According to the regular timetable, it takes less than 20 minutes to travel from Gnesta to Södertälje south to be able to travel from there either south or north.
But the spring has been difficult for travelers. Greatly reduced traffic, replacement buses with almost triple travel time and, not least, cancelled departures at short notice are some of the problems they have had to deal with.
MTR, which is responsible for running the trains, and which has been procured by Region Stockholm, has previously said that the train problems on the route will last until this autumn, citing a shortage of train drivers.
"Rye in the back"
On Tuesday afternoon, the association Gnestapendeln handed over a petition with over 5,000 signatures to Region Stockholm's traffic regional councillor Anton Fendert (MP).
The association demands that trains within the current, reduced, timetable should run and that cancellations of trains at short notice should not occur.
"It gives me the strength to place even higher demands on our contractor," he says.