User:SparklesTrainNerd/X31K
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X31 is a railcar called class X31K in the Swedish naming system and ET in the Danish naming system. Manufacturer Bombardier Transportation calls them Crusalis Contessa and they are part of the Flexliner-family. They are propelled with electricity. The train type was used in the Öresundstågs traffic between Nivå/Østerport - Gothenburg/Kalmar/Karlskrona and in DSB's regional train in Denmark on the lines Kastrup - Slagelse, Helsingør - Roskilde and Østerport - Odense (Only weekends). X31 previously drove as DSB's own train on the line Köpenhamn-Ystad and as a InterCity-train on the West Coast Line in SJ's fleet.
X31K | |
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![]() X31K Train at Tjörnarp station | |
Manufacturer | Adtranz/Bombardier Transportation |
Constructed | 1999–2012 |
Number built | 111 |
Specifications | |
Train length | 78,900 millimetres (3,110 in) |
Maximum speed | 180 kilometres per hour (110 mph) |
Since march the 20:th of 2006 tri-coupled X31-trains can be seen during the morning over the Øresund Bridge. This means that the train has 9 cars and has 711 seats. During fall of 2008 DSB and the Danish Transport agency order another 10 trainsets, to be able to replace the IR4 that was used as a reserve train between Nivå and Kastrup. Another 11 trainsets got orderd by the Swedish county transport companies December 2009. According to Bombardier 111 sets been built. The first 67 trains where built at Kalmar Verkstad, but after the closure of Kalmar Verkstad 2005, production was moved to Germany.
In the report "Nytt tågkoncept för framtiden" Skånetrafiken notes that "The production line for Öresundståg (X31) is closed, which means that it is not possible to buy more of such vehicle to support the Öresunds traffic." This is confirmed in another two documents from Skånetrafiken. The last delivery of X31 was made in 2012 Where another 11 vehicles went to Transitio.
Skånetrafiken plans to buy another 10 used Öresundståg from Denmark during 2023/2024 to support the current Öresundstågssystem.