SJ X5
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| X5 / X8 / X15 | |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
X5, X8 and X15 was a series of three or four car
Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget
(ASEA) in 1947–48 and were in service until 1985.
History
The first delivery was of two four-car units to
Göteborg–Dalarna–Gävle on the GDG Express. SJ put their units into the main express routes, including Skandiapilen (Köpenhamn–Helsingborg–Göteborg–Oslo), Göteborgaren (Göteborg–Stockholm) and Mälardalen (Stockholm–Västerås–Örebro
).
During the 1970s the X5s and X8s were moved to regional services around Göteborg. Last regular traffic was in 1983 while one X5 remained as a reserve train until 1987. Two X5 units have been preserved, though neither are operational.
Variations
X5 was the second batch, with six units delivered to SJ, with three cars.
X8 was the first batch, with two units delivered to BJ. The extra fourth car was a dining car. Neither have been preserved.
X15 was a test unit for a new generation of high-speed trains, leading to the development of the
X2. The X15 consisted of three converted X5 carriages with new motors, bogies and tilting technology, and later on one streamlined corrugated stainless steel carriage that could be described as a prototype of a typical X2 carriage was added. It reached the contemporary Swedish speed record of 238 km/h. The three converted X5 carriages were scrapped in 1990, while the prototype X2 carriage was used as a measuring car for a number of years until it was moved to Nykroppa and converted to a firefighting car in 2008.[1]