| Type | Government agency |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1856 |
| Headquarters | Sweden |
| Products | Rail transport |
Statens Järnvägar, SJ, or Swedish State Railways, originally Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen, or the Royal Railway Board, was a former enterprise agency of the Swedish government.
In 1988, Banverket - The Swedish Railway Administration - was severed from SJ, and the remains gradually transformed into a limited company. SJ was finally disbanded in 2001, and the assets were transferred to seven separate limited companies, owned by the Swedish Government:
- SJ, the passenger train operator
- Green Cargo, which operates freight trains
- Jernhusen, real estate
- EuroMaint, train maintenance
- Unigrid, information technology
- TraffiCare, which provides terminal services, e.g. train cleaning and switching
- TrainTech Engineering, currently a part of Interfleet Technology, the technical unit.
Apart from these companies, Statens Järnvägar still exists as a governmental agency. It controls some property, but has no regular railroad activities. It has not been dismantled due to technical reasons.
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