Green party is finally holding its summer speech and takes the opportunity to deliver an early election promise: The Swedish Transport Administration will be shut down and instead a new authority with full focus on the railway will be established.
Swedish politicsThere will be no delivery of new sleeping and seating cars for the night trains between Stockholm and upper Norrland – at least not initially.
CarsCancelled train traffic, fallen trees and Västtrafik in crisis mode. The storm Floris caused trouble when it moved in over the west coast with wind speeds of over 20 meters per second on Tuesday. Already on Tuesday evening, however, the bad weather has calmed down.
SwedenA severe storm is expected to arrive in Sweden on Tuesday. Disruptions are expected in public transport and the Swedish Transport Administration has decided to close a railway line. The Kinnekulle railway line will be closed from midnight for a day ahead, says Peter Jonsson, press communicator at the Swedish Transport Administration.
SwedenTrain traffic is rolling again after the stop caused by a torn down contact line on the main line between Katrineholm and Södertälje. But the Swedish Transport Administration expects continued delays since only one of the tracks is open on the affected stretch.
SwedenSeveral thousand households have been left without electricity and signal faults are stopping trains after the thunderstorm in central Norrland.
SwedenIt is thoroughly wet in large parts of Sweden. SMHI's orange warning for the Polish bad weather "Karl-Heinz" in southern Norrland's coastal areas remains, but also areas outside the bad weather's spread have been affected by rain.
SwedenA dozen cows are missing without a trace after escaping from their enclosure during the night's thunderstorm in Ersmark, north of Skellefteå.
SwedenSun curves – the word has dominated the recent train chaos. Just Sweden and the Nordic countries are particularly affected by sun curves. But the problem is not at all as big in southern Europe – despite it being warmer.
SwedenApproximately 400 passengers were stranded for almost nine hours at Bastuträsk train station outside Skellefteå, after an SJ train became stationary due to an electrical fault. Shortly after 12 o'clock on Tuesday, traffic was underway again, according to the Swedish Transport Administration.
SwedenA "hundred people" were stuck in Gällivare for 22 hours after a train stop on the Luleå-Kiruna route. Now the traffic is back in operation, announces the Swedish Transport Administration.
SwedenCompensation for delay after the train chaos? Well, do not be so sure about it. The train companies can claim that the thunderstorm is not their fault.
SwedenPassengers had to spend the night on a train that stood still for eleven hours in Linköping between Wednesday and Thursday. It's obviously extremely bad. I think most people know how it feels to sit on these heavily delayed trains. Myself, I have never experienced an eleven-hour delay, it's extreme, says Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (The Liberals).
Swedish politicsSnälltåget directs harsh criticism at the Swedish Transport Administration's communication, after the prolonged train stop during the evening and night. The Administration regrets the stop – but points to extreme weather that was difficult to predict. It's a bit what we saw yesterday evening, says Mattias Dejke, safety director.
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