Västtrafik is responsible for public transport in the Västra Götaland region, Sweden. Every day, over 444,000 customers choose to travel with our buses, trains, trams and boats. By developing and offering sustainable trips and smart services, we want to be the obvious choice when you travel. In this way, Västtrafik contributes to provide a foundation for sustainable growth in Västra Götaland. An attractive and competitive region.
Västtrafik AB - About us
This is what Västtrafik does
Plan traffic
Procure
Development
Services
In close cooperation with our partners, Västtrafik forms a public transport system with the customer in focus. We enable residents to travel together to work, school, leisure activities and drive the development towards sustainable traveling. We are simply a part of both your everyday life and the future. Västtrafik's more than 900 routes are run by partner companies procured in competition.
Västtrafik's Annual Report 2021 (pdf, opens in a new window in Swedish)
Västtrafik's Sustainability Report 2021, (pdf, opens in new window in Swedish)
Part of the Västra Götaland region
Västtrafik AB is owned by the Västra Götaland region. The regional council decides on Västtrafik's budget and produces, every fourth year, a traffic supply programme that specifies how public transport is to be developed in the long term. The overall goal is to double the travels with Västtrafik from 2006 to 2025.
Västtrafik in one day
- 947,000 journeys with the regular public transport
- 7,000 journeys with the call-driven traffic
- 1,857 buses, 101 trains, 263 trams, 36 boats
- The vehicles drive 47,500 miles, nearly 12 laps around the world
- Our Travel planner is used 1,200,000 times
Management and Board of Directors
Bijan Zainali (S), Göteborg, Chairman
Kent Lagrell (M), Öckerö, Vice-Chairman
Ingrid Andreae (S), Göteborg
Benny Halldin (S), Kållekärr
Åsa Karlsson (S), Götene
Eva Abrahamsson (M), Smögen
Marcus Källander (M), Götene
Glenn Ottosson (SD), Göteborg
Anders Strand (SD), Vargön
Oskar Karlsson (V), Västra Frölunda
Jessica Thunander (V), Floby
Lars-Inge Andersson (KD), Tostared
Roland Karlsson (C), Tvärred
Martin Karlsson (L), Göteborg
Karl Johan Nordensten (MP), Göteborg