2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Arlanda Express X3: My another account· CC0
- 2. X3 EMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The X3 is an electric multiple unit high-speed train used by Arlanda Express on the airport rail link service between Stockholm Central Station and Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden. Alstom built seven of these four-train car units at its Washwood Heath plant in England in 1998/99. The X3 is part of the Alstom Coradia family, and can reach speeds up to 200 km/h.
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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 31 African elephants (~6 t each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- number built
- 7
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Arlanda Express, A-Train AB
- top speed
- 205 km/h
- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV 16, 2, 3 Hz AC catenary
- weight
- 187 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q432776, Wikipedia: X3 (train) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.