Arriva wins Swedish rail franchise

European public transport company Arriva has been awarded an eight-year contract by the transport authority of the Skåne region to run the Pågatågen train services in Sweden until December 2026.
July 5, 2017 Read time: 1 min

European public transport company 476 Arriva has been awarded an eight-year contract by the transport authority of the Skåne region to run the Pågatågen train services in Sweden until December 2026.

Arriva has been running services on the system in Sweden’s southernmost county since 2007 and had already secured a two-year extension on its franchise through to 2018 before its latest contract.

For the first time, Arriva will be responsible for fleet maintenance and for introducing new trains into service. The number of trains will also increase from 66 to 99 trains with more service connections. Alongside this Arriva is developing a new digital mobility portal, Arriva Tågportal, which will enable better coordination of services and improve passenger information.

Related Content

  • April 5, 2024
    Keolis wins mass transit contracts in Lyon and Nîmes
    Six-year deals in French cities include bus, trolleybus and on-demand operations
    Read More
  • July 5, 2019
    Arriva joins forces with TomTom to slash bus CO2
    Arriva is working with TomTom Telematics with the aim of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from 15,000 buses across the UK and nine European countries. Arriva says TomTom’s telematics system will provide bus drivers with feedback around braking, acceleration and idling to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by up to 72,000 tonnes a year. Thomas Schmidt, managing director of TomTom, says: “Our fleet management solution, Webfleet, gives Arriva powerful insights into areas for improvement across its ex
    Read More
  • January 20, 2012
    Home based real time travel information drives reduction in car use
    David Crawford investigates a new approach to discouraging car use - the 'kitchen as travel centre'. ITS technology working together with UK planning legislation is driving an innovative 'kitchen as travel centre' approach to home design which is boosting public transport as an alternative to car use. The combination is already proving powerful enough to assuage environmentalist opposition to major urban developments. It is also being seen as a way of delivering wider social and community benefits inside an
    Read More
  • September 12, 2014
    Orange County to manage traffic with trial interoperable CCTV
    Interoperable CCTV can provide early warning of problems and help improve traffic management and incident response as Morteza Fahrtash and Carlos Ortiz explain. California’s transportation system is one of the state’s defining features and Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) strives to improving mobility across the state through the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the network of highway, freeways, toll roads and expressways.
    Read More

Highlighted Content