Storstockholms Lokaltrafik

The AB Storstockholms Local Traffic, short SL, is the management company of the task support, the Stockholm County. It is responsible in this province for the U -Bahn ( Tunnelbana ), the light rail ( five separate suburban or narrow gauge railways ), the S-Bahn -like suburban trains ( Pendeltåg ) and the bus lines. It stops in front of SL infrastructure and vehicles and is responsible for the planning and marketing of transport services. The actual operation execution is awarded by SL by tender to private companies.

• 6.1 Zoning
• 6.2 Card Types
• 6.3 Payment system

Subway

Road and rail vehicles

The history of the tram in Stockholm starts on July 10 in 1877 with the opening of the first horse-drawn tram. Between 1887 and 1901 also reversed a steam tram on Södermalm. From 1901 onwards, the electrical operation of the railway began.

By 1917 there were in the city with the Stockholms Nya Spårvägsaktiebolag, short SNS, and Södra Spårvägs AB, short SSB, two tram companies. Since this year they were united as AB Stockholms Spårvägar. In 1923 she introduced the first buses. In 1926 there was the first setting of a tram in favor of a bus line. 1941 there was a setting in favor of a trolley bus.

On April 15, 1957, the city decided to gradually change over the tram service on buses. At that time, it was found that this decision was uneconomical. Nevertheless, the gradual adjustment of the railway began. As of 3 September 1967, the city was empty tram. On the same day, the Dagen H, the law Driving Regulations in Sweden has been introduced. Until then, was driven in Sweden left.

From 1 January 1967, the Stockholm tram AG ( SS) was transformed into the regional company AB Storstockholms local tobacconist.

In the 1970s a process of rethinking began. It was found that could not get the traffic problems alone in the grip despite the massive expansion of the subway, the bus. Only four of the trams were left, which functioned mainly as a feeder for the subway.

Djurgården

The Djurgården was discontinued in 1967. Since that time there have been considerations to reactivate it. In 1985 the city decided without the consent of SL, to take them as a museum railway again. On 2 June 1991, it started its operations. It is regarded as the only tram system in the Stockholm city center and carries the line number 7 as line 7N operate on weekends historical tramcars.

Nockebybahn

The Nockebybahn no longer has any connection to the city center since 1952. Today it serves as a feeder to the subway. In 1967, she was completely converted to right-hand traffic. The existing turning loop was removed in subsequent years.

Lidingöbahn

This railway is the younger of two operated within the transport. The older train departed since 1907 between Islinge ( Sommarbo ) and Boo in the north of Lidingöinsel, later extended by Kyrkviken. From Islinge the cars were 1909-1914 on specially acquired for the railway ferries directly into the city center. In 1914 the route of Herserud, added with ordinary passenger ferry from Stockholm, after Parkvägen and later Gåshaga. From 1925 both webs wrong about a newly built bridge in the city. On 3 September 1967, the range was replaced in the inner city by the Metro line to Ropsten. On 12 June 1971, the two-track road was discontinued after Kyrkviken to facilitate the construction of a second bridge. The other section has been modernized and has from 7 May 2000 with the new terminus Gåshaga Brygga connection to ferries further out in the archipelago.

Saltsjöbahn

The 1893 opened railway is the oldest existing railway in Stockholm except for the long-distance routes. She was the construction as one of the most expensive cars in Sweden. A club was established in 1971 prevented their closure. Today they carried approximately 16,000 passengers per day. The tracks (the train is bifurcated ) are together 18.6 km long and have 18 breakpoints.

Roslagsbanan

This current local railway goes back to old both remote and local rail lines. It has a track gauge of three Swedish foot, 891 mm. The original suburban railway part of the network in the northeast of Stockholm was opened in 1895 as one of the first electric railways worldwide. By 1954, the entire network had reached a length of 354 kilometers. Since then shrank its length up to today's 63 km. Today they carried approximately 40,000 passengers per day and is the only remaining non- museum narrow gauge railway in Sweden. The Roslagsbanan ends at Stockholm Central östra where it can be switched into the red metro line.

Tvärbanan

Since all lines of the metro and the suburban trains went through the station, were all passengers who wanted to from one district to another, forced to go through the Central Station. So in 1988, Considerations on a quick tram came to be created. They brought them in one environment and transport plan ( RRP) and tried to decide this. Since in this EIA a new highway was included, he failed in 1992. With a delay of five years still work began, and on January 8, 2000 could go into operation in the first section. By 2003, a further 2.4 km long section was put into operation.

Spårväg City

To address the problems to get a grip in the center of the construction of an urban railway is planned along the lines of Trambaan in the Netherlands. This is to consist of seven days and three night lines. This project will be implemented in five phases and is planned at a cost of around seven billion crowns. Since August 2010, on line 7 on the up to Sergels Torg extended Djurgården, which was previously used exclusively as a museum railway.

S -Bahn -like suburban trains

Trolleybus

The trolleybus was introduced in 1941 by the Stockholm Spårvägs. In the 1950s, originated in the city with 13 lines, the largest network in Scandinavia. By 1964, this means of transport disappeared entirely from the town.

Bus

The SL organizes the bus lines in Stockholm, which are displayed on line plans with different colors. Lines 1-4 are the most heavily loaded lines, key trunk roads and provide quick tangential connections off the subways ago. They are operated exclusively with blue painted articulated buses and operate in tight timings.

The remaining lines with two ( city bus ) and three -digit ( Vorort-/Regionalbus ) line numbers are operated with red-painted buses and mainly with solo vehicle.

In 2004, the SL had 1761 buses, of which 784 low-floor buses.

Tariff system

The transport system in Stockholm follows the proviso that half of the costs to be covered by ticket sales.

A uniform tariff system was first introduced in 1971. Prior different tariff systems in different transport were considered.

Over the years, the tariff system of SL has been changed numerous times. Today, it is based on time cards that are in all the mass transit system, and stamp and single tickets, where the rides are billed separately after a rough zone system. The tariffs are designed so that season tickets after just a few trips a month are cheaper than discount tickets.

The ticket sale goes through kiosks and the SL Center. Certain cards are available at the entrances of subways and the Pendeltåg.

Controls and possibly canceled, the tickets in the subway and the Pendeltåg at the entrance of the stations. In buses, this assumes the driver, so must be entered front generally. In the other local trains there Schaffner.

In addition, SL commissioned inspectors. When traveling without a valid ticket threaten 1200 Swedish Krona fine.

Zoning

1973 zone system was introduced in the context of a reform of the card system, which contained 43 zones. The center of Stockholm formed a zone. Outside, the other zones lined up at some rays, some annularly around the city.

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

As of May 2006, these zones were abolished by decision of the then red-green majority and it was a uniform tariff. However, this led to significant complications. SL had to complain of significant losses. Since a bought the bus ticket with 20 crowns was only slightly more expensive than a purchased in advance one way (18 crowns), many passengers purchased their tickets only at the start of the journey and paid cash. The resulting accumulating cash balances with the drivers were the target of numerous robberies on buses. On 1 April 2007, therefore, the opportunity to purchase tickets on the bus, completely abolished.

Earlier, in March 2007, a new zone system was introduced by decision of the new bourgeois government. It only has three zones which are designated by A, B and C. A forms the core in the center and covers the entire metro network and Lidingö, Nockeby and Tvärbanan. The zones B and C to fit like rings around the zone A, zone B, with the exception of some Pendeltågstationen covers the entire remaining rail transport. The zone boundaries are guided by the local limits. For example, forms the border between the municipalities and Vallentuna Norrtälje the zone boundary between B and C.

A few places are outside the zone system. These are Bålsta and Gnesta that are outside of Stockholm County. Ticket there are a special surcharge. Another special rule applies for the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The coming of Uppsala Upptåget operated from the airport from his last stop Upplands -Vasby and governed by a separate surcharge. The traffic of the bus line 583, which goes to the airport from the Pendeltågendhaltestelle Märsta from, but is located in the tariff of Zone C.

Card Types

The diversity of all valid card types can not be shown here. The following list is limited to the most common types.

There are two types of cards:

• Time cards: these cards are valid for a period in the whole transport sector. There are general maps for periods of 24 hours, 72 hours a day three days, seven days, 30 days, 90 days and a calendar year. By 2010, there were season tickets that were issued for the periods from January to April, May to August and September to December. With the introduction of the new payment system, these fixed periods were more flexible. Well Card for 90 days at any one time can be purchased. Only a special discount for the summer months from May to August is still offered.
• For students under 20 and young people in general, there are several types of cards, some of which apply only to school days ( not include weekend and not in the evening) or only outside school hours. All of these cards will be issued in half of the school year, which is why there is a separate card for the summer holidays. With the introduction of the new payment system of this ticket type was more flexible, so that there is 90-day tickets for young people.
• There is also a student card, which has 30 - can be purchased or 90 -day ticket. By 2010 she was a semester and could be purchased with staggered start dates. During the summer holidays there was for students not own offers.
• For tourists there is the Stockholm Card, which one, two or three days is determined depending on the type and offers discounts to many attractions.
• There are also numerous special types of card such as company cards and a card for groups.

• Coupons are stamped. A ride costs two coupons within a zone three coupons within two zones and four coupons within all three zones. They are available as pre- bought coupons, which are cheaper than coupons that are sold at the inputs of Pendeltåg or subway stations. The most common are the coupon Remsa said punch strips. On them are 16 individual coupons at a time. In the old zone system it gave them into two different sized versions. A trip with coupons may take up to 60 minutes (up to two zones) or 120 minutes ( three zones). During this period may be switched any number of times.
• SMS tickets can be purchased by sending a message whose text contains a code for the required zones. The buyer will receive an answer as a specially encoded message whose validity can be checked during an inspection. The shares will be before departure, in reality this is not often done. This type of ticket is often acquire a substitute for The nullified possibility tickets on board the bus used. SMS tickets are 75 minutes and can only be purchased by Swedish mobile phones.
• At busier stops ticket machines are set up, sell single tickets. These were set up as a replacement for buying tickets on the bus. It is basically converted parking meters. The machines not give change, only accept Swedish credit and debit cards and have proven in tests as difficult to operate. Since they no longer meet the increased safety standards of the banks and are considered easy target of hacking and Skimmingattacken, was announced in May 2011 that the existing 435 machines to be dismantled.

Almost all types of cards are available in a discounted version that can be used by young people under 20, seniors over 65 years and certain other groups.

Payment system

At the beginning of the uniform tariffs were 50 cards, introduced in the late 1970s 70 cards.

The most durable card is the stamp strip, which was introduced in 1973 and has since changed several times its size and appearance. Beside them individual coupons still be sold that are stamped with the same pattern. There are a few cards, which are also stamped. These are mainly 1 - and 3-day tickets, which are sold at the entrances of the subway and the Pendeltåg.

As a personal season ticket there used to be the Stamkort, for which there were monthly brands. Their last release was in 1997 abolished, thus ensuring the photo as a recognition and binding disappeared to a person. Later were tied to a person only pupil and student cards. At the same time the monthly tickets were replaced by 30 -day cards.

Since 1995, paper cards in credit card format with magnetic strips. Today, they are the usual type of card and cover almost all types of season tickets from. They can be used to the electronic locks on the entrances of the subway and the Pendeltåg. However, they are not sold there. They are printed with the valid data. For students and student cards, the date of birth is written on the front. The colors of the cards changes for seasonal, annual, and student card with each output period in order to facilitate the distinction. In the other season tickets the base color is changed once per year.

For several years, a new electronic card system, SL Access introduced. It uses RFID chips, so the tickets can be read without direct contact with a card reader. Plastic cards are only the bearer of the ticket and can be recharged any number of times, possibly with multiple cards in parallel. After some initial technical problems, there were some delays. 2007, an initial surface test was performed on Lidingö. From September 2008, the first regular tickets were issued. The sale was initially limited to season tickets, was extended in November 2008 to 30 -day cards. First, the cards were only sold in the SL Center. From May 2009 were machines, where the cards can be charged, put into operation. The first type of card, which is sold exclusively through SL Access, is the student card, which was issued in autumn 2009 for the last time as a paper map. The kiosks, which take over a large portion of the ticket sales, sold initially with a few exceptions only paper and punch cards. In the meantime ( as of October 2010) are almost exclusively issued Access tickets. The only still in use tickets, which do not work on access basis, the stamp strip and tourist tickets.

In the medium term paper and stamp cards to be abolished in favor of SL Access.