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what is it?
Y3 was a series of diesel railcars operated by Statens Järnvägar (SJ) of Sweden. Six units were delivered by Linke-Hofmann of Germany in 1966–67, with electrical equipment supplied by ASEA. They remained in service until 1990, serving first on the unelectrified services Stockholm – Mora and Malmö – Karlskrona, later on Ystadbanan. The Y3 served the same purpose as the electric X9-series.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 910 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 24 years (1966–1990).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1966
- in service from
- 1966
- retired
- 1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- ASEA, Linke-Hofmann
- operators
- Statens Järnvägar
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- 910 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 19.6 m
- weight
- 61.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q908204, Wikipedia: SJ Y3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.