departed June 12 2005, and the agreement will continue until December 31, 2010.
Euroshuttle has also signed a contract with HectorRail for their transports from Hallsberg to Halden (the Euroshuttle Berg Terminal) and later extended to Hönefoss in Norway, and from January 2008 Hector Rail operates trains between Sweden and Germany for Van Dieren Maritime (seated in The Netherlands).

Website: http://www.hectorrail.com/

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IBAB - Inlandsbanan AB

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This company operates freight and tourist trains on Mora-Östersund-Gällivare.

Website: http://www.inlandsbanan.se/

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Krösatågen

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Krösatågen is the brand name used for regional trains between the following cities: Halmstad, Värnamo, Gnosjö, Växjö, Jönköping, Nässjö, Stockaryd, Tranås and Hultsfred.
The trains are owned by the regional authorities Hallandstrafiken, and Jönköpings Länstrafik. After the bankrupcy of BK Tåg the trains were taken over by Merresor, that also operated trains in Värmland and busses on Arlanda-Stockholm.
Since December 2010 DSB Småland AB from Denmark operates the trains on behalf of Jönköpings Länstrafik.

Website: http://www.krosatagen.se/

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MC - Midcargo AB

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Midcargo is the follow-up of BK Tåg Sverige AB after the bankrupcy of Inlandsgods that had bought all the shares. BK Tåg was one of the first private operators in Sweden. They started with passenger trains, but later freight trains followed. In March 2005 the passenger division of BK Tåg went bankrupt. The services operated by them (the Krösatågen network centered around Nässjö and Linköping-Kalmar/Västervik) were suspended.
Midcargo now mainly operates container traffic on Göteborg - Karlstad, Boxholm - Oskarshamn, Åhus - Göteborgs Hamn and Vaggeryd - Göteborg.

Website: http://www.midcargo.se/

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MLJ - Malmö-Limhamns Järnväg

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This company operates freight trains between Malmö and Limhamn. In contrast to all other regional/private railway companies, the MLJ own her own tracks (and not Banverket).
During the work for Citytunneln in Malmö the connection between the MLJ and SJ/Banverket network is broken. Freight cars are temporary transported over the road.

Website: http://www.historiskt.nu/normalsp/mlj/index.html

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MTAB - Malmtrafik i Kiruna AB

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Actually there are two companies, both owned for the largest part by LKAB (Luossavaara-Kirunavaara Aktiebolaget): MTAB - owned for a small part by SJ - and MTAS (Malmtrafikk AS), owned for a small part by NSB from Norway. Together the MTAB and MTAS operate heavy iron ore freight trains for the LKAB from Kiruna and Malmberget to Narvik in Norway and Luleå in Sweden.

Website: http://www.lkab.com/

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ÖT - ÖstgötaTrafiken

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Östgötatrafiken is the regional authority that orders and pays for the Östgötapendeln regional railway service on Norrköping-Linköping-Mjölby-Tranås-Nässjö-Jönköping. The service is carried out by DB Regio Sverige AB, the trainsets are owned by the province.

Website: http://www.ostgotatrafiken.se/

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RC - Railcare

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Railcare is an open-access freight operator. It used to be known as Bantåg Nordic, which itself emerged from the bankrupt Inlandsgods.

Website: http://www.railcare.se/

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RR - RushRail AB

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At the end of 2010 RushRail was set up by train drivers owned company TrainDrivers. They operate open-access freight trains, part of which was formerly operated by TGOJ (now Green Cargo). The company is based at Västerås.

Website: http://www.rushrail.se/

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Pågatågen - Skånetrafiken

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Pågatågen is the brand name of local passenger trains operated by Skånetrafiken between Ängelholm, Höö, Åstorp, Helsingborg, Lund, Ystad and Malmö.
Skånetrafiken also participates in Øresundståg, in cooperation with SJ.
Since June 2007 the local trains (26 trainsets class X11) are operated by Arriva, its first appearance in Sweden. These are being replaced by new trainsets from 2010.

In 2008 25.6 million passengers travelled with Pågatågen (10% more than in 2007).

Website: http://www.skanetrafiken.se/

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SJAB - Skandinaviska Jernbanor AB

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Since December 2011 this new company operates passenger trains between Göteborg and Stockholm under the brand name Blå Tåget with old Swedish coaches and modern Traxx electric locomotives.

Website: http://www.blataget.se/

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SL - Storstockholms Lokaltrafiks - Tåg

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This company is the railway division of the Stockholm public transportation company. They operate local trains (also narrow gauge!) around Stockholm. They also operate the city metro and 3 tram lines (Lidingö-, Nockeby- and the very new Tväbana).
From January 1998 the Roslagsbanan was operated by Linjebuss. Since January 2000 the former SJ network is operated by Citypendeln, a combination of Connex(F), Go Ahead(UK) and BK Tåg, for 5 years. Connex also won the contract to operate the Stockholm metro lines, including the Saltsjöbanan. Since January 2003 Roslagståg (80% DSB, 20% TKAB) operates trains on the Roslagsbanan.
In June 2006 Stockholmståg (owned by SJ) has taken over the standard gauge commuter railway part for 5 years, possibly for 5 more.

Website: http://www.sl.se/

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SMA - Stena Metall Återvinning

Network length, gauge and electrification (2007):

At the end of 2006 Stena, a scrap dealer, took over the locomotives and operations from Vägverket, Swedish road authority. They started to operate their own trains with road salt with hired locomotives from Motola Works, but now they have also entered the open-access freight market.

Website: http://www.stenametall.com/

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TÅGAB - Tågakeriet i Bergslagen

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This company operates freight trains for the SJ on Kristinehamn- Hällefors/Persberg, Strömtorp-Bofors and Mariestad-Laxå, in addition to open-access freight trains. Three class TMY locomotives are used to haul trains for Jernbaneverket in Norway for a 5-year period.
TÅGAB has started its first passenger service on 13 December 2009, over the line Karlstad-Kristinehamn-Skövde-Göteborg.

Website: http://www.tagakeriet.se/

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TF - Tågfrakt AB

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This company operates an open-access freight train on Örebro-Fallköping-Göteborg and performs shunting duties in Fallköping, Herrljunga, Borås and Örebro. In the past it has had different names, like Fallköping Terminal AB and Shortline Väst.

Website: http://www.tagfrakt.se/

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TiB - Tåg i Bergslagen

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In 2001 this new company started operating passenger trains in the Bergslagen region, on the lines Gävle-Falun-Borlänge, Falun-Borlänge-Hallsberg, Mora-Borlänge, Malung-Borlänge, Västerås-Fagersta-Ludvika and Gävle-Fagersta-Hallsberg.
They operate trains on behalf of X-Trafik, Länstrafiken Örebro, Västmanlands Lokaltrafik and Dalatrafik that own the trains. The trains are actually operated by TKAB (taken over from SJ in summer 2004).

Website: http://www.tagibergslagen.se/

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TKAB - Svenska Tågkompagniet AB

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On 10/01/2000 this new company took over the SJ services from Göteborg and Stockholm to Storlien, Umeå, Luleå and Narvik. These services have now been taken over by Connex. They still operate the regional trains on behalf of X-Trafik i Gävleborgs Län, Tåg i Bergslagen (TiB) and on Mittlinjen.
Mittlinjen is the commercial name of the regional trains operated on behalf of Västernorrlands Läns Trafik AB and Länstrafiken i Jämtlands Län AB between Sundsvall and Östersund. The trains are operated by locomotives and coaches of TKAB.
Since June 2007 Mittlinjen is operated by Veolia, but TKAB has taken over Mjölby-Hallsberg-Örebro from SJ (to be operated with class X52 trainsets). TKAB also operates Värmlandstrafik.
At the end of 2006 NSB from Norway bought 85% of the company.

Websites: http://www.tagkompaniet.se/, http://www.tagibergslagen.se/ and http://www.x-trafik.se/

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TV - Trafikverket

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On 1 April 2010 Banverket merged with Vägverket into one company: Trafikverket (traffic authority).
Banverket actually 'owns' all the Swedish tracks. They keep the tracks in good shape, and SJ and the regional railways have to pay for the use of the tracks to Banverket.
Banverket owns some locomotives and shunters for track maintenance trains, and snow plows. These are all operated by drivers of BK Tåg. In the future most of the stock will be sold, as Trafikverket will only be a traffic authority and not a maintenance or building company.

Website: http://www.trafikverket.se/

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TXL - TX Logistik

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The German open-access freight train operator TX Logistik is now also active in Sweden. They have bought some locomotives but hired many more from e.g. SJ.

Website: http://www.european-rail-company.de/

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UppTåget - Upplands Läns Trafik AB

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This company manages regional trains on Gävle-Uppsala-Upplands Väsby. The service is carried out by SJ until summer 2011, when DSBFirst will take over.

Website: http://www.ul.se/

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VT - Västtrafik

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This company operates regional trains in a large area around Göteborg, for the Fyrbodal, Skaraborg, Sjuhärad and Göteborsområdet Län.
From Göteborg trains run up to Strömstad, Karlstad, Vänersborg, Skövde, Nässjö, Varberg, and on Uddevalla-Öxnered-Herrljunga-Borås-Varberg. All trains were actually operated by SJ, except for the diesel train Göteborg-Herrljunga-Mariestad-Laxå-Hallsberg (Kinnekulletåget) which is operated by Veolia. Since December 2010 the trains of Västtrafik are operated by DSB First West AB.

Website: http://www.vasttrafik.se/

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VTAB - Värmlandstrafik AB

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This company operates trains on Oslo - Charlottenberg-Kristinehamn, Kil-Åmål, Kristinehamn-Nykroppa-Ludvika and Kil-Torsby. Since January 2007 Värmlandstrafik runs through to Oslo. The trains are operated by Tågkompaniet(TKAB).

Website: http://www.varmlandstrafik.se/

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VTS - Veolia Transport Sverige

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Since June 2003 this company - already active in many countries in Europe - also operates passenger trains in Sweden. From TKAB they took over the long-distance trains between Göteborg/Stockholm and Luleå/Narvik, the so-called Lapplandståget. They also operate regional trains on Herrljunga-Lidköping-Laxå-Hallsberg for Västtrafik, known as Kinnekulletåget.
In June 2007 Veolia took over Mittlinjen (Sundsvall-Ånge-Östersund) and Nabotåget (Östersund-Storlien(-Trondheim), together now known ass Mittnabotåget.
Since June 2008 Veolia will also operates the "Kustpilen" trains Linköping-Kalmar and Linköping-Västervik, but the night trains (Norrlandståget) were taken over by SJ.
In competition with SJ they operate long-distance trains between Stockholm and Malmö during the weekend since July 2009.

From December 2011 Veolia operates the Swedish part of Øresundståg, due to financial problems of DSBFirst (which still operates the trains on the Danish side). The Swedish trainsets of class X31K and X32 have been taken over by Veolia.

Website: http://www.veolia-transport.se/

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X-Trafik - Gävleborgs Läns Trafik AB

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This company manages the regional trains from Gävle to Ljusdal and Gnarp. The service is actually carried out by TKAB.

Website: http://www.x-trafik.se/

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Last update: 05-02-2012