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X61

🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by Alstom· from 2010· electric multiple-unit train

🚆 multiple unit electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Ystad railway station asv2024-07 img5: A.Savin· FAL
  2. 2. 09.05.22 Malmö Centralstation X61 062 (52094468370): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. 3. 09.05.22 Trelleborg Centralstation X61 037, X61 057 and X61 047 (52093968846): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 18.05.22 Markaryd X61 081 (52092944572): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 19.05.22 Simrishamn X61 089+X61 087 (52094207424): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 19.05.22 Åstorp X61 054 (52094207799): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. 2017 Pagatag Landskrona N8B1595 (36960255884): Jenny Andersson / News Oresund· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. 11.05.22 Göteborg Centralstation X61 405 (52094221624): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. 2017-08-30 041 Tågab Rc3 1040 i Göteborg: G och J· CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. 2024-07-27 3338 Pendeltåg mot Göteborg C gör uppehåll i Liseberg: G och J· CC BY 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
X61, photo 1 of 10
1/10 A.Savin· FAL

what is it?

X61 is an electric multiple unit built by Alstom as a part of the Alstom Coradia Nordic family. The trains are a shortened version of the X60, with four instead of six cars.

who runs it

SkånetrafikenVästtrafikRegion ÖstergötlandTransitioÖstgötatrafiken

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • built 140made 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 16 years ago, in 2010.
  • 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.
  • 74 m long: about 16 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
2010
in service from
2010
number built
140
kind
Electric multiple unit
traction
electric
origin
🇸🇪 Sweden
builders
Alstom
operators
Skånetrafiken, Västtrafik, Region Östergötland, Transitio, Östgötatrafiken
top speed
160 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo'(Bo')(2')(Bo')Bo'
length
74 m
Dutch name
SJ X61

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

Sources: Wikidata Q12013379, Wikipedia: X61 (railcar) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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