Banverket and SJ are government-owned, the others private. Many local passenger services are operated on behalf of regional transport authorities. In most cases the operator is SJ, for exceptions see below. The following are regional transport authorities responsible for the provision of local train services. They contract with SJ or another train operator to run the trains for them.
Services crossing regional transport authority boundaries are usually jointly-sponsored.
A few are joint operations with SJ long-distance services. In several cases a separate brand name, shown in brackets, is used to promote some or all services. The Sami, who live in the extreme north, have their own language, which is related to Finnish. The Rikstidtabellen appears in two or three editions each year and includes all rail services, plus inter-urban buses and certain ferries. Urban bus and tram services are not shown.