Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Historiskt - about Swedish railway history (in Swedish and English) järnväg.net - information on all Swedish railways (in Swedish) Winchester, Clarence, ed. (1936), "Sweden's rail system" , Railway Wonders of the World , pp. 1161– 1165 illustrated description of the Swedish system in the 1930s
The Swedish voters rejected a change to driving on the right in a referendum held in 1955. Nevertheless, in 1963 the Riksdag passed legislation ordering the switch to right-hand traffic. The changeover took place on a Sunday morning at 5am on September 3, 1967, which was known in Swedish as Dagen H (H-Day), the 'H' standing for Högertrafik or ...
Rail transport in Sweden uses a network of 10,912 kilometres (6,780 mi), the 24th largest in the world. [3] Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855. . The major operator of passenger trains has traditionally been the state-owned SJ, though today around 70% of all rail traffic consists of subsidised local and regional trains for which the regional public transport ...
History of rail transport in Sweden This page was last edited on 27 January 2018, at 10:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (Swedish: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, VTI) is a public research institution with focus on transportation in Sweden. The head office is located in Linköping , where most of the operations are located.
A special committee oversaw the effectiveness of the Swedish transport agencies during 2008 and 2009. A conclusion was reached that there would be significant gains compared with the then-present situation if a new agency responsible for long-term planning of the transport system for road, rail, maritime and air traffic was formed.
The Swedish State Railways was created on 1 June 1888 [2] as an agency belonging to the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs, with the task of managing all state-owned railway lines in Sweden, and was transferred to the Ministry of Communications in 1920.
Stockholm regularly ranks as having one of the best public transport systems in the world. [1] [2] [3] Public transport is managed primarily by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), which is owned by Region Stockholm. [4] SL oversees a wide range of services, including buses, the metro, commuter rail, light rail, local rail, and commuter ferries. SL ...