SL X15p

what is it?

X15p is a class of narrow gauge electric multiple units to be operated by SL on the Roslag Railway. 22 3-car sets will be delivered from 2020 to increase capacity on the network; the first of which were delivered in autumn 2020. Testing of the trains has been going on since then and the first train entered service on 31 October 2023.

who runs it

Transdev GroupStorstockholms LokaltrafikTransdev S.A.

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 1.4 MWpower output
• seats 162passengers

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 3 years ago, in 2023.
• 🚗1.4 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏59.7 m long: about 13 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 162: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built

2023

in service from

2023

number built

—

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇫🇷 France

builders

Stadler Rail

operators

Transdev Group, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, Transdev S.A.

top speed

120 km/h

power

1.4 MW

gauge

891 mm narrow gauge

electric system

(nominal) from overhead catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′

formation

3-car sets (A-C-B)

length

59.7 m

capacity

162 passengers

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