X10 is a series of two-car electric multiple units which was formerly operated by Greater Stockholm Transport (SL) on the

Stockholm commuter rail Stockholm commuter rail ( sv, Stockholms pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are s ...

between 1983 and 2017, when the City Line project made them imcompatible with the

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train sets. The X10 was operated in sets of up to five units, making ten-car trains, each unit consisting of one motor car and one unpowered car. They were completely compatible with the X1 introduced in the 1960s. 101 units were built by

ASEA ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as ...

between 1982 and 1993. Between 1993 and 1999, 49 X10 units were rebuilt to X11 for the

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and the

Gothenburg Commuter Rail Gothenburg commuter rail ( sv, Göteborgs pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system associated with Gothenburg, Sweden. The trains use the main-line tracks, shared with long-distance trains and freight trains. They are operated with X11 and X61 ...

. They have a different interior more suitable for regional traffic and are slightly heavier and have toilets (X10 don't have them since most SL stations have toilets). From 1999 only 52 X10 remained and all of them belonged to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). They were refurbished with new interiors and repainted between 1998 and 2002 Two other variants are

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and X14 which can reach a top speed of 160 km/h. The X12 has a 1st class section while X11 and X14 only has 2nd class. 18 X12 were built and 18 X14 plus two that have been rebuilt from X12 to X14. They have been used for various regional traffic in southern Sweden. During the early 1990s, the

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borrowed X10 units during the summer to operate on the

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. This was in part because they wanted to use the X10's larger windows for the tourist route. In 2017, 43 of the 52 X10 units were transported to

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to be scrapped. They could no longer be used in Stockholm anymore because of

platform screen doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...

installed on the

Citybanan The Stockholm City Line ( sv, Citybanan) is a commuter railway tunnel beneath central Stockholm in Sweden which is used by the Stockholm Commuter Rail. The line is long, double track and electrified. It has two stations: Stockholm City Stat ...

demanding all trains to have doors placed like the

. Only 9 of them were sold (4 to

TÅGAB TÅGAB (Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen AB) is a Swedish railway company with headquarters in Kristinehamn. It was started in 1994 and runs trains in both Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on G ...

, 4 to

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and 1 to

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mainly as a source for spare parts), because their age and the lack of toilets made them unattractive on other routes. The 8 remaining units owned by TÅGAB and Saga Rail received another minor refurbishment, including exterior repainting and the installation of on-board toilets, and since early-2018 are used on the routes Gothenburg–Falun and Stockholm–Linköping.

Gallery

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Västtrafik Västtrafik is the agency responsible for public transport services involving buses, ferries, trains, and the Gothenburg tram network in the county of Västra Götaland, Sweden (plus Kungsbacka Municipality). It was established with the Västra ...

X11 at

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References

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External links

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Järnväg.net on X10

Swetramway on X10
{{Swedish railway stock ASEA multiple units ABB multiple units X10 Rail transport in Stockholm Train-related introductions in 1983