X2000 train.

One of SJs' regional double deckers.

SJ AB [Swedish Railways, Statens Järnvägar, commonly known as SJ] is a Swedish government owned passenger train operator. SJ was created in 2001, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, literally "The State's Railways", when the former Government agency was divided into six separate government owned limited companies. This is a list of Swedish government owned companies: Wholly Owned Akademiska Hus Apoteket Green Cargo Göta kanal LKAB Posten Samhall SJ SBAB Sveaskog Swedish Space Corporation Systembolaget Teracom Vasakronan AB (through Civitas Holding AB) Vattenfall V&S Group Shared ownership Nordea (18,2%) OMX AB (9,5%) SAS... This article is about the year 2001. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3000x1836, 1145 KB) sv: X2 är ett motorvagnstÃ¥g som byggdes av ABB mellan 1989 och 1998. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3000x1836, 1145 KB) sv: X2 är ett motorvagnstÃ¥g som byggdes av ABB mellan 1989 och 1998. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1270x496, 384 KB) sv: SJ Class X40-dubbeldäckare för regional trafik. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1270x496, 384 KB) sv: SJ Class X40-dubbeldäckare för regional trafik. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... Statens Järnvägar, or the Swedish State Railways, was a former enterprise agency of the Swedish government. ... The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. ...

SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised and unsubsidised services. The unsubsidised services are a monopoly and consist mainly of the X 2000 high speed train network. The subsidised trains are awarded through competitive bids. However, some trains fall in between these categories, since public transit agencies can pay SJ to allow transit pass holders access to SJ's trains. X 2000 is the brand name of Swedens tilting 200 km/h high-speed train class X2, which is operated by SJ. It was launched in 1990 as a first-class only train with a meal included in the ticket price, and free use of the trains fax... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

SJ received a government bailout a few years after its creation, but has since had profit margins of up to ten per cent. All train operators in Sweden pay low track access charges to the track authority, Banverket.

See also

• Statens Järnvägar
• Nils Ericson, railway pioneer
• Transportation in Sweden
• Rail transport in Sweden
• List of railway companies
• Green Cargo
• Tågkompaniet
• Connex
• Banverket

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External links

• SJ - Official site
• Banverket - Official site (Swedish Railway Infrastructure Agency)