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Short information about MRO
MRO is an abbreviation of
Museibanornas Riksorganisation)
MRO is an umbrella
organisation for the Swedish heritage railways. They all are
notified infrastructure managers and railway undertakings and their
infrastructure is separated from the national network.
MRO has 18 members of which
three are standard gauge, eight narrow gauge 891 mm, four narrow
gauge 600 mm and three tramways. The length of the lines of the
different members is between 68 km and less than one km. The members
have very different background and have built up their activities in
quite different ways.
Requirements to be a MRO
member
To be a MRO member the
society needs to fulfil the following requirements
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The society should be recognised as
railway undertaking and infrastructure manager and operates along
the Swedish laws for train (tram) traffic.
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The goal of the society should be to
organise and run a historically correct train or tram traffic.
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The income from ticket selling and
relevant selling of books, coffees etc. are the main income for the
society.
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The activities of the society are based on
unpaid work done by the society members.
The
activity of MRO
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MRO provides a contact way from the
different societies to government organisations.
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MRO is a forum for contact between the
different societies.
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MRO arrange regularly meetings for the
members twice per year. For the daily operating of MRO a board of
three persons led by a chairman is appointed.
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MRO provides a number of consulting
individuals (in the area of legal questions, insurances, security
etc.) to be available for the members.
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MRO is arranging from time to time
seminaries on different aspects.
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MRO has different working groups dealing
with specific areas like: security, steam, track and signal
technique etc.
MRO and international activities
MRO is a member of
FEDECRAIL (open
in a new window) the European Federation of Museum
& Tourist Railways. Through this membership MRO hopes to strengthen
the international collaboration between heritage railways throughout
Europe.
MRO
members
Click here
to get a list of the MRO members.
E-mail to MRO:
info@museibanorna.se |
