Gnesta municipality has a temporary shortage of physical SL cards before the start of school. Students can instead get the school ticket in the SL app or load this year's ticket onto a card from the previous school year. A new delivery is expected at the beginning of week 34.
What happened?
The municipality describes two options while new cards are on the way. Anyone who can use the SL app can get a link to download the ticket digitally. A saved SL card from last academic year can also be reused and loaded with this year's school ticket. The news does not specify the exact delivery date or how long the processing time is for each student.
Location
Gnesta, Södermanland
Impact and significance
The school trip needs to work from the first day of school even when the physical card stock is exhausted. The information helps students and guardians avoid unnecessary trips to collect a card and shows that an older card does not need to be thrown away. However, the individual right to a school ticket is determined by the municipality's rules and is not affected by the lack of stock.
Background
The notice applies to Gnesta municipality's handling of SL tickets and should not be generalized to other municipalities or transport companies. Digital ticket requires a compatible phone and working app. The municipality's page does not contain details of people who are missing both a phone and an old card; they need to contact the responsible school or transport function.
Latest update
The delivery is estimated to come at the beginning of week 34, but the formulation is a forecast. Students should follow the municipality's current notice and save their old card until this year's ticket works. WUA does not issue an individual decision on school transport or ticket eligibility. This summary is based on the stated public source and describes the state of affairs when the WUA reviewed the material on 17 August 2026. It does not replace the authority, municipality or organizer's own practical information. If dates, times, conditions or execution have changed, the later information on the original page shall be used. Title and text have been editorially reworded to separate verifiable information from the source's own judgments. No data outside the cited material has been used to fill gaps, and the reader should follow the source links for full context. The data has been checked against the page title, date, place, amount and status where such fields exist. WUA has not verified things that the source itself leaves open, for example final costs, number of participants, permission or future results. Such uncertainties are stated in the text and must be followed in later official announcements.
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Reviewed: 2026-08-17. Independent editorial content. WUA Sverige is not affiliated with any political party.