1988 – SJ is divided

One of the most important decisions regarding the railway in Sweden is to divide SJ into one part that handles traffic ("New SJ") and one part that handles the infrastructure – Banverket. This means that financial funds from the state are directed to the infrastructure and the maintenance and construction of new railways.

SJ has continued to have a slightly too large suit and they are starting to steer the company towards a core business – running the trains. Other activities are successively abandoned during the 1990s to finally become a state-owned limited company in 2001: SJ AB. A pure freight unit is also created that only runs freight: Green Cargo AB.