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Icomera’s vision of The Connected Journey
15 September 2015 | By Icomera
Icomera is one of Sweden’s fastest growing technology companies...
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Swedish operator Stockholmstag develops model to predict and avoid rail delays
10 September 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Stockholm’s commuter train operator Stockholmstag has developed a model known as ‘The commuter prognosis’ that can predict delays up to two hours in the future. The operator has developed a mathematical algorithm that uses big data to visualise the entire commuter train system two hours into the future. The new…
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Stadler Rail to supply KISS EMUs for Swedish regional contract
22 June 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Swedish leasing and management company, AB Transitio, has awarded Stadler Rail a SEK 3.5 billion contract to supply 33 new KISS double-deck trains for Mälardalen regional services.
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TX Logistik consolidates rail link between Sweden and Germany
23 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
TX Logistik AG (TXL) has announced an increase in freight service between Herne (Germany) and Malmö (Sweden) from six to eight departures per week.
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Train service linking Sweden’s two largest cities begins operation
23 March 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
MTR Corporation, the operating company for Crossrail concession services, has launched an all-new open access train service linking Sweden’s two largest cities Stockholm and Gothenburg.
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The Hallandsås tunnel project moves forward
12 February 2015 | By Trafikverket
The railway installations have entered a new phase on the Hallandsås project, and track has now been laid in the tunnel...
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Foreword: Sweden works to maintain a successful open rail market
18 September 2014 | By Jan-Evert Rådhström – Vice Chair of the Committee of Transport and Communications of the Swedish Parliament
The Swedish railway system is undergoing a period of reform and modernisation. The first step of this extensive overhaul can be traced back to 1988, when the national railway authority – SJ – was split into two separate units; one responsible for the administration of the country’s rail infrastructure (then…
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Constructing the complicated Hallandsås Tunnel
18 September 2014 | By Ulf Angberg – Communications Manager for the Hallandsås Project at Trafikverket
Following many years of troublesome construction work, both rail tunnels through the Hallandsås Ridge in Southern Sweden were completed ain 2013. Initiated back in 1992, the construction project has generated more headlines in the Swedish media than any other. Ulf Angberg – Communications Manager for the Hallandsås Project at the…
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The Swedish railway: with successes and setbacks
18 September 2014 | By Christel Wiman, CEO of ASTOC
Rail in Sweden has been under the spotlight for the last 4-5 years, but the good news is that the Swedish railway is now transporting more passengers and cargo than ever before, reports Christel Wiman, CEO of ASTOC – the Association of Swedish Train Operating Companies. More and more people…
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The last link in the Bothnian Corridor
18 September 2014 | By Elisabeth Sinclair – Project Leader for the North Bothnian Line Group
The North Bothnian Line forms the last link in the Bothnian Corridor which is part of the strategic European mainline rail Core Network. The EU and the Region are willing to finance the line estimated to cost €2.6 billion, and all that is missing now is a positive decision from…
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SWERIG – growing at home and abroad
18 September 2014 | By Rolf Alm and Magnus Davidsson from SWERIG – the Swedish Rail Industry Group
The passenger and freight traffic utilisation of the Swedish railway is growing fast, and so is the country’s railway industry. The former publicly-run railway sector in Sweden is deregulated and this has created new companies, who – under competition – have developed efficient and reliable solutions. SWERIG – the Swedish…
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The European Corridor – bringing cities closer together
18 September 2014 | By unnar Sibbmark, Managing Director of Europakorridoren AB
Europakorridoren AB1 is a company owned by approximately 50 cities in Sweden. The organisation behind the company also has members in Lübeck and Hamburg in Germany. Four cities in southern Sweden – Jönköping, Värnamo, Ljungby and Helsingborg – began the project in 1993 and since then it has grown year-on-year.…
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From crisis to continued growth
26 September 2013 | By Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, Minister of Infrastructure, Sweden
Increased influence for customers and public transport actors creates better conditions for the railway to enhance its competitiveness. Swedish railway reforms of the past 25 years have been based on this premise, together with state responsibility for management of the rail network run by an independent infrastructure manager. The result…
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The hub in the Swedish railway system
26 September 2013 | By Maria Jaderholm, Project Manager Railway Operations, Transportstyrelsen
Transportstyrelsen – the Swedish Transport Agency – represents Sweden in the EU and also listens to the demands from the Swedish railway market. In an interview for Global Railway Review, Maria Jäderholm, Project Manager for Railway Operations at the Swedish Transport Agency, reveals that by listening, explaining and creating dialogue…
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Putting into action large-scale rail projects
26 September 2013 | By Jan Schönbeck, Director of Purchasing & Logistics, Trafikverket and Camilla Ahston, Procurement Strategist, Purchasing and Logistics, Trafikverket
The first railway in Sweden was built in 1856. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Sweden had a combination of both private and public railways...
