Swedish Rail Administration

The Swedish Rail Administration (Swedish: Banverket) was a Swedish State administrative authority which acted as owner on behalf of the State and maintained virtually all main railway lines in Sweden; except for short sidings for freight, heritage railways, the Stockholm Metro, local railways in the Stockholm area (Roslagsbanan & Saltsjöbanan), and the tramways in Gothenburg, Norrköping and Stockholm. Its headquarters was located in Borlänge.

Banverket
State administrative authority
(Swedish: Statlig förvaltningsmyndighet)
FateMerged with the Swedish Road Administration
PredecessorSwedish State Railways
SuccessorSwedish Transport Administration
Founded1988
Defunct31 March 2010
Headquarters
Borlänge
,
Sweden
Area served
Sweden
ProductsRail infrastructure
OwnerThe State (100%)
Websitewww.trafikverket.se/Om-Trafikverket/Andra-sprak/English-Engelska/ 

The Swedish Rail Administration was formed in 1988, when Swedish State Railways was split in two parts, leaving Statens Järnvägar as mainly a train operator ( both passenger and freight) and as a real estate owner, only to be split again in 2001.

The Swedish Railway Inspectorate (Swedish: Järnvägsinspektionen) was a part of the Swedish Rail Administration until 2004, when the Swedish Rail Agency (Swedish: Järnvägsstyrelsen) was formed, taking over its responsibilities. That agency was in turn incorporated into the newly formed Swedish Transport Agency (Swedish: Transportstyrelsen) in 2009.

In 2010, the Government directed a merger with the Swedish Road Administration (Swedish: Vägverket) to create the new Swedish Transport Administration (Swedish: Trafikverket), and the subsidiary responsible for railway maintenance was spun off in a separate aktiebolag, Infranord.

List of Directors-General
  • Jan Brandborn 1988-1995
  • Monica Andersson 1995-1997
  • Bo Bylund 1997-2005
  • Per-Olof Granbom 2006-2008
  • Minoo Akhtarzand 2008-2010
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