Banverket’s Annual Report 2008 The annual report Banverket must submit an annual report to the Government not later than 22 February each year, in accordance with the ordinance on annual accounts and budget documentation (2000:605). The accounts must refer to the most recently completed financial year, in this case 2008. Some figures are accompanied by additional figures in brackets. Unless otherwise indicated, the figures in brackets are the figures for the previous year. As the annual report includes many monetary amounts, the abbreviations SEK thousand (tousands of Swedish kronor), SEK million (millions of Swedish kronor) and SEK billion (billions of Swedish kronor) are used. Contents Director-General’s comments on the past year 4 Summary of operations during the year 6 Goals and results 8 An accessible transport system 9 High transport quality 15 Safe traffic 19 A sound environment 22 An equal opportunities transport system 26 Other goals 29 Other feedback 32 Banverket’s operational areas 38 Developing Banverket’s railway network 39 Delivery of train paths 45 Sectoral duties and administration 48 Commission operations 52 Employees 58 Financial accounts 63 Income and expenditure account 64 Balance sheet 65 Appropriation account, including presentation of authorisation 66 Statement of source and application of funds 68 Summary of key figures 69 Notes 70 Signing of the Annual Report 76 Auditors’ Report 77 Board of Directors and Management Group 78 Swedish rail network Brief facts about the railway 2008 1 Operated track (track-kilometres) 11,800 km KIRUNA Double track and multiple tracks (track-kilometres) 3,805 km Electrified track (track-kilometres) 9,683 km Normal track width 1,435 mm Highest point: the national border at Storlien 601 m above sea level Lowest point: the railway tunnel in Helsingborg 8 m below sea level Iron Ore Line Number of railway bridges 3,731 Longest bridge: Igelstabron bridge in Södertälje 2,140 m Haparanda Line Highest bridge: Igelstabron bridge in Södertälje 48 m Number of tunnels 132 Total length of tunnel 76 km Longest tunnel: Norrala 3,850 m Fibre-optic cable 12,000 km LULEÅ Sweden’s first railway 1856 First railway with electrically powered trains 1895 Main Line through Upper Norrland Last steam locomotive on SJ taken out of operation 1972 Swedish speed record, Regina 2008 303 km/h CO -emissions, Stockholm–Göteborg, Train 0,4 kg 2 Inland Line Private car 44,5 kg Commercial aircraft 6 000 kg 1) Relates solely to Banverket’s rail network. UMEÅ Botnia Line Ådalen Line ÅNGE SUNDSVALL Central Line Northern Main Line East Coast Line GÄVLE Bergslagen Line BORLÄNGE Dala Line Freight Line through Bergslagen Värmland Line Arlanda Line KIL VÄSTERÅS Mälaren Line STOCKHOLM Norway/Vänern Line Nynäs Line HALLSBERG SÖDERTÄLJE Svealand Line Sala-Eskilstuna-Oxelösund Line Älvsborg Line NORRKÖPING Western Main Line FALKÖPING Southern Main Line GÖTEBORG Jönköping Line NÄSSJÖ West Coast Line ALVESTA HALMSTAD Coast-to-Coast Line Freight Line through Skåne HÄSSLEHOLM Skåne Line MALMÖ Öresund Line Banverket in brief The task forms the limited company Vectura that Banverket administers makes up Banverket is tasked with managing the state Consulting AB. During 2008 Banverket approximately 80 percent of the total railways so that passengers and freight arrive had approximately 6,500 employees, of rail network in Sweden. The other parts in a fast, secure and environmentally friendly whom almost two-thirds were employed are administered by companies, local manner. This management responsibility in the production units. authorities or associations. includes delivering train paths by producing The infrastructure also includes the and selling capacity on the tracks to rail approximately 12,000 km long network of companies and traffic organisers. Banverket Infrastructure fibre-optic cables that are laid alongside the will also develop the state-owned rail network The Swedish rail network comprises some tracks. The fibre-optic network provides by planning and expanding the network 11,800 km of operational track, or just over the railways with secure telecom, data and for current and future passengers and 17,000 km of track, including the capillary signal services. Spare capacity is hired out purchasers of transport. network, with its smaller yet still important to companies and authorities for data- and In addition to this administration industrial and port lines. The state network telecommunications. responsibility, Banverket holds sectoral responsibility for the rail transport system in Sweden. This responsibility covers not only conventional railways, but also underground railways and light railway Board of Directors systems. Banverket will co-ordinate, provide support and be a driving force Internal Audit in relation to the other parties involved. Banverket leads and follows up develop- Director General ments in the rail sector and assists the Government and Parliament on issues that concern the entire trail transport Director General's office system. Banverket will work towards the achievement of the transport policy goals. Operations Division Banverket Production The organisation Banverket has functions for the public Investments Division Banverket ICT authority tasks, track provision, sectoral duties and for production. The organisation Market and Planning Unit Banverket Training Centre is divided into an administrative section and a producing section. All producing Expert and Development Unit Banverket Material Services units have their own profit responsibility. The Banverket Consulting profit Business Support Unit centre was privatised at the end of 2008 and, together with the Swedish Road Administration’s Consulting Services, 3 Director-General’s comments on the past year 2008 was a very positive year for the rail- of working is generating new opportunities is moving into a new and exciting phase. way, despite the fact that the year ended for a transport system that puts the customer With increased collaboration and greater with the approaching financial crisis and and our environment at the centre, at the rationalisation, each authority will be able economic downturn. There have never same time as placing major demands on to focus even more on its core operations been so many trains on Sweden’s railways. those of us working in the authorities. and customer benefits. Never before have so many passengers The work on the joint planning of measures been transported on Sweden’s railways. will conclude with a proposed plan being Railway network development Freight traffic, long-distance passenger submitted to the Government in 2009. Banverket is also co-operating with the traffic and commuter traffic have all During the year, the collaboration SRA on the Bana Väg i Väst project. In a increased to new record levels on the between Banverket and the Swedish Road joint project, the authorities are simultane- railway in 2008. Administration (SRA) has been further ously developing the Norway/Vänern Line Throughout the history of the railway, extended. This is not a new venture. and the E45 road. The construction work most transport and travel have often been It commenced back in 2003, but has been in this shared corridor is in progress, with part of a chain of interacting transport intensified and become increasingly topical, a shared management and budget. This is a operations, where the railway is often partly in order to focus more on the good example of possible forms of collabo- responsible for an important part of the demands from customers and the outside ration in the future, which can help to transport or journey. For passengers and world. An extended collaboration entails develop both parties. purchasers of transport, the interaction development opportunities to the benefit In other major investment projects, between different forms of transport has of both authorities and their customers. At operations have largely proceeded therefore always been very important. the turn of the year, the Director-General according to plan during the year. For the It is therefore pleasing to note that policy of the SRA and I therefore decided to City Tunnel in Malmö, a new timetable has and planning in Sweden are increasingly extend our collaboration by forming joint been adopted that entails inauguration in moving towards a more overall approach functions for human resources and finance December 2010, more than six months as regards transport types. administration, as well as for IT operations earlier than planned. The Hallandsås The traffic authorities, including and the switchboard function, to come into project has also presented a new timetable. Banverket, are now for the first time about effect no later than 1 January 2010. Within Due to the difficult technical challenges to produce a common plan for the devel- one year, we will have a joint organisation and the attention given to the environmental opment of the traffic infrastructure in for those operations that have the conditions demands stipulated for the project, this Sweden. This common plan will combine to provide co-ordination benefits by being unfortunately means that commissioning all the plans for the development of road, run together to meet the needs of both has been delayed until 2015. I am pleased rail, shipping and air travel. This method authorities. With this, our collaboration to report that one of Sweden’s largest and 4 »During 2009, Banverket will also be investing considerable resources in further raising the quality and reliability of the delivery and service to rail customers. If we succeed in our endeavours, we will get the best possible reward: a good environment and satisfied rail customers. « most necessary railway projects, the City this way, everyone within the organisation sions indicate that the investigated routes Line in Stockholm, has been started during will have individual responsibility and will – the Götaland Line and the European the year. When the project is completed, clearly be able to see their own contribu- Line – are of very great strategic importance it will provide much-needed additional tion to Banverket’s results as a whole.