Last year, 73,649 faults were reported on the Swedish railway. That's over 200 faults per day, the highest number in several years, according to new statistics from the Swedish Transport Administration, which SVT News has taken part of.
Only in 2018, more faults have been reported since the Swedish Transport Administration was formed in 2010.
It's due to increased traffic volume, an aging infrastructure, and increased load, says Jon Sundh, head of railway maintenance at the Swedish Transport Administration, to SVT.
The Swedish Transport Administration estimates that nearly 40 percent of the contact line equipment has exceeded its technical service life.
According to calculations from the Swedish Transport Administration, the cost of restoring the railway would be 91 billion kronor.
