Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or more formally Aktiebolaget Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Greater Stockholm Local Transit Company), is the organisation running all of the land based public transport systems in Stockholm County. It was previously known as Stockholms Lokaltrafik and is commonly referred to as SL.

History

SL has its origins in

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(SS), a city-owned public transit company which started in 1915 by the City of Stockholm with the aim to deprivatize the two separate private tramway networks into one more efficient company. SS would in the late 1920s also acquire private motorbus companies. The first part of the Stockholm Metro was opened in 1950. SS was renamed to SL in January 1967 when the metro, local train, and bus operations in

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were merged into a single organisation under the supervision of Stockholm County Council. The different mass transit systems within the County had until then been run by different organisations, Statens Järnvägar, private companies and companies owned by the local municipalities. In 1993 SL began to use

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s for the operation and maintenance of the different transport systems. For bus traffic the operators own the buses, but for rail bound traffic SL own the trains, and the contractors operate them.

Contractors

The contractors used by SL are as of July 2019 the following: *

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**Bus traffic in

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, Sollentuna,

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, Sundbyberg and Västerort. **Rail traffic on

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, Nockebybanan and Tvärbanan. * Keolis **Bus traffic in

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, Botkyrka, Huddinge,

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, Söderort and Värmdö. *

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**Bus Traffic in Danderyd, Norrtälje,

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, Täby, Upplands Väsby and Vallentuna, Vaxholm and Österåker. **Rail traffic on Roslagsbanan. * MTR Nordic ** Stockholm metro ** Stockholm commuter rail * Nobina **Bus traffic in Haninge, Järfälla, Nykvarn, Nynäshamn,

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, Tyresö and

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. *

Spårväg City Spårväg City is a tram line in central Stockholm, inaugurated in 2010. It is the first tram line in regular traffic in central Stockholm since 1967. The service is run by AB Stockholms Spårvägar for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), using th ...

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References

External links

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Tram Travels: Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL)
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