10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Ny pendeltag stockholm: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Alstom X60 med kamera 20221001 04: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Alstom X60 med kamera 20221001 06: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Alstom X60 med kamera 20221001 09: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Alstom X60 med kamera 20221001 12: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Alstom X60 med kamera 20221001 15: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Barkarby station, X60, 20230423, 49: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Railway bridge and Alstom X60 in Stockholm, 2016: Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. SL X60, Centralbron - 20260404 - 03: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. SL X60, Stockholm Central, 20240120 - 10: AleWi· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
X60 is a series of Alstom Coradia Nordic 6-car articulated electric multiple units operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) on the Stockholm commuter rail network. They were manufactured by the French manufacturer Alstom at their plant in Salzgitter, Germany between 2005 and 2017, and replaced all older X10 units.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 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.
- Weighs about as much as 34 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 107 m long: about 24 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 374: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 21 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- in service from
- 2005
- status
- in service
- number built
- 83
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- SJ AB, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- X60: Bo′(Bo)′(2)′(Bo)′(Bo)′(Bo)′Bo′
- formation
- 6 cars per trainset
- length
- 107 m
- weight
- 206 t
- capacity
- 374 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q432773, Wikipedia: SL X60 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.