DSB Sweden has beaten Deutsche Bahn, Veolia, and Tågkompaniet AB to win the Upptåget regional passenger contract for a period of 10 years, six months, and means that one in four DSB customers will be Swedish when the concession starts on June 12 2011. The turnover is expected to be around SKr 80 million per year.
The contract reinforces DSB's position in Sweden - where it operates over more route-km of railway - 2500km - than the entire Danish rail network of around 1700km. The announcement comes two months before DSB begins operation of the Gothenburg Västtrafik and Jönköping Krösatåg concessions. Denmark's national railway has operated the Stockholm Roslagsbanan since 2003 as well as Øresund services in Southern Sweden and the number of train-km of its Swedish operations is greater than that of Denmark's entire regional network.
DSB CEO Soren Eriksen said: "Sweden is already our second home, and with the takeover of operations of Upptåget, expands DSB now further its position in Sweden. DSB won the tender because we offer the most advantageous price and thereby benefit from synergies with the DSB's ongoing activities."
"Sweden is already our second home:" DSB CEO Soren Erikson. Image courtesy of DSB
