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traffic and finances. 617
Table 129. Net Revenue of the Swedish Railivays.
Capital paid up* Net revenue Net revenue
Annually Thousands of kronor Thousands of kronor in % of capital
State Private State Private Total State Private
railways railways Total railways railways railways railways Total
1866- -70 . . 82 320 30 980 113300 2 459 1709 4168 2’99 5’52 3-68
1871- -75 . . 119 096 53 661 172 757 5 062 3 007 806!) 4-25 5’60 4-67
1876- -80 . , 171 001 175115 340116 5190 5 738 10928 3"04 3-28 3-16
1881- -85 . . 215 556 232 407 447 963 7 667 8 882 16 549 3-56 3’82 3-69
1886- -90 . . 245 171 256 413 501 584 6 449 10 204 16 653 2’63 3-98 3-32
1891- -95 . . 274 622 295 884 570 506 7 261 13160 20421 2 64 445 3-58
1896- -oo. : 329 967 330 697 660664 13120 17 508 30 028 3-98 5-29 4-64
1901- -05 . . 411 416 436 642 848058 12 905 19 414 32 319 3-14 4-45 3-81
1906 -10 . . 480 385 485 600 965985 12 382 20 282 32 604 2-58 418 3-38
1911 529 036 513 811 1 042 847 18 007 25 704 43 711 3’40 500 4-19
1912 544 067 518 734 1062 801 20 295 28 070 48365 373 5-41 4-55
j 1913 563 851 526 906 1090 757 21 826 29 565 51391 3-87 5-61 4-71
1 Average fur each year (arithmetical means of the figures for the beginning and end of
the year) according to book value.
At the end of 1913, the cost of construction of the State railways
running amounted to about 580 million kronor and that of the private
railways to about 580 million kronor. The cost of the former per km,
consequently, comes to about 122 000 kronor, of the latter to about 59 000
kronor. The normal gauge private lines separately cost about 72 000 kronor
per km and the narrow-gauge 36 000 kronor.
Data with regard to the extent of the traffic on the Swedish railways
are given in Tables 126 and 127, and with regard to the financial result in
Tables 128 and 129.
The total passenger traffic in 1913 amounted to 129 700
passenger-kilometers per km of railway; on the State railways alone to 218 800, but on the
private lines only to 86 000. Only on some smaller distances is the European
average (420 000 passenger-kilometers per km of railway) reached or exceeded,
this being chiefly due to the sparse population of Sweden, but partly also
to the competition with the means of communication by water, so ample in
Sweden. Every inhabitant of Sweden travelled in 1911 on an average 295
km, by rail; the corresponding average figure for Europe is 310 km. From
this point of view, consequently, the passenger traffic in Sweden is a little
below the average. — Of the total number of passengers in 1913 (apart from
the transport of troops) 5’0 % travelled 1st or 2nd class, and 95-o %, 3rd class.
The Goods traffic in 1913 amounted to 234 000 ton-kilometers per km of
rail; on the State lines to 437 000 and on the private lines to 135 000. A
number of private railways in the mining-districts, however, reach more than
900 000 ton-kms per railway km, and the State railway called the
"riksgränsbanan", in the far north of Sweden, approaches 3’d million ton-kms per railway
km, which represents an extraordinarily heavy traffic. The average for European
railways is about 600 000. — Of goods carried on the State railways in 1913,
calculated according to weight, timber formed 35*6 %, ore 37’2 %, coal 5"6 %,
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