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Public Transport
Contact
Department of public transportation and infrastructure
Postal adress: Region Västra Götaland, Regionens hus, SE 405 44 Göteborg, SWEDEN
Visiting address: Bergslagsgatan 2, 411 04 Göteborg
Email: kollektivtrafik@vgregion.se
Switchboard: +46 10 441 00 00
Region Västra Götaland has around 1.6 million inhabitants, distributed among 49 municipalities. In this county stretching 250 km from north to south, on the nearly thousand bus, train, boat and tram lines, public transport makes the equivalent of a trip of about ten times around the world every day – in the countryside, built-up areas and towns of Västra Götaland.
The good life
Public transport improves the opportunities to have a good life for the inhabitants of Västra Götaland. If passengers feel that they can travel quickly, simply and at a reasonable price, and so choose not to travel by car, this can have a positive effect on growth, climate change, the urban environment and much more.
The proportion of the motorized journeys made in Västra Götaland by public transport is increasing and it will continue to increase. The number of journeys made by public transport is to double, which is both a national target and a target for public transport in Västra Götaland. For our county, this would entail the number of public transport journeys made in the county in the year 2025 being about 400 million annually. How public transport is to develop in Västra Götaland is given in a so-called “transport provision programme”.
Open market access
In addition to the public transport that is funded by taxpayers, it has been possible since 2012 for other actors than Västtrafik, the transport company of Region Västra Götaland, to operate public transport in the county. A transport company can now register itself and start a line of its own, for example, from a residential area to a large workplace.
Region Västra Götaland – the public transport authority in Västra Götaland
Since January 2012, Region Västra Götaland has been the public transport authority in Västra Götaland. As a result, the citizens of Västra Götaland participate in deciding how public transport is to develop in the long term, every time they vote in regional elections.
As a public transport authority, Region Västra Götaland decides the principles behind how public transport is to be extended and where investments are to be made in order to have the greatest possible impact. The aim is for public transport to contribute to achieving Västra Götaland’s vision of "the good life".
The politicians and civil servants of Region Västra Götaland are working closely with the municipalities and other actors to develop public transport.
Finance
Public transport is paid for, in part, by tax revenues via Region Västra Götaland, and in part by ticket revenues. The revenue from taxation amounts to over three billion SEK, and about the same amount comes from ticket revenues (2013).
Västtrafik AB, the company that runs the traffic, is owned by Region Västra Götaland