of the State Railways, but with certain additional fees), which also gives
the rules for determining the routes that are to be employed for the transport
of the goods (the total line-length forms the basis for determining
the tariff employed; cf. below), and for the settlement of any dispute that
may arise. The beneficial effects of the work of this union have been
felt both by the travelling public and by the railways themselves.
There is also a common tariff existing for the joint passenger traffic
between the various railway lines.
Pho to . A. Malmström, Stockholm.
3rd Class Sleemng-car.
The private railways have a special organizàtion in the Railway Union (Jarn-
vâgsforeningen), formed in 1876, which embraces nearly all the private railways
and is composed of the administrations of these lines. I t was mainly through
cooperation between this Union and the Board of the State Railways that the
above mentioned Joint Traffic Union was founded.
The tariff that is in force for the traffic of the State Railways themselves
dates from 1889, but since that year it has been revised in essential
particulars and is at present being submitted to a thorough re-casting.
First, as regards the goods traffic, there are certain fundamental principles
of calculation for freight-goods, for express-goods, and also for parcels,
living animals, vehicles, etc. A s freight-goods is included the great ore-
traffic from the mines in Lappland. Of the total freight-income for goods
on the State lines in 1913, which amounted to 56-6 million kronor, there
was received from the Lappland-ore, carriage 13-8 million kronor, from
other freight-goods, parcels, and express-goods, 41-4 million kronor (of
which amount it was calculated that the parcels and express-goods yielded
2-8 million kronor), while the balance was obtained by the transport of
living animals, vehicles, etc. The freight-goods traffic is, consequently,
incomparably the most important. In the cases when no special exceptional
rates are granted, goods which are transported as freight-goods
are classified under the ordinary tariffs, by the assistance of a so-called
goods-classification, wherein respect is paid partly to the nature and the
value, etc. of the articles sent, and also to the size of space occupied by
the goods. The goods-classification in force dates from 1902, but includes
several alterations and additions of a later date. At the present time,
there are 14 different tariffs; the rates are lower the greater the distance,
i. eij, the freight per km is lower for longer distances than for short ones
(for exemple, the freight in tariff 8 is 10 ore for 10 km; 47 ore for 100
km; and 195 ore for 1,000 km; all per 100 kg).
The tariffs for the carriage of passengers have been in force-since 1906;
they are drawn up in accordance with the so-called zone-tariff, according
to which also there is an essentially lower rate per km for longer distances
T able 126. Passenger Traffic on the Swedish Railways4
Annually
Number of passengers
I n th ousands
- P a s s e t ger-kiio meters
-In millions
. G-ross re c e ip ts of the
p a ssen g e r traffic
Thousands o f k ro n o r
S ta te
railways
P riv a te
railways To ta l
S ta te
railways
P r iv a t e .
railways T o ta l . S ta te
railways
P riv a te
railways T o ta l
186@®70 . . 1498 ■ 837 2385 77-22 20-51 97-73 2 585 727 3 312
m i . 2 524 1805 4 329 127-66 43-20 170-86 4 724 1613 6337
1876-80 3168 3 741 6909 144-87 90-48 235-36 6158 3 927 10 085
1881—85 . 1 3 708 4 729 8437 171-44 111-43 282-87 7 334 5 031 12365
1886-90 . . 4 240 6 476 10 716 188-56 145-70 33426 7 770 6 297 14067
1891—95 . . 5108 10 408 15516 223-16 220-50 443-66 8 636 8820 17 456
1896—00 . . 9 331 16 290 25 621 389-23 312-69 701-92 14176 11654 25830
1901—05. . 12 454 24 294 36 748 515-62 458-22 973 84 . 16 489 15169 31658
1906-10 . . 17 592 35 356, 52 948 753-42 677‘85 1 431 27 21537 20571 42108
1911 . . ' , 21824 38 493 60317 893 02 745-00 1638-02 25 359 23 522 48881
1912 . . . . 23 134 39 823 62957 968-20 761-48 1 729-68 26 925 24 556 51481
1913s . . . 24 886 42 497 67 383 1027-32 82211 1849-43 28 544 26 201 54 745
Inclusive of tie steam railway-ferry routes. — - Provisional figures as regards the pri-
vate lines.