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SJ X14

🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by ABB Group· from 1994· series of two-car electric multiple units operated by Statens Järnvägar of Sweden as local trains

🚆 multiple unit electric ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. SJ x14-3240: Jan Oosterhuis at nl.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. Stenungsund-pendeltåg: Lars Engström· Public domain
  3. 3. 2013-06-24 0644 Interiör i X14 3233: G och J· CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. 2010-07-31 899 X14 3238 i Varberg: G och J· CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. 2010-07-31 900 X14 3238 i Varberg: G och J· CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. 15.05.22 Ludvika X14 3190 (52093993028): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 15.05.22 Västerås Centralstation X14 3190 (52094476160): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. 2019-05-31 4573 Motorvagnar i Västerås: G och J· CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. 2024-07-29 4042 X31K 4589 och X14 3238 i Varberg: G och J· CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. Bollebygd station, X14, 20230521, 08: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
SJ X14, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Jan Oosterhuis at nl.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

X14 is a series of two-car electric multiple units built by Asea Brown Boveri between 1994 and 1995. Based on the older X12-series 18 units were built originally with two units converted from X12 later being converted to X14. The X14 is similar to the X12 having an interior adapted for regional travel, differences from the X12 include two instead of one door per car and having a one class interior from the start.

who runs it

Statens Järnvägar

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • power 1.3 MWpower output
  • weight 103 tin working order
  • seats 123passengers
  • built 18made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

  • First built 32 years ago, in 1994.
  • Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
  • 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 49.9 m long: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 123: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
  • Still in service after 32 years.

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1994
in service from
1994
status
in service
number built
18
kind
Electric multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇸🇪 Sweden
builders
ABB Group
operators
Statens Järnvägar
top speed
160 km/h
power
1.3 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
catenary
wheel arrangement
Bo'Bo'+2'2'
formation
2 cars
length
49.9 m
weight
103 t
capacity
123 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q633840, Wikipedia: SJ X14 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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