“Beware of the delays in rail transport in the easter”
“Several planned engineering works set to it over the weekend.”
“many are planning to take the train during the easter holidays.nMen watch out for delays in the train traffic, during the långhelgen many engineering works which can lead to delays, cancellation of trains and ersättningsbussar. “
“In easter is the extra many who are planning to take the train. Tågbokningarna of SJ increases by 10 per cent compared with the same period last year. Many book well in advance and already now is SJ’s night trains to both the mountains of jämtland and upper Norrland sold out. So it is with a lot of snabbtågsavgångarna from Stockholm to Copenhagen and Gothenburg. “
“If you are looking at the last minute and want to book a ticket during the easter weekend, it is good to look at other days than Thursday which is the largest day of travel. On good Friday and holy Saturday, reducing the pressure on the tickets. “
“Many engineering works in the passover”
“– , after the easter travel is higher than normal, and becoming more and more who choose to book their trip earlier than last year. To meet the increased demand we run with just all of the trains we have. In other words it is high time to book up the trip now, ” says Tobbe Lundell, tf. press officer at SJ.”
“But the trip by train at easter may expect some problems since it takes place many engineering works the weekend. It can lead to delays and some departures have been cancelled and that you will receive a ersättningsbuss instead. “
“A large banarbete is done with the so-called Getingmidjan between Stockholm Central and Stockholm södra which affects all trains to and from Stockholm, which will run from maundy Thursday and the month on april 22. The trains will arrive and depart Stockholm Södra alternatively Flemingsbergs station. The city centre of Stockholm, take the train to Stockholm City. Then you have to have a valid SL ticket.”
“Increase in the number of bookings in Linköping”
“Other sections are affected by the banarbete is the SJ Regional trains past Bålsta between Stockholm and Gothenburg. SJ high-speed Train passing by Varberg, Gothenburg and Malmö and the Trains in the Bergslagen past Lindesberg.”
“the Highest number of rail journeys during the easter season goes to the Swedish cities, where the Stockholm tops the SJ’s list, followed by Gothenburg and Uppsala. At the same time taking Linköping won first place of destination in easter that increased most in popularity, with an increase of 60 percent.”
“– rail travel in Sweden is increasing sharply, and last year we broke a new resanderekord with nearly 32 million trips. The train’s high level of comfort along with an increased interest in more climate-friendly travel are two of the contributing factors as to why more people are choosing away other mode of transport as the car or airplane, ” says Tobbe Lundell.”
“engineering works over the easter weekend.”
“The 10 most popular tågdestinationer”
“1. Stockholm, sweden (C)* (1)”
“6. Katrineholm (24)”
“Source: Sj’s bokningsstatistik over the total number of trips during the period from 18 april to 22 april 2019, compared with the period 29 march – 2 april 2018.”
“Easter 10 tågdestinationer that has grown the most in popularity.”
“1. Linköping, sweden (+60%)”
“2. Copenhagen (+47%)”
“3. Gothenburg (+44%)”
“4. Skövde, sweden (+33%)”
“5. Alvesta (+33%)”
“6. Nässjö (+27%)”
“7. Örebro, sweden (+27%)”
“8. Hässleholm (+22%)”
“9. Gävle, sweden (+19%)”
“10. Sundsvall, sweden (+15%)”
“Source: Sj’s bokningsstatistik over the total number of trips during the period from 18 april to 22 april 2019, compared with the period 29 march – 2 april 2018.”
