Liberalisation of passenger rail services Case Study- Sweden Professor Jan-Eric Nilsson (Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute) 6 December 2016 Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) asbl Rue de l’Industrie 42 Box 16 - B-1040 Brussels - Belgium Ph: +32 2 230 83 60 - Fax: +32 2 230 83 70 –
[email protected] – www.cerre.eu Table of contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 3 2. Tendered services .................................................................................................................... 4 3. Nature of tendered contracts .................................................................................................. 9 4. Rolling stock provision ........................................................................................................... 11 5. Commercial services ............................................................................................................... 12 6. Relations with the infrastructure manager and the regulator ............................................... 14 7. Performance ........................................................................................................................... 16 8. Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 18 References .....................................................................................................................................