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SJ X2000 High Speed Train Review: How good is the Swedish flagship train?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2020
- EUROPEAN TRAIN TRIP #19
Hi everyone, welcome back to the following step of my European train trip
Today we are going to Malmö onboard the Swedish High Speed train the X2000. 🇸🇪
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Railway company: SJ High Speed
Train type : X2000
From : Stockholm Central to Malmö Central
N° of train: 523
Duration : 4h11
Price :Around 800 SEK (Book 2 days before departure)
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I have only a smattering of Swedish in my vocabulary, but I think the announcement said: _"Dear passengers, we're very sorry the train stopped due to electrical overload. The tourist with the skateboard and video camera who locked the toilet and banged on the tap switches many times in quick succession has short circuited our AC motors. We will slowy crawl into Malmo. No one will be allowed to use the toilets from now, so we're sad for our incontinent passengers, who'll have to cross their legs. Thus we strongly advise elderly passengers to refrain from drinking any more coffee."_
Haha
@@budisoemantri2303 Glad you enjoyed my lame attempt at humour. I've decided that my career as a stand up comedian is going to be put on the back burner for a while.
@@SCPFOUNDATION-Site19-B Are you in Malmo?
😂😂😂😂😂
I think I also heard towards the end "If any of you are annoyed by this inconvenience, we have refrained from calling the authorities while you take your anger out as you please. Just please do so before we arrive to any witnesses at the station"
8:07 the reason they're small is because its not the same demand as in Germany or France. Same here in Norway, our intercity trains go only 210 kmh and have only 4 coaches. There's not a lot of big cities, most of the time only one big city and lots of small cities, so that explains the demand. Not that there's a low demand its just that Scandinavia doesn't have these megacities with lots of people, and as I said often only one pretty big city as the capital.
Sweden does NOT have the larger population of the UK, France, or Germany. Not even half the population.
@@ronclark9724 thats what he said
Spain 🇪🇸 as the largest high speed railways network in Europe and 2nd in the world
Canada is similar, to be fair our train system is pretty bad but in Ontario and Quebec it's pretty decent and the inter city trains are usually about 5 cars with 1 first class, and they go 150km/h. New trains are on the way that will be push-pull
When Singapore has more people than Norway & architect Liu Thai Ker even envisioned it reaching Sweden's population one day
I am so happy when another Simply Railway video is uploaded
Same!
Literally everyone.. simply railway videos are so interesting and fun
Same
So the message reads something like this:
The train has been diverted in to Malmö instead of Copenhagen. (reason unclear, couldn't hear the whole message.)
(What is not said is that it will terminate at the above ground terminal and not go through the tunnel under the city)
And that they are waiting for a slot to enter the upper level at Malmö Central.
They also said they will proceed at a reduced speed due to local trains ahead.
They added that the bistro has reopened, that train crew will be there to help passengers continuing too Copenhagen with new transfer tickets and any other question, and that everybody gets complimentary coffee and a snack.
This happens a lot. (Three of our seven trips I’ve made in 2019/20). Only some of the SJ X2000 fleet are equipped to cross the bridge into Denmark, and the wrong sets often get rostered onto services to/from Copenhagen. In these circumstances, passengers for Denmark have to change in Malmö, usually on the low level but sometimes from high level platforms to low level platforms.
@@jameslovestokyo Sounds a bit embarrassing; once or twice is understandable, but if there's a shortage of allowed trains they should change the schedule and always plan for a transfer in Malmö, passengers want reliability and certainty.
@@jameslovestokyo Thanks for the info. I wonder if the ongoing refurbishment will address this?
@@gkeaoyrge Yes it will as one goal is to have all of them identical, which will also mean all of them will have a single 1st class unit.
But that can't have been the reason in this case as this was a Denmark-compatible (suffix "K" in the designation) trainset.
Trivia: This means the driver has to go into the passenger compartment to get coffe as the pot heater's space is taken up by an additional radio set.
Why No Heart
Translation of the announcement
"That's why it gets crowded when a train like ours don't follow the timetable, but as soon there is a gap we will continue the trip but with a reduced speed, however we will arrive in Malmö. We have re-opened the bistro in wagon 4 so if someone wants to buy something to eat and drink, we're also there to answer any questions...and we well offer coffee and tea for free".
Now that is customer service!
I wish trains in my country offer the same service, but they just simply stopped at one area and request all passengers to disembark the train and wait for next train, which we do not know what time does the train arrive. Later the train arrived 2hrs.
11:13 She said that the line was very busy and they needed an opening between two trains to go into
Yes 200km/h (125mi/h) is not much to marvel about, but if you add the information that the x2000 do 200km/h on raiwaylines orignaly constructed 1850-1900 with out major chanes (
yes a few curves may have disapeared but it is long from dedicated highsped tracks)
Exactly, European standards define high speed as 200 km/h or higher for trains running on classic track, and I think >250 km/h for trains running on new dedicated HSR lines. That's also why he mentions the UK calls that High speed, those trains all run on classic track around since the mid-19th century.
125mph is 201
@@karlosbricks2413 here in Italy, high speed train are the ones that travel for all, or parts of their journey, on high speed dedicated lines
Same in the UK, built from 1837, it has to cope with every other type of train and curves
@@karlosbricks2413 The track on the high speed lines in the UK is all new, but the alignments are mostly original. It gets rather curvy as you go north of Manchester on the West Coast Main Line for example and when you get to York on the East Coast. This is why we need (the full) HS2 build out. Dedicated, truly modern high speed rail infrastructure, but politics is a thing and they don't like the regular people of this country having anything nice.
The train was not damaged, couldn't hear the whole announcement but for any reason the train had missed it's slot into Lund C and therefore had to wait to get in. This led to further delay and forced the train to crawl behind slower trains into Malmö C. The passage between Lund and Malmö is currently undergoing major works and will be upgraded to 4-track and because of this, it's very congested. Now it's only 2 track divided by regional, local and cargo trains.
I know this is an old comment, but I'm just now seeing this video and am glad my Swedish isn't so rusty that I misunderstood. That's what I heard her say too about needing to wait for a spot to open up for them to get in. And then some stuff about opening the bistro car again if anyone would like to get anything to eat.
The station and train are both so beautiful 🥰
Thanks for continuing to upload during the pandemic :)
When I was very little like 6. I remember riding the X2000 when is came to the United States back in the early 90s. My father took me on it from Philadelphia to NYC on the Northeast Corridor. I still have pictures of it me next to the X2000 in NYC.
A little bit of trivia: That same unit you borrowed back in the 90s is till in use today and will be for another 30 years since all X2000 sets are gonna get a major overhaul.
"You did it!", btw 8:07 they usually have 6 cars and a power unit, but they can couple cars pretty much how they want it, back in the days they had short X2 sets with just 4 cars or somethin' for regional routers it was called X2-2, but 6 passenger cars+1 power unit is most common.
Två x61:or /2X61or Also there was a regional version of the train that only had 3 carts and power unit but it’s not used anymore
Also something more to add, the X2 is capable of going above 250km/h, however the problem is the Swedish rails, they are old and not so modern, that's the bottle-neck for many trains in Sweden.
The government was talking about new rails for faster train speed(maybe the project is already launched)
Y'know i never even realized how beautiful most swedish stations are, especially in the larger cities, i grew up with it so it was just what a normal station looks like to me.
Also, in sweden its quite a big deal that everyone should be able to speak english, but in a lot of cases that just means we learn to speak "english", which isn't very helpful when no one can understand you.
In fact, smaller Swedish train stations have their own beauty as well. This might sound weird but I dislike o be places with a lot of people, for exempel TC(Stockholm central). So it is usually more relaxing when waiting trains at stations in some smaller city.
I've been in Katrineholm station, not so little but not too big, just "lagom". It was during the summer with pure blue sky, my train to Hallsberg was delayed, however I didn't mind taking a small walk around the area, and even grabbed a cup of coffee nearby. That was definitely one of the best "train waiting" experienced ever haha... Despite the delay.
@@GarryWan666 I've only been to Gothenburg Central Station, but it's a beautiful building. They did a reasonably good job with the modern extensions too for the bus terminal, it doesn't take away from the original architecture like is the case in many other places. Coming from Manchester in the UK I was quite surprised at how small it is for the size of the city, which is around the same as Manchester incidentally. I'll be there again this summer so might make my way to Malmo if my friend is up for it.
The EU regulations say "High Speed" is 200 km/h or more. Any train capable of this velocity can be advertised as a High Speed Train.
Shame on you,EU
@@kwokmanlam6836 Why?
Judgeing by his name he's asian and thinks that our high speed is to low.
I think the EU regulation is 200km/h for old lines, 250km/h for new ones.
Frankly as long as the train journey is around 3 to 4 hours, there isn't a need to go faster. Trains going 300 kilometers per hour costs twice as much as a train going 200 kilometers per hour. New tracks have to be built which costs more and more as the speed increases. Trains worldwide do very well competing against the airlines at around 3 hours. I am still waiting for the 300 kilometers per hour high speed train running from London to Tel Aviv...
@@sheep8128 Because it is. Thailand fastest train is 250km/h, and even them don't advertise it as HSR.
The part of the announcement you got on tape says the train had missed its path (=sillon) and that the line was very busy so it had to wait for a while. Towards the end it said the train would proceed at reduced speed.
SJ has just started rolling out the completely re-vamped X2000 that you showed the mock-up of. They have replaced both all electronics on the train (such as control systems etc.) for more reliability, as well as new interiors that look like they are even more comfortable. Now there's always only one 1st class car (together with a 2nd class calm, which is a quiet car free coffee essentially, but sold as a different travel class from regular 2nd class now).
You had a really lovely "window seat": 1/3 window and 2/3 wall!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂
Here in America in the Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington DC, the Amtrak Acela has a top operating in service speed of 150mph, with the new Avelia Liberty supposed to be increasing the in service speed to 180mph once they begin infrastructure upgrades to the tracks from Boston to New York and onward to Washington DC.
SJ refreshing and overhauling 30 year old X2000 stock while Amtrak expects to retire and return to lessor 22 year old Acela consists on receipt of new Avelia consists.
Amtrak tested both the X2000 and the German ICE train but went with the Canadian and French built Acela, essentially a TGV with the crashworthiness of an army tank.
Probably maintenence isn't worth it that and can't pass cash regs and emissions.
@@gerogyzurkov2259 how does an electrically powered train need to pass emissions?
@@centredoorplugsthornton4112 I can only think of noise and maybe brake dust?
@@centredoorplugsthornton4112 American trains are diesel I think.
@@awdrifter3394 the Northeast Corridor, including the Acelas, is electrified.
Great video! Love the trains in Sweden! I remember seeing the X2000 on Amtrak in the US when they were testing it & had it in service for a brief time.
I like the old interiors better. The wood is an excellent touch, reminds me of a late 2000s classroom or lecture hall, which is a strangely comfy aesthetic.
Fun fact: Amtrak actually tested the X2000 in the early 1990s when deciding what the Acela should be. With its corrugated metal sides the X2000 would have fit right in with American passenger rail aesthetics
I rode that train 2 days ago from Gothenburg to Stockholm. Very pleasant journey. Now I'm staying here in Stockholm for 4 days. This is my 3rd day here.
6:43 China wasn't forced to sell it back to SJ. The X2000 sat vacant in yards for years (by 2006 the X2000 was not much faster than electric locos in China, nor "futuristic", plus the 300km/h CRH trains already in the works. So it was passed from Guangzhou to Chengdu. Due to the 2008 earth quake, Chengdu have to rebuild most of their systems making a tilting train like X2000 unnecessary. Hearing this SJ went to China and bought back the trainset due to shortage of sets in Sweden, but still had to scrap the power cars due to their poor condition, the rest of the cars were refurbished and returned to service.
Last summer I took this train from Copenhagen to Stockholm for like €40 and it was lovely
I rode one of those from Oslo to Stockholm. Nice equipment, and very smooth running at 200 km/h. Wonderful bistro, too.
As a dutch guy living in Sweden, I LOVE to travel on the X2000. The comfort level is just outstanding, 1st class has wider seats with electric reclining, and they are also spaced wider apart. Excellent breakfast included in 1st class on mornings, you feel like you're on a business class airplane! The onboard Wifi is very good too, I've used it many times from Teams meetings while working on the train. The prices on the bistro car are very reasonable, as are the ticket prices, especially if you book early. Adding to the good experience is the mostly low passenger noise level. As for the speed, with the current tracks real high speed is never going to happen in Sweden. I've read that the number of track sections that allow higher speed (235km/hr) are so limited that it isn't worthwhile to design a transit for it. Due to the soil consisting mostly of rock, construction work in Sweden is much more expensive than say Germany or France, so "proper" high speed trains is probably never going to happen.
I have been two times on this route. It's very nice and fast train. And even that my little daughter got little bit sick of the travel and throw up on the floor, the staff react really calm and helped us to finish our journey successfully.
This train also operated in China.In 1998,Guangshen railway group bought a set of X2000 (no.2088 新时速) for Guangzhou-Hongkong railway and retired in 2007.Sweden bought back the train in 2012 and continued to operate.
Very nice trip report as always Thibault those trains are old but they look in very good condition and the fact they refurbish them again shows the Swedish are being very resourceful and keeping old trains for refurb to last longer (take a note British train companies...) those métal things on the exetior made me think the train was American built lol
The Swedes being "resourceful" and keeping old stuff is also the reason why these railway lines were never replaced by straighter lines that could have handled, e.g., 360 km/h.
For a nation with a small population spread out in a large country, it was deemed more economical to keep the existing tracks, originally built for 130-160 km/h, but put the money in the tilting technology instead, which without doubt makes maintenance of the trains expensive.
It's been a very successful strategy, if you ask me. It allowed the railways to attract more passengers by not increasing the fares.
@@jmolofsson seems good
Finally, I have been waiting for this review for months now
I was working for Amtrak out of Washington in on-board service when the X2000 and an ICE train set were tested on the Northeast Corridor in the early 1990's. I did some internal photography for Amtrak in those years, and got to ride both train sets doing photography for use within Amtrak, usually for company newsletters. Rode the head ends of both train sets (well the cab control end of the X2000). Compared to Amtrak Amfleet, the X2000 was much smaller. Really, Amtrak was not looking to buy either train set directly, they were testing them to get ideas for the design of what became Acela. The final design of Acela did incorporate tilt technology similar to the X2000. The 1994 Amtrak calendar featured both the X2000, ICE train set, and a then-new GE P40 locomotive in Washington Union Station side-by-side (a last minute substitution for the intended watercolor painting of the "Sunset Ltd.", because it had recently been involved in the Alabama swamp wreck).
Fun fact: the X2000 trainset was used on Amtrak in the early 1990s until it was sent back to Sweden in favor of the Acela trains in the year 2000
I’ve been on this train myself between Gothenburg and Stockholm and I LOVED IT!!
You should really try out the X3000. It’s very modern and runs on routes Stockholm-Falun and Stockholm-Umeå.
Yeah absolutely stunning I use a lot
The X2000 is a lot cooler looking though
It's a really nice train, but I think the regional version (Regina) is a more unique train that really makes use of Sweden's wide loading gauge.
It’s not actually called x3000, for some reason it’s marketed as SJ 3000 with the official name for the train model being X55
(Just as the x2000 train is technically called X2)
I once rode the X2 from Gothenburg to Stockholm and I absolutely LOVED IT!! By the way, I was born in Stockholm.
Im riding it on monday from gothenburg to Stockholm! My first time on a train, worried of having motion sickness, is it comfortable?
Great video, first time visiting your channel. Had the experience just some time ago to travel with a refurbished x2000 and it was a true pleasure 🤗
I was a conductor on Amtrak's X2000 test train between WAS and NYP in the early 90's. The ride was extremely rough, bumping and jerky on NEC tracks (making walking on train difficult) but when I rode X2000 from Stockholm to Copenhagen on Swedish rails in 2012 the ride was very smooth and comfortable.
Bombardier-built Acela Express trains are a mechanical nightmare and were withdrawn from service twice for extended periods of time due to persist problems that still plague the trainsets. Swedish meatball (AEM7) and Amfleet coaches maintained Acela schedules with no problem. Train crews hate Acela Express like the plague.
SJ is one of the few things that we Swedes are not so proud of with our infrastructure...
When it comes to the length of the train, there are longer ones where they simply add another train set.
2:10 you can sometimes trick the system by booking a ticket to a less popular destination than the one you're going to. Can't think of a good example right now but say you want to travel from station A to station C, and C is where most passengers is heading. But then there's station D which isn't as popular, so check the price for traveling from A to D, and just get off at station C :)
I visited the Malmo station for a few minutes back in 1965. I still have the photos somewhere... Good video. I went thru the Amtrash X2000 at Washington Union Station when it was on display there.
I don't know if you know, but the X2000 actually has a built-in snow plow in front. I like that little detail even though it's probably very irrelevant. Also I love the art of Swedish railway stations. When you're in Gothenburg next time, look up! They have maps of the railways that runs through Western Sweden.
This train is definitely on my bucket list! :D
The X2000 wasn't the only train that was leased to Amtrak, DB's ICE 1 was also leased as well, in fact there is a photo of the two next to each other in Penn Station
Neat. Found the picture: history.amtrak.com/archives/x2000-and-ice-trains-on-display-at-new-york-penn-station-1993
Some or all of the early nineties testing of an X2000 in the U.S. was about assigning the set to regularly scheduled services. I didn't have time to ride it, but got some nice photos of it in service through the station at Port Chester, N.Y., which has a nice curve for photos just east of the station. I found the ICE set a less elegant design, so didn't pursue it as thoroughly. The big deal for the U.S. was not so much the equipment as finally getting the wires up all the way to Boston. Thanks for chance to see X2000 at home.
I had planned to travel on this train next month, July 2020, in the opposite direction from Copenhagen to Stockholm. Covid19 changed that plan! Still, it is great to see this so I can get an idea of the comfort level and amenities on board and hopefully I’ll be able to go at some point. Thanks for the great video.
A bit like the old Inter City Express train (ICE) from Germany.
Those are now used as express regional trains in Germany at 200 km/h speeds max.
The new ICE trains 330 km/h are for cross country trips.
This couldn‘t be further from the truth. Not a single ICE trainset has been repurposed. The newer ICE trains (BR 403, BR 406, BR 407) do 300km/h max in Germany. Stop lying and spreading misinformation.
1:27 Oi, I see that U.K. sneak diss 😂 I don’t see 200km/h (125mi/h) as “high speed” either to be fair, I think there’s the term “higher speed” for a certain speed range below “high speed” but I can’t remember what it was...
On that note 6:20 interesting that they got hauled by our “High” Speed Train (derived) locos, damn 🤔
According to Alstom anything from 250km/h and more is high speed
125 mph does count as high speed, but to be fair it's the lower end of that scale. I believe Higher Speed is anything between 110 and 125
@@russellgxy2905 that's very true
Consider it's high speed on old tracks.
The Countrylink power car was not a UK Class 43 Diesel, it was an XPT power car purpose design and built in NSW by Comeng for the NSW railways. It used the Brush electric from the British HST, but a more powerful Paxman motor the HST used. You may note from the photo it is larger than the Brit loco, as NSW has a much larger loading gauge. It is to be replced in the next couple of years by a Spanish car set, doubtless to an inferior spec because of the penny pinching government we have in NSW.
I guess “high speed” is a relative term. In Australia, 160kmph is considered high speed! That’s using an XPT (basically a British HST adapted for Australian conditions). 🤓
This looked like a great trip. Nice one. 👍
In Canada... what are high speed trains? 😂
I’m glad someone mentioned the XPT bit. Had a minor moment of confusion about the Class 43 bit whilst watching, though I wonder it they carry enough similarities to classify under that same class. 🤔
Holden built its cars for *"Australian Conditions,"* whereby the upholstery was beer-resistant, and the front air intake pressurised the cabin, thus Bulldust wouldn't be sucked in whilst traversing the Nullarbor Plain at 55mph.
@Ploke Newo78 we have the acela but like it doesn't even run at 150mph for more than a quarter of the route
Travelled this route in August last year, after a "signalling error" we were diverted across the whole country and ended up spending 13 hours onboard. Was horrible.
We have "signalling error" around Stockholm at least once a week.
@@Guildforsucks Holy Crap!
That sounds terrible!🙄
dont worry happens literally every day in Stockholm for SL (local commuters) and SJ where usually its their excuse to everything.
@@BrassLock it is terrible thing for us and despite that our government wants us to start taking lots of trains.
200km/h was high speed in the 60-70s. The first HSR in the world, Japans first shinkansen, only operated up to 210km/h. So in the mid-70s for Britain to call its brand new "fast" train that could do 200km/h on Victorian track and without electrification the HST wasn't an overstatement. Ultimately though people don't consider it high-speed anyway. It entered service not as the "High-Speed Train" but as Intercity 125. Britain has since developed and planned real HSR while also creating a replacement for the 125. This replacement was not called "the new HST", rather the Intercity Express (which doesn't mean high-speed, no matter what DB wants you to think)
Deutsche Bahn? It was the department for transport who class the class 800 IETs
Copyright claim incoming
The X2000 is the best train ride I have ever been on. I rode on from Göteborg (Gothenburg) to Stockholm. I was born in Stockholm. I was raised in the United States and, I hate to say this, the US has a long way to go to catch up.
Fun fact: when the X2000 was introduced in 1990 it was advertised as having a fax machine in business class. 😉
Oooo!
Yes. I totally agree. Malmö really is the closet city to Copenhagen.
To answer your question about what the announcement was in Swedish, very simply, she said, “@Simply_Railway, you should have a contest in which the winner, preferably someone from NYC, gets to travel with you for 3 days.” That’s what she said. 😉👍🤙
To me, 125MPh (200KMh) is the base line for high speed. It is high speed, just.
the problem was that the train struck a gheerenforg about 3 miles from the station and the locomotive was affected by the sreemortendankt that got all over everything....could not continue until the ertstramingter was changed for a fresh one
Great video Thibault, the X2000 is a great train. I was pleasantly surprised to see the photo (12:43) of a demonstration set in Australia, hauled by a derivative of the BR class 43, top and tail. Interestingly I assumed the British loading gauge was one of the smallest, yet these "class 43 locos, called the XPT in Australia, appear to have noticeably larger body shells than the X2000 they are pulling. Very interesting video, had no idea these trains were trialled in the US. I am learning something new with your videos!
I believe the Australian units were quite a bit larger compared to their british counterparts. But yeah the X2000 doesn't use up a lot of the swedish loading guage which is one of the biggest in Europe but I guess this is to use the tilting ability as much as possible, as well as to easily export the model abroad which seemed to be the plan.
The X2 is a really nice train set, both from a driver and a passenger PoV, it's a bit of a slouch, compared to the Regina X55/SJ3000, and it's electrical equipment is extremely sensitive, but aside from that, it's a really enjoyable experience, with very high levels of comfort.
Fun fact, the X2 is legally a multiple unit, even though it's technically a loco with coaches, with a driving trailer in the other end. Multiple units had significantly lower fees than locos, so they installed a 1x1 m "cargo space", in the loco, to fit the Swedish legal definition of a multiple unit.
There is a bottleneck from Lund to Malmo, which is currently being four tracked. It seems your X2000 missed its slot at Lund and it was decided to terminate the train at Malmo Upper. The Oresund link to Denmark is heavily used too which does not help. Think this happens quite a lot.
Yeah the entire Copenhagen to Lund corridor is a massive bottleneck as both various passenger trains, including both locals and expresses use the route, as well as almost all freight trains between Sweden and the continent passing through there!
The Norwegian train I rode on this route in 2012 had a very attractive bistro car.
Try Russian trains Sapsan and Lastochka, please. They ARE really tidy and comfortable!
11:13 She said that the line was very busy and they needed an opening between two trains to go into
to this day, the X2000 is my favorite train design of all time
The toilet needs a decor update but otherwise I enjoy the train (not sure on the US style exterior cladding though). Hopefully the railway lines between Denmark and Germany, and between Sweden and Finland, will get built in the near future.
Well the Femarn belt connection has been approved and should according to plan open in 2028 but it seems like they've found some reefs which weren't included in the plans when approving the project which might set it further back. Until then the trains will take the long route via Jutland. But when the tunnel opens, then expect 200km/h talgo trains operating all the way in less than 3 hours.
Nice and complete review. Thank you.
200 kmh is also high speed in Poland for now until their do 250kmh Lines (renew the CMK, and there were plans for Line Y what supposed to have 350km/h speed limit, we will see)
The speed limit for trains in sweden is 200 km/h but the x2000 can go faster but isnt allowed, but the fastest train in sweden is a 2 car regina trainset and during testing reached 303 km/h
I recall that Amtrak arranged an X2000 appearance at the Steamtown National Historic Site, a rail/train museum, in Scranton Pennsylvania during the 90s. Given its tilting functionality, it was billed as a potential equipment choice for a long proposed yet never realized rail service from New York City to Scranton, 120 miles northwest, which in part involves many curves through the Pocono Mountains. This same route achieved (fictional) nazi rocket train service from New York City to the Poconos, in the Amazon Prime series, “The Man in the High Castle” - but the tracks met an explosive demise in the last episode. :-)
In 2012 me and my friend are interrail and coming back towards Finland and originally our trip in X2000 should be started from Copenhagen to Stockholm but it didn't start so we have to use Öresundståget from Copenhagen to Malmö where we change to X2000 train. Maybe then was same problem.
Oh man departed from there many times.. :) But for Gothenburg, never Malmö iirc.. Stockholm Central Station is quite nice. Loads of interesting commuter trains, subways, trams, local rails in Stockholm. Many with a long history..
You should come back and have a look at the ”new X2000”. The first ride with the new train took place for like 10 data ago.
Tack för videon ❤
The message probably says "don't forget mainland European train delays don't count if we just cancel the service along the route." i've taken this route before and had to switch trains in both directions due to live service alterations.
Great. Well done.
When the X2000 was in Australia I went to Sydney to take the train to Canberra (the one pictured). Unfortunately, my Premium seat was at the end of the carriage, and somehow the tilting was not apparent. The couplings were very noisy, too. I still use the souvenir coffee mug bought on the train. Australia doesn't do high speed, though our local Geelong line is capable of 160 km/h, but very rare. The X2000 eventually returned to Sweden. However, i have video of the speed display in the carriage of the Italian high speed service showing 300 km/h between Bologna and Milan.
I took this train in Sept 2019( when we could travel :)), and I had the exact same issue. It stopped at Malmo and told that this train has an issue. I had to take a local train to Copenhagen. I wonder how often this happens.
I think the biggest problem in southern Sweden is the high demand on train commute and the narrow rail infrastructure. (there's just not a lot of tracks available), Once a train goes out sync with the schedule it can mess up the rail traffic and you get stuck at stations (where there are far more tracks for trains to "rest") There has been a lot of rail construction work lately to increase capacity. So I think the problem is very obvious right now, but it will become much better once the construction is complete.
@@PixelShade You get this issue in the UK too as the network is essentially full. The difference here though is these inter-city high speed trains get priority of the line, which has a knock on effect on the local and freight traffic rather than the fast trains. This is why we're building a new dedicated high speed line (HS2), so get these fast trains on their own track so they don't interrupt local and freight services. Sadly it's being chipped away at bit by bit by government because they don't want to spend the money, which is already there and accounted for, but politics doesn't seem to care about reality if it means more votes.
Yes, 200 km/h isnt much to brag about nowdays when many high speed trains are capable of doing more than that. According to the UIC a "Highspeed" train is considered highspeed if its capable of 250 km/h on new track or 200 km/h on older track. The X2 and X55 runs on older track, curvy track. Thats why the X2 got a tilt mechanism. Both of theese high-speed alternatives do have the same top speed as many Swedish commuter trains. It might be helpfull to wiev wiev the X2 and X55 as express trains. If you have time i would recomend a ride on the X55. It is slightly slower since its lacks tilt, but its very comfortable.
Wow.
Thanks for sharing such a great experience. Swedish trains are pretty good and can compete with German ICE or French TGV.
With 5 coaches on a busy day, it was about 70% occupied, unless it is at 90% there is no need to add more coaches.
Nice video big like and greetings from germany
Very good video, thanks for sharing.
That it broke down is no surprise but just par for the course. I commuted on the x2000 for 12 years and whilst it was good to begin with, underfunding and lack of maintenance made it totally unreliable. Normal complaints were that the automatic doors wouldnt open, toilets blocked and closed off, suspension bust so no tipping, heating or AC broken etc etc. Definately running on fumes and time to be replaced. Experienced travellers had a survival kit with them in expectation of having to sit and wait on a feeezing train for several hours waiting to be rescued. So I'm afraid this is not a representative review of what was once a good and modern train service.
The ICE train was in the USA too!
Whennnn????
@@ryankiser294 Back in the 90's, when they were testing for what would become the Acela
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Just read the defintion of High Speed Rail on Wikipedia. It does depend on the country but according to UIC,: High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport that runs significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, new lines in excess of 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) and existing lines in excess of 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph) are widely considered to be high-speed
Nice review! Living in Gothenburg, I have taken this train quite a few times to travel to Stockholm. A little sad it goes quite slow in today's high speed standards...
Basically, the train was gonna go but another one (outside of schedule) slowed it down. They will be arriving soon. We also serve coffee and tea-
I didn't realise until watching this that the X2000 was a push-pull train with a loco and coaches instead of being a multiple unit like a Pendolino. Interesting.
Have you heard that the Swedish government is planning on building new high speed trains going over 300 km/h connecting Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg?
High speed railway*
Yea but it is not gonna happen. I know our government, they cancel every project.
same as Switzerland.
@@ZRHTrainspotter which 300 km/h project has been canceled in switzerland?
That has already been canceled by the political parties. Only rail refurbishing will happen to carry up the top speed to 250km/h
I really enjoy your video reports
The refurbishment of the X2000 is long awaited - things move very slowly in Sweden, so I don’t expect we will see the first one until 2021. However the likelihood is that the comfy seats you admired so much will be replaced by something thinner - the capacity of the refurbished trains will be greater.
La voiture bar est impressionnante. Merci pour la video
Love it
Honestly, the old trains were pretty ok too. Though the passage between cars probably gave me nightmares 😁
Could you do a trip report on the MTR Express (Now MTRX)? It is a direct competitor to the X2000 on the Stockholm - Göteborg route.
Snälltåget as well would be nice but we'll have to wait and see
Hey there why 200 kph is high speed in Sweden is because for lack of a better word the railway in Sweden is badly maintained plus a lot of other things. From a railway worker in Sweden.
10:44 I travel often on x2000 you need to press the red button harder to get the water flowing.
1:28 Well, we don’t really call them high speed. We have another word for that; ”Höghastighetståg”. The X200 is what we would call a ”Snabbtåg” which basically translates to “Fast train”.