#5168· SJ X50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
Bombardier Regina
🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 2000· Swedish model of electric multiple unit passenger train
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Västtrafik trein 3264: Jan Oosterhuis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Regina X55 in Örnsköldsvik: Petey21· CC0
- 3. China Railway CRH1: 慕尼黑啤酒· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. X50: Taavi Väänänen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. X52: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Tågkompaniet Regina Åre: Skistar· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Västtrafik X50: My another account ( talk )· CC0
- 8. Västtågen Regina 3: User:Meol03· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Fertigung Bombardier Regina: FellTiger· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Regina lift 2: Spoorjan , Jan Oosterhuis· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Regina is a Swedish model of electric multiple unit passenger train, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation (formerly Adtranz). It is used by the national passenger railway SJ along with numerous regional and private operators, in variants designated X50, X51, X52, X53, X54 and X55 (marketed as SJ 3000), and in two-, three-, and four-carriage models. The Regina units are short trains built for local and regional service.
who runs it
base stats
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 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 8 minutes.
- 2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 53.9 m long: about 12 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 26 years.
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2000
- in service from
- 2000
- status
- in service
- number built
- 110
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- SJ AB, UL, Västtrafik, Transitio, Norrtåg, Värmlandstrafik, Tåg i Bergslagen, X-Tåget
- top speed
- 303 km/h
- power
- 2.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- catenary
- formation
- 2 or 3 cars
- length
- 53.9 m
- weight
- 120 t
- Dutch name
- SJ X50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q119790, Wikipedia: Bombardier Regina (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.