More passengers are travelling with SJ – it has become trendy

Since SJ's monopoly of the Swedish railway were abolished, 2010, several players have entered the railway market - MTR Express and Transdev. Although it exhibits the state railway company good results in this year's first quarterly report.

Travel increased by eight per cent in comparison with the corresponding period of the previous year. Similarly, the company with a profit of sek 130 million, which stands up strongly in comparison with the same period last year, when the profit landed at sek 60 million. One of the explanations is stated to be the increasing digitalization of the business.

to 2.038 million compared with 1.887 million during the last year.

Train punctuality on long-distance services landed at 81 per cent, which is an increase of five per cent, but the figure is still below järnvägsbranschens target, which is 95 per cent punctuality. One explanation is that the storm Alfrida caused disturbance during the beginning of the new year. Similarly caused accidents delays on the main Western line.

" I'm pleased with our work but figure I am less satisfied with, and secondly, we need an infrastructure for the entire industry, but we also see the results of our work on the other lines, such as medeldistanstågen that reached the 95 per cent punctuality in march, says Crister Fritzson.

to be competitive depends in part on the increased investment in digitisation. Approximately 20 different digitisation projects going on right now within the railway company. Among other things, the company has developed a feature that allows travelers to see their chariot come in on the platform, in order to avoid having to look for the right wagon.

Digitisation is an explanation as to why we are competitive, customers are looking for easier reservations, says Crister Fritzson, ceo of SJ since 2012.

in the first class. Competitive prices is a part of the explanation for the increase. The stretch between Stockholm and Malmö, have had a extra-large increase, according to Crister Fritzson.

Business travelers appreciate being able to work during the journey and then be able to rest, then, companies become more inclined to choose the option that leaves a smaller carbon footprint, " he says.

2017 went SJ in the country with one of their largest program. 1 billion was saved over a period of three years.

"We continue to reduce our costs in order to remain competitive, both against other players and other travel options, we can now continue to develop our vehicles and our IT systems," says Crister Fritzson.