Storstockholms Lokaltrafik

AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Basic information
Web presence	AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Swedish / English)
Employee	500
Lines
railroad	7th
Subway	7th
tram	4 + 1 museum line
Light rail	5 (local train)
number of vehicles
Subway car	521
statistics
Stops	100 underground 51 railway 61 tram 56 local railway
Length of line network
Railway lines	~ 200 km
Subway lines	143.4 km
Tram lines	20.7 km
Light rail lines	83.5 km (local railway)

An SL train at Stockholm Central Station

The AB storstockholms lokaltrafik short SL (to 1967 AB of Stockholm Spårvägar , SS) is the public transport company of Greater Stockholm . It acts as the management company of the agency, the province of Stockholm County . It is responsible in this province for the metro ( Tunnelbana ), the trams , the local trains , the S-Bahn -like suburban trains ( Pendeltåg ) and the bus lines . SL provides infrastructure and vehicles and is responsible for planning and marketing the transport offer. The actual implementation is outsourced to private companies by SL by tendering.

Lines

All railway lines that run in the Storstockholms Lokaltrafik are listed here:

line	Line name	Line route	Vehicle use
Tunnelbanan ( subway )
10	Blå linje	Kungsträdgården  - T-Centralen  - Hjulsta	C6-C20
11		Kungsträdgården  - T-Centralen  - Akalla	C6-C20
13	Röda linje	Norsborg  - T-Centralen  - Ropsten	C6-C20
14th		Fruängen  - T-Centralen  - Mörby centrum	C6-C20
17th	Gröna linje	( Åkeshov  -) Odenplan  - T-Centralen  - Skarpnäck	C20
18th		( Vällingby  -) Alvik  - T-Centralen  - Farsta strand	C20
19th		Hässelby strand  - T-Centralen  - Hagsätra	C20
Spårvagn ( tram )
7th	Spårväg City	Sergels torg  - Kungsträdgården  - Nybroplan - Nordic Museum / Vasa Museum  - Skansen / Djurgårdsslätten - Waldemarsudde	A34 and A35
7N	Djurgårdslinje	Norrmalmstorg  - Nybroplan - Nordic Museum / Vasa Museum - Skansen / Djurgårdsslätten - Waldemarsudde	historic trams
12	Nockebybanan	Alvik  - Ålstensgatan - Höglandstorget - Nockeby	A32 and A35
21st	Lidingobanan	Ropsten  - Larsberg - AGA  - Skärsätra - Gåshaga - Gåshaga brygga ( Lidingö municipality )	A36
22nd	Tvärbanan	Solna station - Solna centrum - Solna Business Park - Sundbybergs centrum - Alvik - Stora Essingen  - Liljeholmen  - Årstaberg  - Globen - Gullmarsplan  - Sickla ( Nacka )	A32 and A35
Lokalbanan ( local railway )
25th	Saltsjobanan	Slussen  - Nacka  - Lillängen - Saltsjö-Duvnas - Igelboda  - Saltsjöbanan	C10
26th		Igelboda - Typing - Tattby - Ersta viksbadet - Solsidan	C10
27	Roslagsbanan	Stockholms östra  - Universitetet  - Mörby  - Djursholms Ösby - Roslags Näsby  - Täby kyrkby - Vallentuna  - Lindholmen - Kårsta	X10p
28		Stockholms östra  - Universitetet  - Mörby  - Djursholms Ösby - Bråvallavägen - Djursholms Ekeby - Enebyberg - Roslags Näsby  - Täby Centrum - Viggbyholm  - Hägernäs  - Åkersberga  - Österskär	X10p
29		Stockholms östra  - Universitetet  - Stocksund - Mörby   - Djursholms Ösby - Täby Näsbypark	X10p
Pendeltåg ( S-Bahn )
40	Pendeltåg	Uppsalas centralstation - Knivsta  - Stockholm / Arlanda Airport  - Upplands Väsby  - Sollentuna  - Solna  - Stockholm Odensplan - Stockholm City - Stockholms södra  - Älvsjö station  - Huddinge  - Tumba  - Södertälje hamn - Södertälje centrum	X60
41		Märsta  - Upplands Väsby  - Sollentuna  - Solna  - Stockholm Odenplan - Stockholm City - Stockholms södra  - Älvsjö station  - Huddinge  - Tumba  - Södertälje hamn - Södertälje centrum
42		Märsta  - Upplands Väsby  - Sollentuna  - Solna  - Stockholm Odenplan - Stockholm City - Stockholms södra  - Älvsjö station  - Handen  - Jordbro  - Västerhaninge  - Ösmo  - Nynäshamn
43		Bålsta  - Kungsängen  - Jakobsberg  - Sundbyberg  - Stockholm Odenplan - Stockholm City - Stockholms södra  - Älvsjö station  - Handen  - Jordbro  - Västerhaninge  - Ösmo  - Nynäshamn
44		Bålsta  - Kungsängen  - Jakobsberg  - Sundbyberg  - Stockholm Odenplan - Stockholm City - Stockholms södra  - Älvsjö station  - Huddinge  - Tumba  - Södertälje hamn - Södertälje centrum
45		Uppsalas centralstation - Knivsta  - Stockholm / Arlanda Airport  - Upplands Väsby  - Sollentuna  - Solna  - Stockholm Odenplan - Stockholm City - Stockholms södra  - Älvsjö station - Handen  - Jordbro  - Västerhaninge  - Ösmo  - Nynäshamn
48		Södertälje centrum - Södertälje hamn - Södertälje Syd - Järna  - Gnesta

Subway

→ Main article : Tunnelbanan

Tunnelbanan is operated by MTR Corporation , the Hong Kong subway company. The three main routes (red, blue and green lines) are used by seven individual lines (blue line: 10 and 11, red line: 13 and 14, green line: 17, 18 and 19).

tram

→ Main article : Stockholm tram

The history of the Stockholm tram began on July 10, 1877 with the opening of the first horse-drawn tram . Between 1887 and 1901 a steam tram also operated in the Södermalm district . Electrical operation of the railway began in 1901. Until 1917 there were two tram companies in the city with the Stockholm Nya Spårvägsaktiebolag , SNS for short , and Södra Spårvägs AB , SSB for short. From that year they were united as AB Stockholms Spårvägar (SS). In 1923 she introduced the first omnibuses. In 1926 a tram was discontinued in favor of a bus line. In 1941 a trolleybus line was discontinued .

On April 15, 1957, the city decided to gradually convert tram operations to omnibuses. At that time it was found that this decision was uneconomical. Nevertheless, the gradual discontinuation of the railway began. From September 3, 1967, the city center was empty of trams. On the same day, Dagen H , the right-hand driving rules were introduced in Sweden, which was also a reason for the suspension, because expensive new vehicles with doors on the other, now correct side, would have had to be bought for right-hand driving. Until then, people were driving on the left in Sweden . From January 1, 1967, the Stockholm Tram Company, AB Stockholms Spårvägar , (SS) was transformed into the regional company AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik.

A process of rethinking began in the 1970s. It turned out that despite the massive expansion of the subway, the bus could not get the traffic problems under control on its own. Only two of the trams were left (Lidingöbanan and Nockebybanan), which mainly acted as feeders for the subway. Spårväg City, Djurgårdslinje and Lidingöbanan are operated by AB Stockholms Spårvägar , the company originally re-established to operate the museum tram, and Nockebybanan and Tvärbanan by Arriva Sverige.

Djurgårdslinje

Car 335

→ Main article : Djurgårds line

The Djurgårds line was discontinued in 1967. Since then, there have been repeated considerations to reactivate them. In 1985 the city decided, without the consent of the SL, to put it back into operation as a museum railway. It started operating on June 2, 1991. Historic trams run on the weekends as line 7N. In 2010 the new tram line 7 Spårväg City was formed from the Djurgårds line , but the 7N continues to operate.

Spårväg City

→ Main article : Spårväg City

In order to get the problems in the inner city under control, the construction of an inner city railway based on the model of the Trambaan in the Netherlands is planned. This should consist of seven day and three night lines. This project is to be implemented in five phases and is planned to cost around seven billion crowns . Since August 2010, line 7 has been running on the Djurgårds line , which was extended to Sergels torg and which was previously used exclusively as a museum railway.

Nockebybanan

→ Main article : Nockebybanan

The Nockebybahn with line number 12 has had no connection to the city center since 1952. Today it serves as a feeder to the subway. In 1967 it was completely converted to right-hand traffic. The existing turning loop was removed in the years that followed.

Lidingobanan

→ Main article : Lidingöbanan

This train with the line number 21 is the younger of two operated in joint traffic. The older railway has operated between Islinge ( Sommarbo ) and Boo in the north of Lidingö Island since 1907, and was later extended to Kyrkviken . Between 1909 and 1914, the cars went from Islinge directly to the city center on ferries specially purchased for the railway. In 1914 the line from Herserud , with a normal passenger ferry from Stockholm, to Parkvägen and later Gåshaga was added. From 1925, both trains ran into the city via a newly built bridge. On September 3, 1967, the line to the city center was replaced by the underground line to Ropsten . On June 12, 1971, the double-track branch to Kyrkviken was set to facilitate the construction of a second bridge. The other section has been modernized and from May 7, 2000 with the new terminal stop Gåshaga Brygga has a connection to ferries further out into the archipelago.

Tvärbanan

→ Main article : Tvärbanan

Since all lines of the subway and suburban trains went through the station, all passengers who wanted to go from one part of the city to another were forced to go through the main station. As early as 1988, there were considerations to build a high-speed city train. This was brought into an environmental and transport plan ( EIA ) and an attempt was made to adopt it. Since a new motorway was included in this EIA, it failed in 1992. With a delay of five years, construction work began anyway, and on January 8, 2000, the first section went into operation. Another 2.4 kilometer section was put into operation by 2003. This line bears the line number 22.

Current vehicles

Different vehicles are used on the tram lines.

Type	Manufacturer	model	Lines	Construction year	number	length	width	Empty mass	Maximum power	Maximum speed	Vehicle numbers	comment	image
A32	Bombardier	Flexity Swift	Tvärbanan Nockebybanan	1999-2008	31	29.70 m	2.65 m	37.50 t	4 × 120 kW	80 km / h	401-437	6 pieces taken over by RijnGouweLijn in 2010 (432–437)
A34	Bombardier	Flexity Classic	Djurgårds line	2011 -	6th	30 m	2.40 m	40 t	4 × 150 kW	100 km / h	1-6	Between 2006 and 2012 the vehicles from Norrköping (type M06, vehicle no. 33–35) and Frankfurt (type S, vehicle no. 262–264) were used
A35	CAF	Urbos AXL	Tvärbanan	2011 -	15th	31.175 m	2.65 m			90 km / h	451-465
A36	CAF	Urbos AXL	Lidingobanan	2014 -	7th	40.60 m	2.65 m		8 × 65 kW	90 km / h	551-557
	CAF	Urbos			8th							three-part bidirectional car, ordered in July 2017

Local railway

Both routes are operated by Arriva Sverige.

Saltsjobanan

→ Main article : Saltsjöbanan

The railway, which opened in 1893, is the oldest existing railway in Stockholm besides the long-distance lines. It was considered one of the most expensive railways in Sweden when it was built. An association founded in 1971 prevented its closure. Today it carries around 16,000 passengers a day. The two lines 25 and 26 together are 18.6 kilometers long and have 18 stops.

Roslagsbanan

→ Main article : Roslagsbanan

This current local line goes back to old long-distance and local lines. It has a three Swedish foot gauge , 891 mm. The original suburban rail section of the network in northeast Stockholm was opened in 1885; In 1895, a section of the route was one of the first railways in the world to be electrified. By 1954, the entire network had reached a length of 354 kilometers. Since then, its length has shrunk to its current 63 kilometers. Today the three lines 27, 28 and 29 transport around 40,000 passengers per day and are the only remaining non-museum narrow-gauge railway in Sweden. The Roslagsbanan ends at Stockholms östra station , where you can change to the red subway line.

Suburban trains

→ Main article : Pendeltåg

The four Pendeltåg lines 35, 36, 37 and 38, which offer suburban service similar to the S-Bahn , are operated by Stockholmståg , a subsidiary of the Swedish state railway Statens Järnvägar .

bus

The SL organizes the bus lines in Stockholm, which are shown in different colors on route maps. Lines 1 to 4 are the most heavily used lines, serve important main traffic axes and provide fast tangential connections away from the subway. They are operated exclusively with articulated buses painted blue and run at frequent intervals. Most of the lines in downtown Stockholm are operated by Keolis , a subsidiary of the French state railway SNCF .

The remaining lines with two (city bus) and three-digit (suburban / regional bus) line numbers are mainly operated with solo cars. The buses are usually painted red. An exception are the Blåbusslinjer ( blue bus lines ), which are articulated buses painted blue and operate according to the Bus Rapid Transit concept , i.e. H. should achieve a higher standard through their own bus lanes and other measures. This includes lines 1 to 4 in the city center as well as lines with three-digit numbers, where the middle number is 7.

With three-digit line numbers, the first digit indicates the area. Buses in the outer city area have line numbers in the range 100–199, buses in Lidingö have line numbers from 200 to 299, etc. However, there is also some overlap. The second digit usually further limits the area.

Night bus routes in the city center have numbers in the range 90–99. With three-digit line numbers, night bus lines have 9 as the middle digit.

In 2004 the SL had 1,761 buses, 784 of which were low-floor buses.

Passenger ferries

As of 2019, SL is offering three passenger ferry lines on the waters in the Stockholm city area. These ferry lines can be used with all SL tickets. They are operated by various shipping companies on behalf of SL.

Sjövägen

→ Main article : Sjövägen

The ferry line between the islands of Lidingö and Kvarnholmen and Stockholm city center, initially set up by a real estate company for its tenants, was taken over in 2010 as part of a pilot project, and then completely in SL's local transport system from 2013. It operates under the name Sjövägen and has line number 80.

Djurgården ferry

The Djurgården ferry operates on the Slussen - Skeppsholmen - Djurgården route . The line previously operated by Waxholmsbolaget was taken over by SL in June 2014 and integrated into the transport and tariff system with line number 82. The ferries operate at frequent intervals every day, with departures every ten minutes at peak times. It is particularly popular with visitors to the numerous museums and attractions on the island of Djurgården.

Riddarfjärds line (2016-2018)

The Riddarfjärds line went into operation in January 2016. It ran every day on line number 85 between 6 a.m. (on weekends from 9 a.m.) and 7 p.m. every half hour on a V-shaped course between Klara Mälarstrand , Söder Mälarstrand and Kungsholmen . Operations were discontinued at the end of 2018.

Eker oil line

In August 2016, the fourth passenger ferry line operated by SL went into operation under the name Ekerölinien with line number 89. It only runs Monday to Friday mornings and afternoons during peak hours. The stops Klara Mälarstrand, Lilla Essingen , Ekensberg , Kungshatt (only by appointment) and Tappström (not when there is ice) will be used.

trolleybus

→ Main article : Stockholm trolleybus

The trolleybus was introduced by Stockholms Spårvägs in 1941. In the 1950s, the largest network in Scandinavia was established in the city with 13 lines. By 1964 this mode of transport disappeared completely from the city.

Tariff system

The local transport system in Stockholm follows the stipulation that half of the costs should be covered by ticket sales.

A uniform tariff system was first introduced in 1971. Before that, different tariff systems applied in different modes of transport.

Over the years, SL's tariff system has been changed numerous times. Today it is based on time and single tickets that are valid in the entire tariff area. The tariffs are designed in such a way that season tickets are cheaper than single tickets for just a few trips a month.

Tickets are sold through kiosks, SL centers and machines. Certain cards are available at the entrances to the subway and Pendeltåg.

The tickets are checked in the subway, at Pendeltåg and at the Djurgården ferry at locks at the entrance to the stations. In buses, this is done by the driver, which is why you generally have to get on at the front. There are conductors on the other local trains with the exception of Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan as well as on the other ferry lines operated by SL.

In addition, SL instructs inspectors. If you drive without a valid ticket, you may be fined 1200 Swedish kronor .

Card types

The variety of all valid card types cannot be shown here. The following list is limited to the most common types.

There are two types of cards:

• Season tickets : these tickets are valid for a period of time in the entire local transport area. They are also valid on the Djurgården ferry .
  • There are general cards for periods of 24 hours, 72 hours, seven days, 30 days, 90 days and one year. Until 2010 there were season tickets that were issued for the periods January to April, May to August and September to December. In the course of the introduction of the new payment system, these fixed periods were made more flexible. Cards can now be purchased for 90 days at any time. Only a special discount for the summer months May to August is still offered. Season tickets must be loaded onto an SL-Access card (see payment system). Only 24 and 72 hour tickets are also available on a disposable chip card.
  • There are several types of cards for students under 20 and young people in general, some of which are only valid during school time (not on weekends and not in the evenings) or only outside of school hours. All these cards are issued in the school half-year, which is why there is a separate card for the summer holidays. In the course of the introduction of the new payment system, this type of ticket was made more flexible so that there are 90-day tickets for young people.
  • There are also numerous special card types such as company cards and a card for groups.
• Single tickets : With these card types, individual trips are billed.
  • Single tickets for immediate travel are sold at ticket offices, by train conductors on certain trains and at machines. These are either printed out on paper or loaded onto an existing SL access card.
  • Reskassa : Owners of an SL access card can load a credit called Reskassa onto their card. From this credit, single trips can be paid electronically at a discounted rate. The credit can be topped up at all ticket machines and sales points. In addition, an automatic top-up is also possible after the credit has been used up. To do this, you have to register the Access card and a credit card with SL. Reskassan replaces the multi-trip tickets on paper offered until 2013.
  • Electronic tickets: A smartphone app enables the purchase of electronic single tickets with payment by credit card or the Swedish online payment service Swish . The previous option of purchasing tickets by SMS was abolished on January 9, 2018.
  • All single tickets are valid for 75 minutes. When traveling with a change, the last change must be made within 75 minutes.

Almost all card types are available in a reduced-price version that can be used by young people under the age of 20, students, early retirees, senior citizens aged 65 and over and certain other groups.

A special arrangement applies to the J38 shuttle line, which has been extended to Uppsala via Stockholm / Arlanda Airport since December 2012 . The airport train station Arlanda C represents the border between the SL area and the tariff area of Upplands Lokaltrafik . Passengers who want to take the Pendeltåg via Arlanda C to Knivsta or Uppsala need tickets for both tariff areas or special combination tickets. Passengers who want to get on or off at Arlanda C have to pay a special surcharge.

Payment system

At the beginning of the uniform tariffs 50 cards were introduced, at the end of the 1970s 70 cards.

The most durable card was the stamp strip, which was introduced in 1973, changed size and appearance several times, and was replaced by an electronic credit system in 2013. In addition to them, individual coupons were sold that were stamped according to the same pattern. There were a few season tickets that were also stamped.

The Stamkort , for which there were monthly stamps , used to be a personal permanent ticket . The last version was abolished in 1997, so that the photo as a distinguishing feature and the attachment to a person disappeared. Later, only schoolchildren and student cards were tied to one person. At the same time, the monthly tickets were replaced by 30-day tickets.

From 1995 on there were paper cards in credit card format with magnetic stripes. They could be used on the electronic locks at the entrances to the subway and Pendeltåg. This system was phased out from 2010 onwards.

From 2008 a new electronic card system, SL Access, was introduced. It uses RFID chips , which means that the tickets can be read without direct contact with a card reader. The plastic cards are only the carrier of the ticket and can be loaded as often as you like, possibly with several cards in parallel. After some initial technical problems, there were some delays. In 2007 a first area test was carried out on Lidingö. The first regular tickets were issued from September 2008. Sales were initially limited to season tickets, but were expanded to 30-day tickets in November 2008. Initially, the cards were only sold in the SL Center. As of May 2009, machines where cards can be topped up were put into operation. The first card that was sold exclusively through SL Access was the student card, which was last issued as a paper card in autumn 2009. The kiosks, which take on a large part of the ticket sales, initially only sold paper and stamp cards with a few exceptions. As of October 2010, almost exclusively Access tickets were issued. Since September 2013, with the exception of single tickets available from machines, for immediate travel and electronic tickets, all tickets have only been available on Access cards. Coupons are only sold by the conductors in the local railways with the exception of Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan. All other paper tickets and stripe tickets were abolished. For tourists there are 24- and 72-hour access cards as single-use chip cards.

Due to the rapidly increasing use of smartphone tickets, the card readers at all platform barriers were replaced in the course of 2018 and 2019. In addition to the access cards, the new readers can also read the tickets shown as QR codes on the display of the mobile phone. From 2019, the buses were gradually equipped with QR code readers.

Zoning

From 1973 to 2006 and from 2007 to 2017 SL had different zone systems.

In 1973, as part of a reform of the card system, a zone system was introduced that contained 43 zones. The inner city of Stockholm formed a zone. Outside, the other zones were lined up around the city, partly radially and partly in a ring.

In February 1989 this system was replaced by one with five zones.

As of May 2006, these zones were abolished by resolution of the then red-green majority and a uniform tariff applied. However, this led to significant complications. SL suffered a substantial loss of income. Since a ticket bought on the bus was only slightly more expensive at 20 kroner than a single ticket bought in advance (18 kroner), many passengers only bought their tickets when they started their journey and paid in cash. The cash stocks that accumulated among the drivers were the target of numerous robberies on buses. On April 1, 2007, therefore, the possibility of buying tickets on board the bus was completely abolished.

Even earlier, in March 2007, a new zone system was introduced by resolution of the new bourgeois government. It only has three zones, named A, B and C. A forms the core in the middle and comprises the entire underground network as well as Lidingö, Nockeby and Tvärbanan. Zones B and C are like rings around Zone A, with Zone B including all of the remaining rail traffic with the exception of a few commuting stations. The zone boundaries are based on the municipal boundaries. For example, the border between the municipalities of Vallentuna and Norrtälje forms the zone boundary between B and C.

A few places were outside of the zone system. These were Bålsta and Gnesta , which are outside Stockholm County . Tickets there were subject to a special surcharge.

This zone system was abolished on January 9, 2017 and replaced by the standard tariff system described above. The main reasons for this were the unpopularity with the travelers and the fact that half of the travelers paid too little, i. H. paid for fewer zones when she passed through.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Storstockholms Lokaltrafik: All rail services. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, accessed on April 25, 2020 (English, se). 
2. ↑ Blickpunkt Straßenbahn , issue 4/2010, page 130, ISSN  0173-0290
3. ↑ Svenska Spårvägssällskapet: SL A34
4. ↑ CAF website: STOCKHOLM TRAM
5. ↑ Stockholm's first Lidingö light rail vehicle on test . 5th June 2014.
6. ↑ EPD system: Urbos AXL for Stockholm Lokaltrafik A35 Tram Units
7. ↑ EPD system: Urbos AXL for Stockholm Lokaltrafik A36 tram units
8. ↑ IRJ, July 28, 2017: Stockholm extends CAF tram order
9. ↑ Pendelbåtar. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, accessed on June 3, 2017 (Swedish). 
10. ↑ Ann Sehlin: Nya protester mot nedläggning av pendelbåt. SVT Nyheter, December 30, 2018, accessed December 17, 2019 (Swedish). 
11. ↑ 50-KORTET. Retrieved July 22, 2015 . 
12. ↑ I januari slutar SL med sms-biljetter. In: svt.se. September 8, 2017, Retrieved May 12, 2018 (Swedish). 
13. ^ Tariff information SL (Swedish).
14. ↑ Period biljetter for 24 and 72 days. Archived from the original on October 27, 2010 ; Retrieved July 22, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Nya biljettläsare för mobile phone i SL-tobacconists. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, accessed on December 17, 2019 (Swedish). 
16. ↑ Klart med SL: s enhetstaxa ( Memento from June 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Vekk med penga. Archived from the original on December 24, 2009 ; Retrieved July 22, 2015 . 
18. ↑ SL can introduce a single tariff with minor price changes. , Dagens Nyheter (Swedish).

Web links

Commons : Storstockholms Lokaltrafik  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Swedish / English)
• Tram travel: Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL)
• Svenska Spårvägssällskapet