Swedish State Railways urge private competitors
The Swedish private railway company Sydvasten certainly not presented, as in January traffic between Gothenburg and Malmo of the Swedish State Railways (SJ) took over. With a new approach should the line again operated at a profit. The State Railways was the years have not succeeded, after a Reichstag’s decision in 1993, the transport licensing therefore publicly advertised. Sylvester, a British-French-Swedish joint venture has won back market share immediately, and substantial investments were before. But the company had last Friday to apply for bankruptcy. Not because financial resources are lacking, but the Swedish Ministry of Economic Affairs decided to contract with Sylvester next year not to renew. The Swedish state railways have come to the conclusion that in the next year, after the opening of the Oresund bridge, also on the west coast again at a profit can drive. According to a clause in the contract between the state and Sylvester is the traffic law in these circumstances automatically SJ. The clause was Sylvester is known, but the consortium expected that only the first one-year contract would be renewed. In the negotiations, Economics Minister Bjoern Rosengren imply, that you have no intentions of the new competitors after a year already out of the race to throw. Obviously people saw it but only as long as the state does not even deserve. For Sweden’s Social Democratic government is not only to rail transport. Private involvement in the public domain is fiercely controversial in Sweden, particularly in the left stem electorate. The liberalization of the Swedish railway market is a legacy of the former conservative government under Carl Built. ULLSTEIN The Swedish State Railways to a private operator Sylvester operated route back again. Back to the anger of the private company. It had to go into receivership.
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