Swedish Transport Administration

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>It took over all operations of the <a href="/facts/V%25C3%25A4gverket/n61VHW94">Vägverket</a> [road administration] and <a href="/facts/Banverket/8jVrBVhM">Banverket</a> [rail administration], as well as parts of the <a href="/facts/Swedish_Maritime_Administration/PpeSklkc">Swedish Maritime Administration</a>, <a href="/facts/LFV/yHJ47KHU">Civil Aviation Administration</a> 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.
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<h3>Companies separated from predecessors of Swedish Transport Administration</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Svevia/mJGYgA2P">Svevia</a>, road construction and maintenance</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Infranord/abMvqQW7">Infranord</a>, railway construction and maintenance</li>
<li><a href="/facts/SJ_AB/Sqe0RXUa">SJ AB</a>, passenger train operator.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Green_Cargo/4odYlWqR">Green Cargo</a>, freight train operator.</li>
<li>Euromaint, train maintenance, sold to a private owner.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jernhusen/kax6utof">Jernhusen</a>, owns railway related buildings, mainly railway stations.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Swedavia/pGF4NUkI">Swedavia</a>, owns major profitable airports (smaller unprofitable airports are normally owned by municipalities and regions)</li></ul>
<h3>Other agencies within the transport sector</h3>
<p>Many activities have historically been performed by national business agencies such as <a href="/facts/Swedish_State_Railways/hIqnFnCd">SJ</a>, 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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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Swedish_Maritime_Administration/PpeSklkc">Swedish Maritime Administration</a>, maintains and regulates ship routes.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Civil_Aviation_Administration_(Sweden)/yHJ47KHU">Civil Aviation Administration</a>, handles air traffic control and navigation infrastructure</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Swedish_Transport_Agency/04G7JTEn">Swedish Transport Agency</a> (Transportstyrelsen), a different Swedish government agency which handles legal regulation and control over transport operation.</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Riksdag/uarwUozH">Riksdag</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Swedish_Transport_Administration_electric_road_program/Mggdtwot">Swedish Transport Administration electric road program</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.trafikverket.se/en/startpage/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Nordiskt vägforum NVF". www.nvfnorden.org. Retrieved 2017-01-06. <a href="http://www.nvfnorden.org/nvf-in-english/" target="_blank">http://www.nvfnorden.org/nvf-in-english/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Trafikverket". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2024. <a href="http://www.ne.se/trafikverket" target="_blank">http://www.ne.se/trafikverket</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Swedish Transport Administration