The Regina is a Swedish model of

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, manufactured by

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(formerly

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). It is used by the national passenger railway SJ along with numerous regional and private operators, in variants designated X50, X51, X52, X53, X54 and X55 (marketed as SJ 3000), and in two-, three-, and four-carriage models. The Regina units are short trains built for local and regional service. The Regina is wider than other Swedish trains; at , it allows five-across seating, increasing passenger capacity by 25%. The car body is built of

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, with only bolsters and coupler pockets made of

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. The length is , and , and the capacity is 165-294 seats. A variant of the Regina is used in

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as the

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. Unlike

X 2000 X 2000, officially designated X2, is an electric high-speed tilting train operated by SJ in Sweden. It has a top commercial speed of 200 km/h (124 mph) and a top design speed of 210 km/h (130 mph) but has achieved a maximum speed of 276 k ...

, Regina trainsets are corrugateless due to eliminate

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content and add

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instead. Top speeds of various models range from . As part of the Gröna tåget ("the green train") project, a modified X52 train set the Swedish rail-speed record of on 14 September 2008; the goal was to reach in regular service.

X55, new high-speed train

In late 2007 it was announced that SJ were ordering twenty units furnished for inter-city service. These trains, designated X55 (also marketed as SJ 3000), were delivered during 2011 and 2012, and are used on the routes connecting Stockholm with destinations like

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or even

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, and

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, allowing the displaced

units to be used instead to lengthen the busy trains running to

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and

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. These units are four-carriage trains with a first-class section and an on-board bistro; four-across seating. There is an option for another 20 units.

Gallery

File:X-Tåget på Gävle Centralstation 2005-05-14.JPG, An X-Tåget Regina at Gävle Central Station File:Västtrafik X50.JPG, Västtrafik X50 at

Nässjö Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024. History For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point wa ...

C File:Västtrafik X50 interior.JPG, Västtrafik X50 interior File:Västtågen Regina 3.jpg, X50-B in

Skövde Skövde () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland, Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central southern Sweden. Skövde is situated around 150 k ...

File:Tågkompaniet Regina Åre.JPG, Tåg i Bergslagen X51 in

Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpe ...

File:Reginatåg.jpg, Norrtåg X52 (ex-''Gröna tåget'' trainset) in

Hallsberg Hallsberg () is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 7,122 inhabitants in 2010. It is also partly located in Kumla Municipality. Overview This settlement grew up around a railway junction, ...

File:SJ 3276.JPG, SJ X52-2 at Gothenburg Central Station File:Högboda Regina2.JPG, Värmlandstrafik X53 in Högboda File:Regina X55 in Örnsköldsvik.jpg, SJ X55 in

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (; ), often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in th ...

File:SJ X3 (X3000) interior.jpg, SJ X55 interior

References

External links

Regina official siteGröna tåget projectJärnväg.net Regina page
{{Swedish railway stock Bombardier Transportation multiple units High-speed trains of Sweden Electric multiple units of Sweden SJ multiple units Passenger trains running at least at 200 km/h in commercial operations 2000 establishments in Sweden 15 kV AC multiple units Train-related introductions in 2000

X55, new high-speed train

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See also

References

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