TNK125 · 6 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Logistik, Transportsystem
Public Transportation and Rail Traffic
Active · next start HT 2026
100%
passed the latest regular sitting
UPG1 · 5 Nov 2025 · 10 students
100%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
UPG1 · 31 students
This module only reports passing results, so the pass rate does not show how many did not pass.
Part of 3 programmes
Hand-in or lab
UPG1 Hand-in assignments
- 5
- 4
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 31 students
- 100%10
- 100%21
Later rounds
100% passed · 25 students
- 100%25
- Pass a later round: 100% (25 students), compared with 100% (31 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 48% (56 students)
Show small sittings (4)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%1
- 100%1
- 100%4
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
UPG2 Project
- 5
- 4
- 3
Main rounds
100% passed · 53 students
- 100%8
- 100%15
- 100%30
Later rounds
100% passed · 6 students
- 100%6
- Pass a later round: 100% (6 students), compared with 100% (53 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 44% (59 students)
Show small sittings (4)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%3
- 100%2
- 100%3
About the course
Aim
The course aims to provide basic knowledge of public transport systems and rail transport. The focus is on tactical planning of public transport.
After the course a student should be able to
- describe key actors, planning processes and trends in public transport in Sweden
- compare different public transport solutions with regard to their characteristics, advantages and disadvantages
- understand common problems in tactical planning of public transport and rail transport and the characteristics and limitations of the methods and tools used to solve these problems
- analyse and solve a given problem in tactical planning of public transport
Content
- Public transport in Sweden: the role of public transport in the transport system, actors in public transport and rail, public transport law, transport supply programmes, economics, procurement
- Current trends: electrification, automation, digitalisation, mobility services, free public transport etc.
- Public transport solutions: general and specific public transport, road and rail modes, infrastructure and vehicles, demand-responsive public transport, traffic management, punctuality, traffic information, fare and payment systems
- Tactical planning: route network, frequency, vehicle planning, timetables, interchanges, capacity, traffic modelling of mode and route choices, data analysis and evaluation
- Examiner
- Nils Breyer
- Scheduled hours
- 30 h
- Main field of study
- Logistik, Transportsystem