Annual Report 2010/2011 - pdf 7.05 MB - Nobina AB

MArKet OVerVIeW
» Bus transport accounted for about 59%
of total public transport and increased
slightly during 2010.
The trend throughout the Nordic region is
toward more incentive-driven contracts,
which will increase travel and make it profitable
to offer public transport. And as more
traffic areas are opened up for competition,
the price scenario will improve and benefit
the traffic companies that can deliver high
quality for a good price.
TRAVEl IN THE NORDIc cOuNTRIEs
Travel is increasing in Sweden and this is true
for both car travel and public transport. Bus
traffic accounted for approximately 59% of
total public transport, up 0.4% during 2010.
That can be compared with the subway, which
accounted for approximately 27% and trains
for approximately 14% of trips.
In Norway, the number of travelers using
public transport increased by 1.3% during
2010, which corresponded to developments
during 2009, according to the Statistics
Norway. The largest growth occurred in
Overview of public transport in sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland 2010/2011
All scheduled public
transports (rail and bus)
12 NOBINA | ANNuAl repOrt 2010/2011
Market value,
SeK bn
Number
of buses
scheduled public
bus transports
Market value
SeK bn
Number
of buses
scheduled public bus transports
exposed to competition
regional traffic
Market value, SeK bn
Interregional traffic
Market value, SeK bn
Sweden 30.2 7,696 14.8 7,186 14.0 0.8
Denmark 24.5 3,247 8.4 3,177 8.2 0.3
Norway 13.3 6,328 13.2 2,519 3.6 0.3
Finland 20.6 4,913 7.6 1,354 2.7 0.8
Total 88.6 22,184 44.0 14,236 28.5 2.2
Market values are estimates made by Nobina.
conjunction with the expansion of subway
and streetcar lines, although those comprise a
relatively small portion of the total traffic. Bus
traffic accounted for approximately 60% of
the total public transport, with that percentage
remaining unchanged in recent years.
In Finland, public transport increased in
the capital city area by 2.2% during 2010.
Bus traffic accounted for just over half of
trips, increasing by 4% during that time
period. That can be compared with the subway,
which accounted for approximately
17.5% and trains for 14.4% of trips.
In Denmark, bus traffic accounted for
approximately 40% of trips according to
a study conducted in 2009. Conditions
remained unchanged during 2010. The
number of travelers has fallen since 2003 as
a result of economic growth and increased
competition from cars as the primary mode
of transportation. Following the same trend,
the number of bus trips increased by 2.4%
during 2010 due to the financial crisis. The
past two years have seen comprehensive
changes to public transport in the form
of cutbacks, structural changes and streamlining
of both city and regional traffic.