The Swedish Transport Administration () is a
government agency
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in Sweden, controlled by the
Riksdag
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and the
Government of Sweden
The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden () is the Cabinet (government), national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's Executive (government), executive authority.
The Government consists of the Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister and their ...
. It is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for transport: road, rail, shipping and aviation. It owns, constructs, operates and maintains all state-owned roads and railways and operates many car ferry services.
The agency is a member of the Nordic Road Association.
For shipping and aviation, it only does planning and purchasing unprofitable traffic. Trafikverket does not do practical physical work to construct or maintain roads or railways, because that is done by separate companies which Trafikverket write contracts with and pay.
History
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. Preparations started in the autumn of 2009, and the new authority began its work on 1 April 2010.
It took over all operations of the
Vägverket oad administrationand
Banverket
The Swedish National Rail Administration () was a Swedish state administrative authority which acted as owner on behalf of the State and maintained virtually all main railway lines in Sweden; except for short sidings for freight, heritage railwa ...
ail administration as well as parts of the
Swedish Maritime Administration,
Civil Aviation Administration and the
Swedish Institute for Communications Analysis, except that some practical operations were transferred to new commercial companies. These companies do road and railway building and maintenance, airport operations etc.
Companies separated from predecessors of Swedish Transport Administration
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Svevia, road construction and maintenance
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Infranord, railway construction and maintenance
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SJ AB
SJ is the primary passenger train operator in Sweden. A wholly List of government enterprises of Sweden, state-owned company operated for-profit under market conditions, SJ operates various services across Sweden. SJ's operations include High-spee ...
, passenger train operator.
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Green Cargo, freight train operator.
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Euromaint, train maintenance, sold to a private owner.
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Jernhusen, owns railway related buildings, mainly railway stations.
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Swedavia
Swedavia AB is a Swedish state-owned company, which owns and operates ten of airports of Sweden, Sweden's busiest airports. It has its head office at the air traffic control tower of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sigtuna Municipality near Stockhol ...
, owns major profitable airports (smaller unprofitable airports are normally owned by municipalities and regions)
Other agencies within the transport sector
Many activities have historically been performed by national business agencies such as
SJ, Banverket and Swedish Road Administration. These agency activities has been taken over by the Swedish Transport Administration or by these agencies, if they weren't given to companies.
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Swedish Maritime Administration, maintains and regulates ship routes.
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Civil Aviation Administration, handles air traffic control and navigation infrastructure
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Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen), a different Swedish government agency which handles legal regulation and control over transport operation.
See also
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Riksdag
The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...
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Swedish Transport Administration electric road program The Swedish Transport Administration electric road program () or Swedish Transport Administration Electrification Program () is a program involving the assessment, planning, and implementation of an electric road national infrastructure for Sweden b ...
References
External links
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Swedish Transport Administration
Intermodal transport authorities
2010 establishments in Sweden
Government agencies established in 2010
Infrastructure in Sweden
Government railway authorities
Road transport organizations
Railway infrastructure managers
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