Type
Business expansion
Country
Sweden
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines
49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines

1,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
29 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2007
Foreseen end date
2 June 2008

Description

Statens Järnvägar (SJ), a Swedish public railway company, plans to have created 1000 new positions across Sweden between May 2007 and June 2008. The firm made the announcement on August 29th 2007, and also stated that the new employees will primarily be engineers and train hosts. The decision to create the new jobs is attributable to the firm's excellent recent financial results. The increased profits are due to a general increase in rail travel amongst the population and also an increase in first-class passengers.


Sources

  • 29 August 2007: Dagens Industri (www.di.se)

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Statens Järnvägar, Business expansion in Sweden, factsheet number 65746, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65746.