Stockholms Spårvägar (1915)
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{{Infobox company
| name = {{lang|sv|text=AB Stockholms Spårvägar}}
| image =
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| trading_name = SS
| type = {{lang|sv|Aktiebolag}}
| foundation = 1915
| successor = SL (1967)
| location = Stockholm, Sweden
| products = Public Transport
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{{dfn|{{lang|sv|text=AB Stockholms Spårvägar}}}} ({{lit|Stockholm Tramways}}, SS) was a public transport company in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1915, it was owned by the City of Stockholm to coordinate and operate public transport within the city.{{Cite web |last=Riksarkivet |title=Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/nad?postid=Arkis+A9620F48-6683-4062-A4DD-F76CCE4BA03C |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=sok.riksarkivet.se |language=sv}} In 1967 the public transport in the entire Stockholm County was coordinated and the company changed its name to {{lang|sv|Storstockholms Lokaltrafik}} (SL) and its ownership was transferred to the Stockholm County Council.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=SL bildas 1967 - vi får sammanhängande kollektivtrafik i hela regionen - Regionarkivet Stockholm |url=https://www.regionarkivet.regionstockholm.se/vara-arkiv/fynd-i-arkivet/storlandstingets-50-arsubileum/storlandstingetartiklar/2021-04-09-sl-bildas-1967---vi-far-sammanhangande-kollektivtrafik-i-hela-regionen.html |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.regionarkivet.regionstockholm.se |language=sv}}
Overview
File:Aktiebolaget Stockholms Spårvägar, SS A29 171 utanför spårvagnshallen.jpg
Traffic with horse-drawn trams began in 1877 with the privately owned {{lang|sv|Stockholms Nya Spårvägsaktiebolag}} ({{lit}} Stockholm's New Tramway Company, SNS) and it gained a concession to operate trams on the streets of Stockholm for 40 years. Largely due to geographic factors, its traffic never extended south of {{lang|sv|Slussen}}, although they had the option to do so. Another company, {{lang|sv|Stockholms Södra Spårvägsaktiebolag}} ({{lit}} Stockholm's Southern Tramway Company, SSB) was started to provide tramway traffic on {{lang|sv|Södermalm}}.{{Cite web |title=Stockholmstyper - Svenska Spårvägssällskapet |url=https://www.sparvagssallskapet.se/fakta/stockholmstyper.php?bolag=ssb |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=www.sparvagssallskapet.se}}
The city-owned {{lang|sv|text=AB Stockholms Spårvägar}} was created in 1915 with the aim to coordinate and making the two separate networks more efficient. The {{lang|sv|{{abbr|SNS|Stockholms Nya Spårvägsaktiebolag}}}} network was taken over in 1917 and {{lang|sv|{{abbr|SSB|Stockholms Södra Spårvägsaktiebolag}}}} would follow in 1918. Although the two networks had merged they would not be connected until 1922.
The opening of {{lang|sv|Västerbron}} in 1935 caused a major rework of the tram and bus lines when passage through {{lang|sv|Gamla Stan}} no longer was mandatory when travelling from {{lang|sv|Södermalm}} to {{lang|sv|Kungsholmen}}. The first underground parts of the Stockholm Metro opened in 1933 on the stretch from {{lang|sv|Skanstull}} to {{lang|sv|Slussen}}, although it would be trafficked by suburban trams gaining electricity from overhead wires until special metro vehicles was introduced in 1950 which collected its power from a third rail.
In addition to trams, motorbuses and the metro, SS once operated a large trolleybus system from 1941 until 1964. The Stockholm City Council decided in 1957 to suspend the tramway and the last five lines (4, 6, 7, 8 and 10) that remained in the City Centre were closed in conjunction with the switch to right-hand side traffic in September 1967.
The company changed its name from January 1, 1967, to {{lang|sv|AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik}} and is today responsible for public transport in Stockholm County.
= Modern {{lang|sv|Stockholms Spårvägar}} =
{{Main articles|Stockholms Spårvägar}}
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In 1987 a new company with the name {{lang|sv|text=AB Stockholms Spårvägar}} was created by the Swedish Tramway Society to take care of the traffic on the then forthcoming {{lang|sv|Djurgårdslinjen}}. {{lang|sv|Storstockholms Lokaltrafik}} accepted the re-use of its old name and logo.
See also
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Category:Rail transport in Stockholm
Category:Public transport companies in Sweden
Category:Tram transport in Sweden
Category:Railway companies established in 1915
Category:Railway companies established in 1987