[cm3]

What's the background on Arlanda Express. I've used it and wasn't too impressed but it wasn't late or super slow. Though I wouldn't consider it an express connection from the airport to central station compared to what's possible on rails.

[uola]

Basically the government put up much of the financing but gave a private company monopoly on traffic until 2040. It was sold to venture capital which because of tax planning are paying little to no tax.

The Wikipedia article is fairly complete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlanda_Express

[cm3]

And since 2014 it's owned not only by an Australian corp but Aussie and Chinese.