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Published more: 2016-09-12 11:06 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Crumbling railways ? now train speeds reduced

The poor repair of Sweden's railways means reduced speed for many trains next year.Photo.Hans Zillén / Sveriges Radio

Work to upgrade Sweden's crumbling railways will hit passengers and businesses hard next year with the need to to reduce train speeds on even the busiest routes.

Years of deferred maintenance has meant that in 2017, trains running on sixty-nine rail routes in the country will have to operate at reduced speed while work to upgrade the crumbling infrastructure is carried out, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) said on Monday.

It is not just low-traffic stretches that are affected. The Swedish Transport Administration...