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The Swedish system

The Swedish system

Swedish passengers no longer trust the railway

Swedish passengers no longer trust the railway

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services • Split operations and infrastructure

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services • Split operations and infrastructure 1988 – before 91/440 • First tender 1990 • Now tendering the rule • Developed gradually during the years, both for regional and interregional traffic – a learning experience • Move from economic parameters in the tendering process to also quality parameters • ROSCO for regional services

Diagram 1 – Expenditure on new investment, reinvestment and maintenance in transport infrastructure. Comparison

Diagram 1 – Expenditure on new investment, reinvestment and maintenance in transport infrastructure. Comparison of European countries. Investment as a share of GDP 1. 8 1. 6 1. 4 1. 2 1 Sweden 0. 8 15 West European countries 0. 6 0. 4 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 0 2000 0. 2 Note The countries compared are: Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland the United Kingdom. Denmark and Germany are not included in the figures for 2000 and 2001. Source: Euroconstruct

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services Passengers Freight Swedish railway market

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services Passengers Freight Swedish railway market 1988 Train operators SJ Protection of Staff Conference 24 September 2013, Brussels Rolling stock manufacturers ASEA 6

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services

Cancelled and delayed trains 2010 • • 28 800 cancelled trains 45 000 hours

Cancelled and delayed trains 2010 • • 28 800 cancelled trains 45 000 hours delayed trains Cost for delayed trains 660 million euro Cost for cancelled trains 35 million euro Since 2013 the transportauthority decided to not report cancelled trains in the statistics. Delay is now only reported if it is more than 15 minutes. It used to be 5 minutes.

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services OPEN ACCESS OPERATORS • Since

The Swedish System for the Tendering of Railway Services OPEN ACCESS OPERATORS • Since 2009 Veolia runs between Stockholm and Malmö on the South Main Line • Skandinaviska Jernbaner is running on the West Main Line Stockholm – Göteborg since 2012 • MTR is running on the West Main Line since march 2015. A problem for these new business concepts is the lack of capacity on the West Main Line where the Swedish Transport Administration has to decide which traffic will have priority • It remains to be seen how the profitability will be affected by the introduced competition on the line and its effects on the former national operator, SJAB.