Kollektivtrafikförvaltningen UL (English: Public transport administration UL) (formerly Upplands Lokaltrafik until 1 January 2012) is the integrated transport authority ( sv, Trafikhuvudman) responsible for

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buses and trains at the county level ( sv, länstrafik) in

Uppsala County Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Prov ...

, Sweden. Their name is derived from the historical province of

Uppland Uppland () is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. On the small uninhab ...

, which included the modern county along with part of what is now Stockholm County.

Buses

The green city buses (''Stadsbussarna'') in

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Located north of the c ...

are operated by UL in co-operation with Gamla Uppsala Buss. Yellow regional buses (''Regionbussarna'') cover most of the county, with a major hub at

Uppsala Central Station Uppsala Central Station is a railway station in Uppsala, Sweden. It lies on the East Coast Line, which runs south to Stockholm and north to Gävle and Sundsvall. It is also the southeastern terminus for the Dala Line which runs northwest ending i ...

; some run on to major destinations in neighbouring counties. UL's long-distance services are operated by private contractors, including

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and others.

Trains

UL's former commuter railway route, Upptåget, connected Uppsala and neighbouring small towns with Tierp and Gävle in the north, and Morgongåva,

Heby Heby is a locality and the seat of Heby Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden, with 2,550 inhabitants in 2010. Sports The following sports clubs are located in Heby: * Heby AIF Heby AIF is a Swedish football club located in Heby in Uppsala ...

and Sala in the west. Until 2012 Upptåget also connected Uppsala with

Arlanda Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the prov ...

, and Upplands-Väsby where SL had further connection, but after that year SL operates this route as part of Stockholm Commuter Rail. Operation of Upptåget trains was previously contracted out to the national railway SJ, who also operate services through the county on their own behalf, connecting it with destinations farther afield including Stockholm, Sundsvall, and

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitan ...

. DSB won a contract to operate Upptåget from June 2011 until September 2017, when

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took over the contract. From December 2021, Upptåget was planned to disappear as its own traffic system and from June 12, 2022 it became a part of Mälartåg, which is a system for regional train traffic in the

Mälaren Valley The Mälaren Valley ( sv, Mälardalen), occasionally referred to as Stockholm-Mälaren Region (''Stockholm-mälarregionen''), is the easternmost part of Svealand, the catchment area of Lake Mälaren and the surrounding municipalities. The term is ...

, established in 2019. There are 16 stations, of which 3 ( Furuvik, Gävle and Sala) are outside Uppsala County.

Former

* X10 (from 1991 until 1998) *

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(3 units on loan from Krösatågen ( sv) from April 2017 to December 2019) * X12 (from 1997 until 2003) * X52 (from 2002 until 2022) * Stadler DOSTO (from 2019 until 2022)

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* File:GUB_481_220902_01.jpg, A green Uppsala city bus at the Uppsala central station, a yellow regional bus can be seen in the background. File:Keolis_7742_00.jpg, A yellow regional bus at the Uppsala Central Station. File:Keolis_8510_220902_01.jpg, Another yellow regional bus at the Uppsala central station. File:Upptaget uppsala 130704 (cropped).jpg,

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of type Bombardier Regina at the Uppsala Central Station. File:Nya Upptåget.jpg, Communter train of type Stadler KISS at the Örbyhus station. {{Authority control Rail transport in Uppsala County Public transport authorities of Sweden Swedish companies established in 2012 Transport companies established in 2012