Originally Posted by
GUWonder
My protest against the Arlanda C surcharge which seems to be there to drive passengers to Arlanda Express and to get ARN arriving and departing passengers to not use it instead of Arlanda Express and Flygbussen.
That is exactly the aim of the surcharge. The three train stations at Arlanda (Arlanda South and North for Arlanda Express plus Arlanda C for all other trains) are managed by a company called A-train, which owns Arlanda Express. The goal for A-train is of course to get as many passengers as possible to Arlanda Express and thus it is setting the surcharge fee at such a level. The reasons behind this scheme is that A-train contributed with money (in part, not entirely) to finance the infrastructure when it was built in the late 1990s. For this A-train was given the right to use the tracks and stations until the year 2040 and to charge any other company who wishes to use the tracks and stations, like SJ or SL. Is this a good deal for the general public? That is debated. Some claim that without A-train's money the tracks and stations at Arlanda would never have been built. True? Hard do say, honestly.