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SJ AB is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport
Public transport

Public transport comprises passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public, as opposed to modes for private use such as automobiles or vehicles for hire....
 division of Statens Järnvägar
Statens Järnvägar

Statens J?rnv?gar, SJ, or Swedish State Railways, originally Kungl. J?rnv?gsstyrelsen, or the Royal Railway Board, was a former enterprise Government agencies in Sweden of the Sweden government....
 ('The State's Railways', also commonly known as SJ), when the former government agency
Government agencies in Sweden

The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden....
 was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.

SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised and unsubsidised services. The unsubsidised services are a monopoly and consist mainly of the X 2000
X 2000

X 2000 is the brand name of Sweden's Tilting train 200 km/h high-speed train class X2 train, which is constructed by ADtranz and operated by SJ AB....
 high-speed train
High-speed rail

High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200 km/h and faster ? depending on whether the track is upgraded or new ? by the European Union, and above 90 mph by the United States Federal Railroad Administration, but...
 network.






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SJ AB is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport
Public transport

Public transport comprises passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public, as opposed to modes for private use such as automobiles or vehicles for hire....
 division of Statens Järnvägar
Statens Järnvägar

Statens J?rnv?gar, SJ, or Swedish State Railways, originally Kungl. J?rnv?gsstyrelsen, or the Royal Railway Board, was a former enterprise Government agencies in Sweden of the Sweden government....
 ('The State's Railways', also commonly known as SJ), when the former government agency
Government agencies in Sweden

The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden....
 was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.

SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised and unsubsidised services. The unsubsidised services are a monopoly and consist mainly of the X 2000
X 2000

X 2000 is the brand name of Sweden's Tilting train 200 km/h high-speed train class X2 train, which is constructed by ADtranz and operated by SJ AB....
 high-speed train
High-speed rail

High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions include 200 km/h and faster ? depending on whether the track is upgraded or new ? by the European Union, and above 90 mph by the United States Federal Railroad Administration, but...
 network. The subsidised trains are awarded through competitive bids. However, some trains fall in between these categories, since public transit agencies can pay SJ to allow transit pass holders access to SJ's trains.

SJ received a government bailout a few years after its creation, but has since had profit margins of up to ten per cent. All train operators in Sweden pay low track access charges to the track authority, Banverket
Banverket

The Swedish Rail Administration is a government agency that owns and maintains virtually all rail transport in Sweden. It was formed in 1988 when Statens J?rnv?gar was split, leaving Statens J?rnv?gar as mainly a train operator and real estate owner, only to be split again in 2001....
.

In co-operation with Tradera
Tradera

Tradera.com is an online auction website in Sweden. Tradera currently has over a million members, and hundreds of thousands of visitors every month....
 (Swedish eBay
EBay

eBay Inc. is an United States Internet company that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide....
), SJ auctions surplus tickets on-line.

See also

  • Statens Järnvägar
    Statens Järnvägar

    Statens J?rnv?gar, SJ, or Swedish State Railways, originally Kungl. J?rnv?gsstyrelsen, or the Royal Railway Board, was a former enterprise Government agencies in Sweden of the Sweden government....
  • Nils Ericson
    Nils Ericson

    Friherre Nils Ericson was a Sweden inventor and mechanics engineer, like his brother, John Ericsson. Nils Ericson, born in L?ngbanshyttan, V?rmland, Sweden, was raised to the untitled nobility by king Oscar I of Sweden in 1854, which made him revert to a spelling of his surname with only one "s"....
    , railway pioneer
  • Transportation in Sweden
  • Rail transport in Sweden
    Rail transport in Sweden

    Rail transport in Sweden utilises a network of 13,000 Kilometre of track, the List of countries by rail transport network size. Construction of the first railway line in Sweden began in 1855....
  • List of railway companies
    List of railway companies

    This is a list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and in the past....
  • Green Cargo
    Green Cargo

    Green Cargo is a Sweden logistics company transporting various types of goods by train. It was created in 2001 out of the logistics division of Statens J?rnv?gar and became a government-owned limited company....
  • Tågkompaniet
    Tågkompaniet

    T?gkompaniet or Svenska T?gkompaniet AB is a Sweden railway company that operates franchises in Northern Sweden and Stockholm. The company was founded in 1999 by three former railway employees in Statens J?rnv?gar and the investment company Sm?f?retagsinvest/Fylkinvest....
  • Connex
    Connex

    Connex may refer to:...
  • Banverket
    Banverket

    The Swedish Rail Administration is a government agency that owns and maintains virtually all rail transport in Sweden. It was formed in 1988 when Statens J?rnv?gar was split, leaving Statens J?rnv?gar as mainly a train operator and real estate owner, only to be split again in 2001....


External links

  • - Official site
  • - Official site (Swedish Railway Infrastructure Agency)