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

public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...

buses and trains at the county level () in

Uppsala County Uppsala County () 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. Province The nor ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. 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. The name literally ...

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

Buses

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

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

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 (Sweden), East Coast Line, which runs south to Stockholm and north to Gävle and Sundsvall. It is also the southeastern terminus for the Dala Line whi ...

; 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 Tierp () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,143 inhabitants in 2018. Communications Tierp is connected to Uppsala and Gävle by commuter train Mälartåget and the new (2007) sect ...

and

Gävle Gävle ( ; ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 79,004 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the List of cities in Sweden, 13th-most-populated city in Sweden. I ...

in the north, and

Morgongåva Morgongåva is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,409 inhabitants in 2010. Town name The town name is the same as that of the oldest known name for a cottage (est. 1667) in the area. The ...

, Heby and Sala in the west. Until 2012 Upptåget also connected Uppsala with Arlanda, and Upplands-Väsby where SL had further connection, but after that year SL operates this route as part of

Stockholm Commuter Rail Stockholm commuter rail () is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are state-owned and administere ...

. 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

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Sundsvall Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population. Old town i ...

, 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 inhabit ...

. 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 12 June 2022 it became a part of , which is a system for regional train traffic in the Mälar Valley, 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)

References

External links

* 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:Upplands lokaltrafik. Bålsta.JPG, Yellow regional bus at Bålsta 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

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at the Örbyhus station. {{Authority control Transport in Uppsala County Public transport operators in Sweden Swedish companies established in 2012 Transport companies established in 2012 20th-century establishments in Uppsala County