X3 (train)

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The X3 is an electric multiple unit train used by Arlanda Express on the airport rail link service between Stockholm Central Station and Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden. Alstom built seven of these four-train car units at its Washwood Heath plant in England in 1998/99.[1][2] The X3 is part of the Alstom Coradia family, and can reach speeds up to 200 km/h.

Overview

The trains are painted white with yellow ends with a Scandinavian designed interior. The units use

low floors
.

References

  1. ^ World Update Railway Age August 1995 page 64
  2. ^ World Update Railway Age November 1998 page 25

External links

Media related to Alstom X3 at Wikimedia Commons