Organization of regional rail public transport. : An integrated system is important if we want to increase the public transport share.

Public transport shows large regional disparities in development. This report aims to determine if any part of the cause is to be found in the form of the regional public transport organizations. There is no doubt about the eager for increasing the public transport market share beyond societal basic principle where the public transport covers school and work commuting in order to be an environmentally friendly substitute for the car. The amount of money spent on public transport and the idea of an integrated system differs from region to region, what seems to be the optimal way of creating a regional transportation to increase the public transport market share? The population is getting bigger and bigger and this fact contributes to regional growth round cities in Sweden. To fulfill necessary needs regarding transportation for these people living in the outer part of a region, counties are working together to simplify the travel. What's making this work difficult is that every county has their own prices for purchasing monthly passes to access the public transport, and since these passes aren’t valid for journeys across the county border, this limits the regional growth. In addition to this fact that counties have to erase the difficulties with handling different situations within each county, the public transport has been since the year 2012 deregulated in Sweden and the market is open for any transport company to start a business. Many companies in the same area also create a confusing situation for the travelers regarding the needs for different tickets for different part of the same journey. If a traveler misses the intended departure it is not certain that she can take the next departure if this is provided by another company. All together create county borders, many companies, increasing need for regional growth and travel together with a severe economic situation the foundation for this investigation. The report is conducted by studying reports, books and other available information such as the traffic development program from each county. This information is compared with a model with statistics from each region and at least one representative in the form of an experienced employee from the public transport sector in each region. This data and analysis work as the foundation for the results in this thesis