All Sweden articles
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NewsNext-generation Multi-Purpose Vehicle on test
SWEDEN: Railcare is testing its second-generation Multi-Purpose Vehicle, which has been developed with ABB and can both operate and charge its batteries via overhead electrification. ‘Combining electric power with the possibility of switching to battery power is an advantage on sites where there is no overhead ...
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NewsSwedish national ticketing product distribution system goes live
SWEDEN: The Samtrafiken collaboration of transport operators has a launched a neutral ticketing communications platform based on the Open Sales & Distribution Model-Online standard with the aim of streamlining ticket sales and enhancing cross-selling opportunities.
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NewsMalmbanan iron ore railway reopens after derailments
SWEDEN: Iron ore trains on the single-track railway between Kiruna and Narvik resumed on March 6 following two recent derailments. Toma Bačić reports.
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm metro trains ordered
SWEDEN: Transport authority SL has awarded Alstom a firm order to supply a further 20 Movia C30 metro trains for the Stockholm metro. The order announced on March 7 has been placed using an option on a SKr5bn 2013 contract with Bombardier Transportation which covered an ...
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NewsCheaper rolling stock financing predicted as Luxembourg protocol comes into force
INTERNATIONAL: A global treaty designed to make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to finance railway rolling stock came into force on March 8. The Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is a treaty under the ...
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NewsMTR agrees early hand-back of Mälartåg operating contract
SWEDEN: MTR Corp is to hand back its remaining operating contract with effect from June 16, reporting ‘challenges’ to achieving a financially sustainable business. Local transport authority Mälardalstrafik awarded MTR a contract to run regional services to the west and northwest of Stockholm until December 2029 ...
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NewsFinland’s VR to acquire Swedish open access operator
SWEDEN: Finnish national train operator VR Group has agreed to acquire MTR Nordic’s Swedish open access passenger business MTR Express. MTRX launched open access services between Stockholm and Göteborg in 2015. It now runs 18 services a day using six Stadler Flirt X74 EMUs and with ...
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NewsTransdev awarded Swedish train operating contract
SWEDEN: Östergötland transport authority Östgötatrafiken has selected Transdev for the next contract to operate Östgötapendeln passenger services. The regional services between Norrköping, Motala and Tranås are currently operated by Finland’s VR, which acquired Arriva’s Swedish activities. They use 18 Alstom Coradia Nordic X61 electric multiple-units, and carry ...
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Metro Report InternationalConnecting Stockholm wins metro operating contract
SWEDEN: Local authority Region Stockholm has selected the Connecting Stockholm joint venture of The Go-Ahead Group (55%) and ComfortDelGro (45%) to operate and maintain the Tunnelbana metro network. The preferred bidder was announced on January 23, with formal award subject to a standstill period. Go-Ahead CEO Patrick ...
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In depthResilient Infrastructure: Using machine learning to inspect overhead wires
Swedish infrastructure manager Trafikverket and maintenance contractor Infranord are using machine learning technology to monitor the condition of electrification equipment across the country.
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NewsDate set for Luxembourg Rail Protocol to enter into force
INTERNATIONAL: The Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment is to enter into force in contracting states on March 8 2024, the intergovernmental ratification task force has announced.
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NewsNarrow gauge commuter trains enter service in Stockholm
SWEDEN: Custom-designed Stadler X15p electric multiple-units have begun entering passenger service on Stockholm’s Roslagsbanan, the first new trains on the 891 mm gauge suburban line for around 30 years.
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NewsSJ to run Stockholm Pendeltågen as MTR withdraws
SWEDEN: Regional transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has reached agreement for state-owned passenger operator SJ AB to take over the operation of Stockholm’s Pendeltåg commuter services with effect from March 3 2024.
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NewsPoint machine predictive maintenance partnership
EUROPE: Vossloh is to develop a predictive maintenance model for point machines through a strategic collaboration with Swedish data analysis and artificial intelligence company Predge. ‘With the help of this trendsetting forecast model, our customers will be able to plan their maintenance measures more proactively, in ...
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NewsOrigami train manufacturing plan
SWEDEN: Alstom is investigating how origami-inspired manufacturing techniques from Stockholm-based design and technology company Stilfold could be used to make rolling stock production more sustainable. Stilfold’s patented ‘industrial origami’ inspired by the Japanese art of paper folding involves the use of robotic arms to fold flat ...
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NewsSJ fleet to deploy novel brake control system
SWEDEN: Knorr-Bremse announced on September 4 that it had signed a contract to deploy its CubeControl brake control system on a fleet of high speed trains for Sweden. Railway Gazette understands that the technology is to be fitted to the 25 Zefiro Express trainsets that Alstom ...
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NewsIndustry concerns as Swedish train planning woes continue
SWEDEN: Maintenance and operations contractor Railcare says train operators and contractors have been experiencing ‘tough industry conditions’ owing to ‘major problems’ with the introduction of Trafikverket’s market-adapted planning method for allocating train paths. The MPK platform and working methods went live in December but ran into ...
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NewsSwedish company buys SBB Cargo diesel locomotives
EUROPE: Nordic Re-Finance has bought 44 Am843 diesel locomotives from Switzerland’s SBB Cargo, saying this will enable it to offer ‘future-proof’ locomotives for lease in the Swedish market. The Am843 single-cab four-axle Vossloh G1700-2 diesel locos dating from 2003-09 are used for shunting and light freight ...
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NewsSystra agrees to buy Atkins business in Scandinavia
EUROPE: International engineering consultancy Systra has reached agreement to acquire the Atkins businesses in Sweden, Denmark and Norway from SNC-Lavalin Group, strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian market.
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Metro Report InternationalUppsala tramway construction supervision contract awarded
SWEDEN: The city of Uppsala has awarded a contract to supervise the construction of its future tramway to consultancy Systra and subcontractors Bjerking, Treeline, White, Rundquist, Lindahl and Consoden. The contract announced in May runs from 2023 to 2031 and is worth SKr145m. Tramway ...