the way railway companies are managed notes now clear increases of the number of travelers, writes the Sydsvenskan/HD, who made a review.
about a ten percent increase so far this year, Snälltåget notes an increase on the stretch Malmö–Stockholm, on 27 percent and the MTR Express see clear increases on the route Gothenburg–Stockholm.
Not all companies report the exact figures, but it is passagerarökningar train operator (s) not seen in the past.
” It is going very well. We have never experienced such a rapid rise earlier, said a source in SJ to Sydsvenskan/HD.
at the same time reduces the inrikesflygandet. The loss in the number of passengers increased between January and February in both Malmö Airport Landvetter and Arlanda. In Malmö, the number of passengers on flights 11 percent longer in February than the same month of last year.
with the so-called flygskam, which has become a concept in the context of the climate debate.
– There is a growing group of travelers who want to travel more climate smart, ” says Marco Andersson, marketing manager at Snälltåget, to the newspaper.
– My image is that many companies in a short time have changed their travel policy.
Flights to and hit passagerarrekord 2017, but this trend reversed last year. The decline was especially noticeable for the last two months, and it appears to continue this year.
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