X2 train used by SJ AB of Sweden

X2 is the high speed train system operated by SJ (Swedish Railways) under the X 2000 brand name. It has a top operating speed of 200–210 km/h, but has reached 276 km/h in a test. The reason the X2 was chosen was that the country has very curved railways, and not enough traffic to justify building special high-speed railway lines. Clearly, a tilting train like the X2 had to be developed. A tilting train provided the advantages of high speed and comfort for the passengers, as tilting trains are made for curved railways. The X2 was designed and built by ASEA, which later merged into Asea Brown Boveri and then Bombardier. The drive unit for the X2 is designated as a multiple unit although since the drive unit doesn't carry any passengers it should be considered as a locomotive. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3000x1836, 1145 KB) sv: X2 är ett motorvagnstÃ¥g som byggdes av ABB mellan 1989 och 1998. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3000x1836, 1145 KB) sv: X2 är ett motorvagnstÃ¥g som byggdes av ABB mellan 1989 och 1998. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... SJ AB (Swedish Railways, Statens Järnvägar, commonly known as SJ) is a Swedish government owned public transport on railway operator. ... X 2000 is the brand name of Swedens tilting 200 km/h high-speed train class X2, which is operated by SJ. It was launched in 1990 as a first-class only train with a meal included in the ticket price, and free use of the trains fax... A tilting train is a train with a tilting mechanism that enables increased speed on regular railroad tracks. ... ASEA (Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget) was a Swedish industry company. ... ABB Corporate Logo Asea Brown Boveri, or ABB, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in the power and automation business areas. ... Bombardier Inc. ... A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A modern high speed British diesel multiple unit of type 220 A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ... A locomotive (from lat. ...

Unlike the TGV, Thalys and other European high-speed trains, the X2, due to its tilting mechanism, does not run on specialised high-speed lines—it runs on existing lines like Pendolino used in Finland, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. This limits the speed when compared to trains such as the TGV, but means that expensive high-speed lines do not have to be built. TGV trains depart from Gare Montparnasse in Paris to western and south-western destinations. ... Thalys PBKA Thalys is a high-speed train network built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. ... Pendolino ( small pendulum in italian) is a tilting train used in Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. ... TGV trains depart from Gare Montparnasse in Paris to western and south-western destinations. ...

The power output is 3200 kW, which is comparatively low for a fast train, though the tilting means that accelerating out of curves is not as important. It also enabled SJ to say that it does not consume more power at 200 km/h than older Rc-pulled trains at 130.

The X2 trains have mostly run the X2000 service level, but have periodically been used for Linx traffic as well as regional services, for which fewer coaches were used to improve acceleration. X 2000 is the brand name of Swedens tilting 200 km/h high-speed train class X2, which is operated by SJ. It was launched in 1990 as a first-class only train with a meal included in the ticket price, and free use of the trains fax... Linx AB was a joint venture between the Swedish railway, SJ, and the Norwegian railway NSB. It operated fast trains Oslo-Stockholm and Oslo-Göteborg-København. ...

X2 trains were loaned to Amtrak in 1992-93 and Countrylink in 1995 for evaluation, but neither company bought any trains. Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... CountryLink is the name given to the train and coach services that runs throughout regional areas in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

An X2 train operates in China, on the Kowloon-Canton Railway. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (九廣鐵路公司), frequently abbreviated to KCRC or just KCR, is wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and based in Hong Kong. ...