The South entrance to Stockholm is a frequent failing point. The basic problem here is that Stockholm rail was originally planned for about ten trains a day. So instead of running the rails north and south around Stockholm and leading the rail to Stockholm into a cul-de-sac Central, all rail runs through Stockholm making in expensive and politically trying to expand capacity enough. And local rail runs on the same tracks. This is not only shit happens, it is a 19th century built in weakness that it takes to much political will to overcome.

Add under-budgeted maintenance and neoliberal ideas about planning and even in the best of years you get delays in winter. And this winter looks like another though one.

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