[SE] Trafikverket has issued a tender for new night trains (update)

[jamesontheroad]

Mods, this could be considered a continuation of this closed thread (albeit one where I used the wrong country prefix, S instead of SE ) https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/s-trafikverket-has-issued-a-tender-for-new-night-trains.241842/

The traffic committee in the Swedish Riksdag has advised Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration) to revise its proposals for the procurement of state-owned night train rolling stock.

The sticking point has been the choice between wider Swedish-profile rolling stock and narrower "continental" profile carriages. The committee concluded that with the smaller cross-section and the necessary insulation in the carriage walls for cold temperatures, the carriages would have a lower overall passenger capacity than a wider carriage.

(This also answers the popular complaint that the beds would be shorter).

SVT in Norbotten county reports (in Swedish) here: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/n...kverket-efter-forslaget-om-smalare-tag-i-norr

My translation:

Member of Parliament Linus Lakso (MP) reacted to Trafikverket's proposal for narrower trains, saying that he does not think it would work, as the trains become smaller and with sufficient insulation, several seats per carriage would disappear.

"There is a risk that it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The trains we are talking about here are for use here and cannot be resold to another part of Europe ... We want to invest in our train service, which does not work as it should. We need bigger, wider carriages that are well insulated," says Lakso.

 

[JonasB]

And for those not following Swedish politics, MP means Miljöpartiet, the Green party.

 

[JonasB]

Trafikverket has now extended the deadline for bids until February next year.