Classic route
SJ X2000
Stockholm → Gothenburg · Sweden
Sweden’s tilting flagship since 1990, sprinting the Western Main Line between the country’s two biggest cities.
- Distance
- 455 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 05 min
- Average speed
- 148 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
The X2000 introduced Sweden to tilting trains in 1990, bending through the curves of the 1862 Western Main Line at 200 km/h between the country’s two big cities. The route reads like a cross-section of middle Sweden: Mälaren’s outskirts, the Sörmland lake-and-birch belt, the great junction at Hallsberg, then the ancient burial plateau around Falköping before the descent to the Göta älv. After three decades the fleet was rebuilt rather than retired: the interiors are new, the profile unmistakably 1990.
Along the way
- Södertälje canal crossing
- Sörmland lakes and forests
- Hallsberg, Sweden’s great junction
- Falbygden burial plateau
- Alingsås wooden town
- Göta älv into Gothenburg
How this line was checked
- The 428 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 35274 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 26 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of X2 449
- 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 X2000?
The SJ X2000 runs 455 km from Stockholm to Gothenburg.
How long does the SJ X2000 take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 05 min for the 455 km. That is an average of 148 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the SJ X2000?
SJ, with X2 tilting EMU.
How old is the SJ X2000?
The line has been in service since 1990. 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.
How often does the SJ X2000 run?
Roughly hourly.
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