PASSENGER TRANSPORT: PUTTING IT TO WORK. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE OF THE SAME NAME HELD IN APRIL 1992. CHAPTER 6. COMPETITION IN TRANSPORT - THE SWEDISH APPROACH

The successful co-ordination by the County Council of Stockholm County's rail, road and sea transport in the 1970s led to Sweden's 1978 Transportation Act which made all County Councils responsible for public transport. This paper outlines the process by which this took place and the subsequent effects of competition brought in by the 1985 Transportation Act. Between 1979 and 1983 the Swedish counties each established transport boards and a county transport office where service levels, route configurations, fare structures, and marketing efforts were determined. By 1989 a co-ordinated and market-orientated public transport system had been formed which included rail, bus and ferry. The effects of the 1985 Transportation Act which deregulated road passenger transport and divided rail transport into infrastructure and operations are considered in detail. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 857377.