Banverket

Banverket

Banverket Rc engine with a construction train near the Malmbanan depot at Kiruna
Company type	State administrative authority (Swedish: Statlig förvaltningsmyndighet)
Predecessor	Swedish State Railways
Founded	1988
Defunct	31 March 2010
Fate	Merged with the Swedish Road Administration
Successor	Swedish Transport Administration
Headquarters	Borlänge , Sweden
Area served	Sweden
Products	Rail infrastructure
Owner	The State (100%)

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.

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

External links

• Official website (in English)