Rising costs for maintenance and operation, poor control of the business and an inefficient IT system.
It is the conclusions about the Swedish Transport Administration that the National Audit Office draws in a recent review of the authority.
According to the document, the Swedish Transport Administration spends, among other things, SEK 3.7 billion on basic maintenance - far more than what was first agreed upon.
"Cursed and saddened"
Maria Stockhaus (M), member of the Transport Committee, does not mince words after taking part in the review.
- The criticism is devastating.
The Swedish National Audit Office says that the Swedish Transport Administration does not have a construction register where it is aware of the status of the rails and what it looks like out in the country, where you need to make efforts.
You have no idea, she tells SVT Nyheter.
- When you procure, you do not follow up that you get what you pay for.
I get pissed and saddened at how badly this is handled.
Maria Stockhaus proposed that the Transport Committee should call the Swedish Transport Administration's Director General Lena Erixon to the committee to explain herself.
But the committee chose not to go along that line.
- This is such a serious criticism that the committee must mark, says Maria Stockhaus.
Eneroth (S): "Nationalized"
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- It is of course serious, says Minister of Infrastructure Thomas Eneroth (S).
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According to Infrastructure Minister Tomas Eneroth (S), the criticism from the National Audit Office is serious, and means signs that parts of the railway maintenance should be nationalized.
- This is of course serious and shows how important it is that the Swedish Transport Administration gets its own direction when it comes to railway maintenance, not just hand it over to a private market, he says to SVT News.
- I think it is an important part that they have their own competence.
Then you have better opportunities to be able to see if the prices are reasonable.
It is not acceptable to have such a sharp cost increase as one has now had.
Which part of the criticism do you see as the most serious?
- That there is not sufficient knowledge about the system's capacity and quality.
It's serious.
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See Bengt Olsson, press manager at the Swedish Transport Administration, comment on the National Audit Office's criticism Photo: Tim Ekendahl, Oskar Jönsson, SVT