Resenären idag : Vem är det och vilka krav ställer den på tåg- och stationsutformning

Today’s society in Sweden differs from that 160 years ago when railroads were firstbuilt. In general, people are wealthier and as a result used to a higher degree of comfort,service and independency. Throughout the years, both the train stations and the wagonshave tried to keep up with this development by increasing for instance the comfortonboard regarding the chairs, and developed what could be considered malls inside ofthe train stations.The purpose of this report is to take a closer look on the history of how the typical longdistance train traveler has changed in time, if and how the wagons and stations havedealt with these changes in order to get an idea of how the train wagons and stationsshould be designed in the near future in order to compete with the car or airplane.The traveler today and in the nearest future can be considered to be comfortable and aswe are moving towards a more individualistic society, we wish to travel on our ownrequirements. Both the trains themselves, the infrastructure (railroad and ticket salesfor instance) and the stations play a big part in the traveler’s perception of the journeyall together. Hence, the trains need to adapt, not only to the higher degree ofcomfortable chairs that the passengers wish for, but to the passenger that wants privacy,the families traveling with their children and to all the other individual desires. Aflexible train is a good train in regards to what the passengers request. This applies alsoto the train stations, which in a higher degree than ever need to adapt to thecomfortable, efficient traveler. Making sure that all kind of traffic can arrive and departfrom the station, weather it is car pools, rental bikes or local buses is crucial. Also, it isimportant that the station offers several activities and services that the modern traveler needs in order to be time efficient