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RAILWAYS. TRAFFIC AND FINANCES.
991
Table 153. Passenger trajfic on the Swedish Railways.
I Number of passengers.
Average for ’ In thousand»,
the years i__
i State I Private |
j rHllways.j railways 0
Passenger-kilometers.
In millions.
Suite Privute ,
railways i railways.j
Total.
Gross receipts of the
passenger traffic.
Thousands of Kronor.
State Private
mil ways, railways.
Total.
1866/70...... 1,498 837 2,335 77 22 2051 97 73 2,585 727 j 3,312
1871/75............-1,524 1,8(15 4,329 12766 43 20 17086 4,724 1,613 6,337
1876/80 ...... 3,168, 3,741 6,909 144 87 90 48 235 35 6,158 1 3,927 10,085
1881 85.... 3,708 [ 4,729 8,437 171 44 111 48 2s2’87 7,334 5,031 12,365
1886/90 ............4,240 : 6,476, 10,716 188 561 145 70 334 26 7,770 6,297 14,067
1891/95 ...... 5,108.10,408 15,510 22316 i 220 50 443 66 8,636 8,820 17,450
; 1896/00 ...... 9,331 16,290 25,021 389 23 312 69 701 92 14,176 11,654 25,830
j In 1896 ............7,729 12,631! 20,300 305 10 238 81 543 91 11,474 9,372 20,840
• 1897 ..........8,522 14,216 22,738 398 29 280 15 07844 14,024 10,426 i 24,450
i » 1898 ............9.239 16,231 25,470 36986 313 40 08326 13,735 11,650 25,385
! > 1899............10,217 18,487 28,704 418 46 j 352 831 77129 10,426 12,995 28,421
» 1900...... 10,949 19,882 30,831 454-43 378 261 832 69 16,222 13,827, 30,049
• 1901......111,436 21,835; 33,271 476 63 40959J 880 22 16,782 14,660 31,442
• 1902’.....,11,680 22,300 33,980 488 53 ! 420 00 | 90S63 17,068 , 14,8001 31,808
The Goods traffic iii 1901 amounted to 129,000 ton-kilom. per kilom, of
rail, on the Government lines to 210,000 and on the private lines to 87,000.
A number of private railways in the mining-districts, however, reach more than
700,000 ton-kilom. per railway kilom., and the Government railway Gellivare
-Luleå approaches 1 million ton-kilom. per railway kilom., which represents an
extraordinary heavy traffic. The average for European railways is 514,000. Per
inhabitant the Swedish railways perform a work of goods-transport of 290
ton-kilom. per annum, against Europe’s average of about 366. — Of goods carried
on the Government railways in 1902, calculated according to weight, timber formed
19-87 ore 19-99 %, coal and coke 5-94 %, stones and different kinds of earth,
bricks, and asphalt 5-9 6 %, iron and steel 5*4 5 %, and corn 5’5 0 %.
Table 154.
Goods traffic on the Swedish Railways.1
Average for
the years
Goods carried.
Thousands of tons.
■ State Private .
railways.’ railways.
Ton-kilometers.
In millions.
Slate Privute
railways, railways.
Gross receipts of the
goods traffic.
Thousands of Kronor.
State Private
railways, railways.
I
1866 70......1 479 1,022 1,501 5781 I 3534 931 5 3.387 2,584 ’ 5,971
1871/75...... 1,036 1,998 3,034 125*22! 62 68 187 90 6,713 4,591 j 11,304
1876 80......, 1,508 3,292 4,800 174 44 118 92 29.T36 9,316 8,801 18,117
1881/85......, 2,119 4,993 7,112 226 74 j 200-68 427 42 11,855 13,062 24,917
1886 90 ...... 2,591 5,929 8,520 262 32! 246 97 509 29 12,523 14.576 1 27,099
1891/95 ...... 3,300 8,868 12,108 333 40 375-27 70867 14.726 19,611 j 34,337
1896,00 ...... 5,897 13,080 18,977 658 93 585 36 1,244 29 23,757,26,574, 50,331
In 1896 ...... 5,033 11,365 10,398 516 44 I 513 06 ’ 1,029 50 19,852 1 23.058 42,910
» 1897...... -5,608 12,625 1 18,233 568 06 555 98 : 1,124 04 21,736 25,1181 40,854
i » 1898 ...... 5,868 13,010 18,878 669 74 590 64 1,200 38 23,740 26,564 50,304
> 1899...... 6,190 13,476 19,000 735-88 , 6»1’87 1,337 70 25,561 27,765 53,320
> 1900 ...... 6,788 14,923 21,711 804 57 , 665 27 1,409 84 27.8% 30,3(56 58,202
! » 1901...... 6,789 14,742 21,531 815 97 652 66 1,468 63 27.810 29.5871 57,397
> 1902s..... 6,889;14,900 21.789 839-52 660 00 J 1,499 52 28,739 j 29,900 58,030
1 A ton = metric ton à 2,204 lbs. A ton-kilometer = 0 612 ton-mile (Eng. ton). A krona
- l lO shilling or 0268 dollar. — * For the private railways the figures are provisional.
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