News
Here you will find news and press releases from us.
April 2024
White Paper: The Swedish Stop Registry
Several regional public transportation authorities are planning to procure new planning systems. A national coordination of bus stop data, facilitated by the Swedish bus stop register, would streamline the management of bus stops at a national level and reduce costs for transportation operators.
March 2024
Samtrafiken first in Europe using the standard OSDM-Online – an open and international traffic data standard.
Yesterday Samtrafiken’s National Distribution System, was launched in sharp operation. The system is based on the open and international standard OSDM-Online, developed by the UIC (International Union of Railways). With this competition-neutral standard, all producers have the opportunity to connect. The system will be connected to several booking platforms.
November 2023
White Paper: ID-Based Travelling in Sweden
In Sweden, public transportation has transitioned from physical plastic cards to digital tickets, but the need for alternatives for certain passengers and the lack of a common standard pose challenges that require national coordination.
December 2022
Open Standard for Train Tickets Now Established in Sweden
The climate, and consumers alike, require a wider range of ground-based public transport nationally and internationally. To enable this, the underlying digital infrastructure for ticketing needs to be modernised using open standards. There is now a consensus in the industry regarding the choice of an open standard for train tickets.
March 2022
Samtrafiken and Turnit close a technology partnership deal based on open standards to develop the SEK 2 billion ticketing market in Sweden
Sweden is at the forefront of the liberalization of the mass transit market. The rail industry is fully liberalized with 10+ actors, and regional public transport, organised in 21 regions, has no formal monopolies. Samtrafiken has throughout the liberalization process, that has been ongoing for almost three decades, enabled combined travel through tickets called Resplus* in collaboration with all carrier parties.
