THE SWEDISH RAILWAY

The Swedish State Railway has decided to improve existing railway infrastructure and develop new trains for higher speeds on existing tracks. The latest major rolling stock investment in Sweden is described: the high-speed tilting train class X2, the OTU train from Bombardier Transportation that can run on both Danish and Swedish railway tracks, the Regina regional train from Bombardier Transportation, new intercity X40 trains from Alstom, the Y31/Y32 diesel multiple unit from Bombardier Transportation, X60 commuter trains for Stockholm from Alstom, and Vagn 2000 metro cars from Bombardier Transportation. The upgrade of the track to withstand an axle load of 25 tonnes and the purchase of new wagons has improved freight transport capacity and efficiency. New freight wagons include the two-axle timber wagon Laaps-011 and the Hiqqrs-vw freight wagon from K-Industrier.

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• Corporate Authors:

  RUSSELL PUBLISHING LTD

  COURT LODGE, HOGTROUGH HILL
  BRASTED, KENT  United Kingdom  TN16 1NU
• Authors:
  • WADMAN, P
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25-8
• Serial:
  • EUROPEAN RAILWAY REVIEW
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: RUSSELL PUBLISHING LTD
  • ISSN: 1351-1599

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Investments; Passenger transportation; Planning; Policy; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation; Rolling stock
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1112: Freight transport; 227: Investment; 1146: Passenger transport; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1062: Railway track; 1266: Rolling stock; 8109: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00978223
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 3 2004 12:00AM