Organization of railway maintenance

The plan demands that publicly important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised be taken back and that public ownership is strong in key sectors such as transport systems. Increasingly carrying out railway maintenance in-house and reclaiming lost expertise is exactly this. The plan explicitly opposes the market rules the committee relies on when evaluating deregulation as positive.

• reclaim privatised activitiesdecisive»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is high time to act and take back the publicly important activities and infrastructure that have been privatised.”
• publicly owned transport infrastructure»transportsystem, kommunikationer och övrig infrastruktur, finansiell sektor, bostadsproduktion, energiförsörjning, strategiska naturtillgångar och så vidare. Samhällsägda företag ska vara föredömen« (party programme ↗)“transport systems, communications and other infrastructure, financial sector, housing production, energy supply, strategic natural resources and so on. Publicly owned companies should be the model”
• challenge market-fundamentalist rules»tjänster ska premiera effektiv energianvändning och hållbara lösningar. Miljöarbetet ska ta hänsyn till landsbygdens behov. De marknadsfundamentalistiska konkurrens- och frihandelsregler som försvårar« (party programme ↗)“services should reward efficient energy use and sustainable solutions. Environmental work must take rural needs into account. The market-fundamentalist competition and free-trade rules that complicate”

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The plan sees market experiments as having gone too far and wants society to take back control of socially important activities, with democracy's priority before the market. To an increasing extent carrying out railway maintenance in-house to reclaim competence and get a robust railway is in line with this and with the plan's massive rail investments. The plan moreover emphasizes readiness in the transport sector, which requires own capability.

• society takes back controldecisive»Samhället ska flytta fram positionerna för att ta tillbaka kontrollen över utvecklingen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society should advance positions to take back control of development.”
• democracy's priority before the market»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore has priority before the market.”
• robust railway through investments»Genom massiva investeringar i både ny och befintlig järnväg kommer fler att kunna resa klimatsmart med tåg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through massive investments in both new and existing railways, more people will be able to travel in a climate-smart way by train.”
• readiness in the transport sector»och öka beredskapen i transportsektorn.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“and increase readiness in the transport sector.”

The party programme wants parts of the railway system to be re-regulated to achieve an optimal and long-term functioning transport system, and that society itself controls and funds infrastructure expansion. The plan also establishes that one should be able to rely on the railway and that the tracks must therefore be maintained. To review increased maintenance in-house, to regain expertise and prioritize preventive maintenance, follows from these commitments.

• re-regulation of the railwaydecisive»delar återregleras för att få ett optimalt och långsiktigt fungerande transportsystem.« (party programme ↗)“parts are re-regulated to achieve an optimal and long-term functioning transport system.”
• reliable railway requires maintenance»Man ska kunna lita på järnvägen. Därför måste« (party programme ↗)“One should be able to rely on the railway. Therefore must”
• societal responsibility for infrastructure»Samhället måste själv styra och stå för utbyggnad« (party programme ↗)“Society must itself control and provide for expansion”
• upgraded railway network»bygga ut och rusta upp järnvägsnätet för snabba tåg i hela landet och skynda på bygget av nya stambanor för höghastighetståg.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“build out and upgrade the railway network for fast trains throughout the country and accelerate construction of new main lines for high-speed trains.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme sees competition as an important driving force, believes that public activities can advantageously be opened to competition and wants a market economy free from centrally planned directives. To increasingly take rail maintenance back in-house goes against this. The plan's means for a robust railway is instead upgrading and higher standards on the tracks.

• competition as driving forcedecisive»Konkurrens är en viktig drivkraft för utvecklingen av marknadsekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Competition is an important driving force for the development of a market economy.”
• open public activities to competition»Offentlig verksamhet kan med fördel konkurrensutsättas« (party programme ↗)“Public activities can advantageously be opened to competition”
• upgraded railway»höja standarden på det nationella stambanenätet i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the standard on the national backbone railway network throughout the country”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that the public sector shall not operate activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives and shall only operate business activities when there is a strong public interest. The counter-proposal's requirement for increased railway maintenance in its own administration goes in the opposite direction. The plan's answer to railway shortcomings is instead renovation and expansion, and building away the bottlenecks.

• do not crowd out private alternativesdecisive»offentliga ska inte driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ eller försvårar« (party programme ↗)“public shall not operate activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives or complicate”
• restricted state enterprise»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall only operate business activities if there is a strong public interest.”
• renovated railway»persontransporter är i starkt behov av upprustning och utbyggnad, liksom vissa delar av vägnätet.« (party programme ↗)“passenger transport is in urgent need of renovation and expansion, as are certain parts of the road network.”
• away with railway bottlenecks»Vi vill bygga bort järnvägsnätets flaskhalsar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to build away the railway network's bottlenecks”

The plan places responsibility for transport system infrastructure on the public and demands that investment levels in railways are kept long-term high, while the traffic itself shall be conducted in competition. The stewardship principle moreover requires responsible use of common assets, which speaks for own competence and preventive maintenance. The plan's requirement for procurement in competition pulls partly in the opposite direction.

• public infrastructure responsibilitydecisive»Det offentliga samhället har ansvar för trafiksystemens utveckling och dess infrastruktur.« (party programme ↗)“Public society has responsibility for transport systems' development and its infrastructure.”
• long-term high investment level»att investeringsnivån i kommunikationssystemens infrastruktur såsom vägar, järnvägar och elektroniska« (party programme ↗)“that investment levels in communication system infrastructure such as roads, railways and electronic”
• stewardship of common assets»Förvaltarskapsprincipen innebär ett ansvar för medmänniskor och miljö« (party programme ↗)“The stewardship principle means a responsibility for fellow humans and the environment”
• procurement in competition»upphandlas i konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“procured in competition.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan assumes that the public sector should not carry out what can be done equally well or better by others and warns that a large state produces a weaker society. The counter-proposal's demand for increased railway maintenance in-house means the opposite direction. The plan's commitment is instead to upgrade the existing railway so that trains can run on time, regardless of delivery method.

• limited public deliverydecisive»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done equally well or better by”
• market economy»Grunden för Sveriges välstånd är en marknadsekonomi baserad« (party programme ↗)“The foundation for Sweden's prosperity is a market economy based”
• upgraded existing railway»Rusta upp dagens järnväg i stället för att satsa på höghastighetståg som riskerar att vara omoderna redan innan de är klara« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Upgrade today's railway instead of betting on high-speed trains that risk being outdated before they are finished”
• smaller state»En stor stat leder till ett svagare samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“A large state leads to a weaker society.”

The plan notes that the railway is neglected and requires that maintenance of roads and railways be improved and that the network be upgraded throughout the country. Essential parts of infrastructure should according to the plan be under state control. To review increased in-house delivery of railway maintenance to reclaim expertise thus aligns with the plan's commitments.

• better railway maintenancedecisive»Förbättra underhållet av vägar och järnväg« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve the maintenance of roads and railways”
• neglected railway»Järnvägen är eftersatt och på sina håll får tågen köra mycket långsamt på grund av krokig sträckning och svaga banvallar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The railway is neglected and in some places trains have to run at very low speed because of crooked alignment and weak embankments.”
• state control of infrastructure»försvar och väsentliga delar av vår infrastruktur bör stå under statlig kontroll« (party programme ↗)“defence and essential parts of our infrastructure should be under state control”
• upgraded railway network»Rusta upp väg- och järnvägsnätet i hela landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Upgrade the road and rail network throughout the country”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.