Classic route
SJ Snabbtåg Stockholm–Sundsvall
Stockholm → Sundsvall · Sweden
Fast SJ trains climb the East Coast Line along the Gulf of Bothnia’s shore to the old timber city of Sundsvall.
How this line was checked
- The 394 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 71586 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 31 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 10 m); the longest stretch away from it is 2.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: SJ — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the SJ Snabbtåg?
The SJ Snabbtåg runs 400 km from Stockholm to Sundsvall.
How long does the SJ Snabbtåg take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 15 min for the 400 km. That is an average of 123 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the SJ Snabbtåg?
SJ.
How old is the SJ Snabbtåg?
The line has been in service since 1927. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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