I rode Sweden’s FASTEST EVER TRAIN - it's not what you'd expect!
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2022
- Today I am riding on Sweden's unexpected fastest train EVER! We'll be travelling on this two car unit around the very far north of Sweden, with some beautiful wintry views from the driver's cab, while checking out the train's fantastic interior.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Luleå Centralstation
Destination: Haparanda
Company: Vy Norrtåg
Train: SJ X52 'Bombardier Regina'
Accommodation: Second Class Seat (2nd)
Distance: 174 kilometres / 108 miles
Price: 175 kr. (€17.30 / £14.60 / $19.60)
Time: 1h57m
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Watch my ride on the AMAZING overnight train to Sweden’s ARCTIC REGION!
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Why does English speakers always refer to Swedish things by how they are mentioned in Sweden, even when it isn't a "name". "NorrTåget" Is not a "name" as such. It simply refers to what it is. So instead of saying "I took NorrTåget", you should say "I took the Nordic Train" or "I took the Train of the North." Because while it is what it is being referred to as and it is a "name", it is more of a reference name.
"Who at the time had a formidable army"
I see what you did there, sir. Well played!
Oh, was it that obvious? 😉
He is so cruel, isn't he? 😁
Sadly so many think CNN and BBC actually show the truth.
The same that wonder why no mercenaries return from Ukraine.
Oh well.
came to write this comment: was already there.
As a swede I've got to commend you on the pronunciation of the towns names. Not too many foreigners put any effort into getting them to sound right. 👍
I must agree, there was never any question on what you said and that is better than many :) A bit odd emphases, but that was likely less than in some regional dialects ;)
How is å pronounced? I'm German if that helps.
@@brokkrep like O in oma und opa. 👍
@@davidmartensson273 Yes those pronounciations were fine, but the pronounciation of Norrtåg & Haparanda in the introduction was rather interesting haha
@@brokkrep Å ist ähnlich der deutscher O ausgespracht :)
Ich finde es doch komisch, das Deutscher oft å statt aa sprechen, und oft a statt å :P
"russia, who at the time, had a formidable army" lmao, shots fired
But they missed!
Buuuurn!! 😅
I thought exactly the same Thing rigghtttt
I loved that subtle shade!
Still do, just awful management of it.
Great to see they finally made a rail connection up to Haparanda. Did Interrail through the nordic countries in 2017. When going from Narvik to Helsinki I had to take a bus between Lulea and Tornio / Kemi. It was part of the interrail ticket, but a rail connection is of course nicer :D
Yup, it's a very new connection, and I'm glad it exists! :)
Sadly there is still no connection from the finnish side...
@@felixtv272 It's coming, think the plan is for it to be ready in 2023 or 2024.
The problem with an international connection is that IIRC the Finnish tracks are 100mm wider than Swedish ones
@@Kaxxaa There are tracks with both track gauge at Haparanda stations, but no Finnish trains going there. It's just a matter of service pattern I think.
surprising how such a speedy train looks like a normal commuter, great video!
They are indeed regular regional commuter trains. And as someone who's been traveling with them a fair bit, I can say that second class in them are not comfy at all, very cramped, hard seats that don't recline and the train is also plagued by shaking as it goes. The sound it makes as it starts or breaks will make your ears bleed too
@@ReyOfLight I love the Regina. Great trains. Second class is the same profile as on many British mainline trains, tight but gets the job done. And if you don’t travel during absolute peak times the middle seat isn’t used which makes for a great place to put your bag. Plus it’s able to go 200 km/h without one getting motion sick like on the X62 where I can’t even read a book without getting dizzy. And the traction sound is 10/10. My favorite train in Sweden behind X2 without a doubt.
and yeah the infamous “regina-klonk” is annoying, but it’s fixed on the later models
It absolutely is
Sweden: Regina commuter train passing by at 303km/h
ICE, TGV, AVE, Frecciarossa, : Yo!! 🤬
UK HS1: Shut up 🙄
@@rosen9425 Those trains you mentioned run 250+ km/5 in service, this Regina only did 303 in a test, so it's disingenuous to brag about. On another note though, RENFE actually has regional scale higher-speed (250 km/h)rail services, so that's totally a thing.
"...Russia, who at the time had a formidable army."
Subtle, very subtle. 🙂
Glad you liked that one! 😉
The power outlets in the ceiling is the same as on the Øresundtog (since these trains are the same manufacturer and family). They are meant for the vacuum cleaner for the cleaning crew at the depot.
The updated Öresundstågs have outlets under the seats at least
Interesting, thank you!
These trains were built in a time where most phones needed to be charged a couple of times per week instead of a couple of times per day. ..
As the Regina-series are due for their mid-life overhaul, there will probably be changes made to accomodate for today's need for power outlets meaning there will be more of them, and installed in a more accessible place than their current spot.
I have to salute the effort you make with pronouncing names in non-Emglish languages.
Thank you. :)
as a swede, i gotta say, you're nailing the pronunciation in these videos :D
It wasn't bad (in fact much better than most anglos, or also some others...), but a few errors remained. Fx Boden comes to mind: A look at the 'Boden, Sweden' WP article would have sufficed, provided you can read the global IPA script
Thank you!
'tåg' seemed to be a hard one though.
I would like to give you my respect for pronouncing the Swedish cities so correctly and really trying. As a swede I understand how difficult it can be to pronounce Swedish city names because of the different alphabet. Good job
Thank you! :)
@@SuperalbsTravelswould you mind doing a fake review of the Californian HSR (as if it were already built and completed, being successful)
@iamarizonaball2642 I don't understand how that would be possible.
The names on the seats are actually names of different queens, since the train model is called Regina :)
And also, I think the reason why the power sockets are located on the ceiling is because back in the 90s or 2000s when these trains were built, you simply didn't need any power sockets to power your smartphone. Or if you brought a computer, the power cable was long so it wasn't an issue that the socket was on the ceiling. This is just a theory though, so correct me if I'm wrong
It's very likely to also be of convenience, you have the lights there that need power so it's an easy point to also put the outlets as there's already electrical cables to draw from.
Factoid: the names are written with mock signatures of the Queens, an artist was hired to develop them based on the queens' personalities. The real signatures are long lost because women didn't sign important stuff...
Yes, came here to post this. Back in the ancient times this train was built, our ancestors couldn't have expected the supplied "power cords" would one day in the distant future be 50 cm long. The reaction should be "why are phone manufacturers screwing us over on this", not "all trains must be rebuilt to fit the cheapness of my phone charger".
@ Queens have always been signing lots of important stuff because they've been very wealthy individuals with political influence. As for the queens from antiquity whose names are on the seats, we don't have important 2000 year old documents surviving. As for Swedish medieval and later queens, their signatures will be found on letters, contracts and other documents, but in a handwriting style that would usually not be readable for a modern Swede and thus probably not very interesting to put on the seats.
@@greghall4836 i read an interview with the lady who designed the fabric, it was part of a "behind the scenes" feature of the Regina trains. These queen's don't go back in time much further than Vasa times, so 600 years ish.
As someone who grew up in Boden and still live in the north of Sweden I really enjoy an outsider’s perspective on the trains and I love that you’ve thoroughly researched the towns for the presentation! Really well made and beautifully composed
Its worth saying that while this is the same unit that set the Swedish record at 303km/h, it no longer have the added power and systems. The original Regina (That was ABB/Adtrans the time) used a boggie system retroactively called Eco 1, this was developed into the green train eco 2, that turned out to be to expensive to sell. Bombardier later developed a other high speed bogie system in Germany that was cheaper (called FLEXX speed). Those was later used in both China and Italy.
Eco 2 was developed into eco 3, removing some of the most complicated parts making it a lot lighter. Eco 3 did have some sails, but was not that successful. Some minor change developed into the eco 4 that was ironically bought by Alstom to even more ironically be used in the German ICE 4 trains. The reason why its so absurd is that the German part of Bombardier made the replacement for the ECO2, that was never used in Germany but ECO4 later replaced it in the ICE4 now making a bulk of there higher speed trains
While ICE4 lack two of the four features of the "gröna tåget" it does have some other newer feature. Still its effectively what it become in the end.
Also worth saying that regina, as is, become a very high volume product in China
Bombardier Regina is 48cm wider than a typical Swedish train But its 68cm wider then a TGV train for comparison
7:32 "Have power socket in the cealing"
Yea that is because its a commuter train. Its not ment to drive long distances. Its made to drive short distances with standing passengers.
8:00 its not a true high speed line, but a upgraded mixed train one. Officially its upgraded to 250km/h, but in practical reality its only 200km/h, that by Swedish standard is not considered high speed. Its part of sort of "fake" high speed line built in Sweden the last 2 decades. Those are built to a track standard that was designed for a specific train. The train ended up never built, so there is no trains currently that can run 250km/h on that track.
11:20 The idéa that Sweden is generally expensive is probobly a notion that is mostly no longer true. While, yes, Sweden is not Spain. But compare to USA, France and Germany, the diffrance is generally fairly small, and compare to UK, Norway, Switzerland Sweden is currently considerably cheaper. Still Traveling by train is still somewhat expensive.
Thanks for the information! 😁
Really nice that you are making videos of our Swedish trains, I really enjoyed this video, keep up the good work 👍
The signatures on the seats belong to former Swedish queens. A refernece to the trains name Regina (queen). Also I would like to note that Sweden is not particularly expensive. Many countries are more expensive (for example: Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Netherlands, UK, USA)
I can't speak for the other countries but the UK is definitely cheaper than Sweden
The Netherlands is also definitely cheaper, at least with certain stuff. I'd also say USA is cheaper with plenty of things. I think Finland is at about the same price level, at least outside of HELLsinki.
@@_Madfly it depends how you measure things and what you include in your comparison
@@TaronTT USA barely have cheap things, remember that you have to pay tax when you’re buying anything there.
@@_Madfly When it comes to train tickets, Uk is for sure more expensive than Sweden.
Incredibly impressive rail line and multiple unit. The branding seems a bit cheap looking and the plug positioning is non-sensical, but everything else looks amazing. And considering where it goes, how fast it travels, and for that price, I imagine it must be a loss making service requiring a lot of subsidy. It's impressive that the Swedish government would invest in the north of the country like this. If only our UK government would pull their finger out and do the same! I'd love to see your review on the SJ version of this unit.
Old trains by now. By the time they came around, it wasn't quite as common with mobile phones or laptops, and most of all, it was less common to charge your phone in public
When they first came out it was amazing to have power plugs onboard. It was revolutionary (not sarcasm).
Thanks again for adding to this channel of my favorite armchair travel videos! Really appreciate how much work you put into details like pronunciation and translations. That 3pm twilight makes me feel a little less despair about the current 4:30 sunsets here in the northwestern US 😂
Sunset will be at 1pm in Luleå in just a few weeks
A very well made video and with excellent comments. As a swede, I have never been further north then Gävle! Hope to see more of your work!!
I grew up in Luleå (live in the us now) and taking the train from it to Narvik or Gällivare or Umeå was something I always enjoyed, done it for many many years. The train ride to Narvik is beautiful and I really recommend you do it.
Impressed how well you said many of the names of town and mentioned history. I cant even get my American husband to say many towns as good as you did.
How does life compare between Northern Sweden and America? Do you live in a large city, or a small village?
Thanks for that video! Was looking for something like that as I just recently discovered that this route is in operation (again?)... Wow, so amazing!
Sweden is so beautiful underrated nature hidden nature with lakes hills mountains Islands
Is it only me, or when people talk about nature in Sweden, its always norrland?
@@matsv201 I think you are right.
As a swede grown up in the forest, I actually rather see open fields instead. I'll take farmlands any day over Norrland forest.
@@hnorrstrom i grew up in the flattest part of Skåne.. yes. There is parts that is even flatter than the other. The highest point around was the road bank.
I now live in Sörmland tucked in between a field, gracing land and a forest. My house totally invisible from the road.
It's so nice. Loads of snow for the children to play with in the winter, nice warm weather i the summer. The only back side is that spring is rather late.
@@matsv201 I'm born and raised east of Uppsala with forest around the house.
I'll prefere the flat plains around Uppsala or southern Skåne compared to the endless flat forests of many parts of Norrland.
Södermanland has a very nice mixture with its valleys with farmlands and mixed forests between on the hills.
@@hnorrstrom yea.. its the right scale of the fields. Not like I the farm valey of götaland and skåne/Halland with just endless fields. Here where I live its like 5 minute to wall across them, then a smal stream or a smal forest.
But there is parts of Skåne that is simular. When getting up on the ridges its like a totaly diffrent place. Where my sister live looks like a magic children book. Nobody ever got a reason to go there apart from the farmers. While they did put a hiking path right thought it... while that is true for where I live to. The Sörmland hiking path is like 300 meter from my house.
Fantastic, thank you for this!
Yes, please do any long distance trains you can. We are in America and cannot travel due to my disability. We love watching and riding the train thru your videos.
Okay thanks! I will try to do as many interesting journeys as I can. It's great to hear how my videos let you experience such a wonderful thing - travel! :)
Great video!! I watched this one after the Stockholm to Luleå vid in which you went right past our house in Sollentuna!
Very enjoyable video. I was impressed by the train and how reasonable was the price of the ticket. Having a buffet on board was a bonus (Food and drink on a British train is almost extinct) and being able to purchase the ticket there too is a great service.
The best railway/train reviewer on YT by far! Hoping for some regional reviews, eg reggio veloce to Perugia. Also Australia. Every train reviewer forgets us.
As an Italian, I'd like to see reviews of classic regional Italian trains (like the Alstom Coradia Meridian EMUs, the more modern Hitachi ROCK, Blues, and the classic E464+MDVC/MDVE).
And yeah, InterRegio is the closest that can be compared to Regionale Veloce (as in most routes cover two or more regions, skipping minor stations)
@@gab_v250 Today I travelled Termini-(RV)-Terni-Grecchia/ long walk (23km) on the Via Francese/ Reiti-Terni-(RV)- Termini. The DMUs remind me of the line to my hometown in Australia, although FS versions are way more powerful and the gear changes were unexpected!
@@anthonywalsh2164 yeah. They're old DMU railcars, and are bound to be replaced by new trimode multiple units (electric, diesel, battery), called Hitachi Blues. Hopefully in 2023 the new trains will be on Italian tracks.
That is my local train. I live in Boden and my grandma and grandpa have a cottage just outside Kalix.
Haparandas railway station holds so many memorys for me as a 90s kid who grew up in the city ❤
Awesome, I bet it was an interesting place to live?
Great story and video! I'd love to see the overnight sleeper train from Luleå to Stockholm - if you have not already reviewed it.
Filmed it, and coming VERY soon.
Awesome video
Thanks for another ride !!! 🇺🇾
Lovely video journey thank you
Thanks! :)
Your Swedish sch-sound is surprisingly good ! Nice vid too
Very nice to see the ride! I used this exact train set for a ride from Haparanda to Luleå (with an interchange in Boden) with my parents. The return trip was by replacement bus.
I grew up in Haparanda, by the way, from 2005 to 2021.
Wow that's awesome, so I guess for most of that time you didn't have much of a train service in the city?
@@SuperalbsTravels So is the case; passenger service to Haparanda was officially resumed in 2021.
As a native Swede, well done with the pronunciation!
Great video loved the fireworks overhead.
The sparks were really cool! 😍
Deutsche Bahn: The overhead line is frozen, we have to cancel your S-Bahn!
Swedish Railway:
Logical. At 300 km/h the pantograph will scrape any ice from the catemary. The S Bahn makes 130 km/h at most. That's not fast enough.
veeeeeery nice trip
I have done a road trip of this route but never knew the train journey could be so beautiful too..
wow, you lucked out by being on the actual train unit that set the new Sweden rail speed record!
I know right, I didn't even know until I read it on the wall!
So it’s the fastest only in theory? You don’t address this in the video despite making a big fuzz about it in the title... Plenty of trains in Sweden go at 200km/h.
@@oskarsyren No, this particular unit has the speed record holding at 303 km/h in a test setting on a selected but regular track (that was shut off from other regular traffic while conducting the tests) in Sweden, boggis and traction were replaced with experimental parts when it ran at this speed (and probably other things as well).
It doesn't run at more than 200 km/h in its daily service.
Dam sick train!
A single track high speed line, something I have never seen! This is really cool.
Nice video!
You should try the "combined" local/regional train Krösatågen in southern Sweden, for example between Karlskrona - Emmaboda (EMU type X11). And maybe also between Kalmar - Linköping (DMU type Y2 or Y31/Y32).
Sounds interesting, I'll keep that in mind next time I'm in Sweden!
These train models are very common in Sweden, and I take it everyday when I commute to my high school lol (Public transit is free to students) and I like to sit on the 1st class seats lol. It's weird watching about this train, since I used to think it was the dullest train model ever. I much prefer the Mälartågen trains instead!
It's interesting to see how much of the interior design was carried over from the X31. The overhead racks, coat hangers, seating numbers etc. are the exact same as on the danish IC3 (which the X31 was based of). So you have this super modern highspeed train with danish design aesthetics from the late 80's =)
Ah yes the Öresundståg or X31K/X31 it is very similar.. As a fact the X31K/X31 is my favorite train!
@@astrorblx638 All X31s are X31K, the “K” is an “underlittera” denoting it can go to Denmark :)
@@astrorblx638 I liked the X32, it used to have a nicer interior with better seats, a proper 1st class and a small bistro. Nowadays, they've all been remodeled to look exactly like the X31, the only remaining difference being the extra bathroom.
@@enemixius Yeah ik
Sweden does have the best trains from all sorts of sizes and shapes. And Sweden as a country in Scandinavia and Europe is amazing. Very nice 👍
Sure does have some variety!
You must be joking right? The train standard and the punctuality and service is not even close compare the Chinese bullet trains.
@@C20F du har ingen aning om vad du pratar om din clown. God jul
@@C20F fira jul med familjen istället för att för att beklaga dig här.
i only rode on a train like this once so far but i gotta say it was a very fun experience
I have actually seen that train set when it was in Töreboda for those speed tests. I really like the Regina trains (latin for "queen"). The names on the seats are names of different queens.
I saw one going very fast at the station in Skövde a week ago. I was surprised that västtågen could go that fast!
Confortable seats and nice layout but in my experience the Regina and X3000 series can be rough riding at full speed, with continual banging. Possibly to do with the design of the yaw dampers.
Comfy journey, I still like sj x2000 for its cool loudly sound while it passes me on the station.
Wow that was so cool video
Thanks!
wow, I never expected a X52 to be the fastest train in Sweden, as a local this still surprises me,
his pronunciations of Swedish words are funny and always makes me laugh, the pronunciation for Haparanda was on the more correct side though
but anyways good video
Actually it is not faster than a x2000, a train in Sweden can not drive faster than 230 because of the bad railway being bad. X2000 can drive 250
@@tallantelope-palmegruppen2224 that's actually incorrect, the maximum railway speed limit is 200 here, but according to what I've heard, the X2000 does have the fastest top speed in Sweden, so i was surprised that a X52 is considered faster
@@GL1tch3r5 yeah, i was trying to say that
Could you make a video on the route between Stockholm and Ljusdal? Love ya videos!
Thanks for the video,excellent as usual.
Where are all the passengers though ?
I suspect the train traffic is heavily subsidized up there, to create some comfort for people to stick around, live and work in strategic branches (materials mining etc)
I love the idea of "leather vibrations" (in the translation of the plaque) but more likely they are lower/smaller. That aside, yet another great vid.
I really like the Regina trains. I frequently travel on the line Linköping-Sala, and it’s always a comfortable trip. 👍
Me too! I've only been on one, but I'd like to try some more.
Dude you really made an effort to pronounce Swedish names and denominations as it should 👏👏👏
we travelled on one of these trainsets in the south. They were very nice. There was a bar served by the train crew.
Trying to read comments to see if someone else has mentioned it, but I fond no mention. Yes, 303 (or whatever it was) is impressive, but it was a test. The X52 and X55 only go 200 km/h in service, and even then, only under ETCS...
I didn’t expect the fastest trains to be in the most north!
Exactly! It sure has an interesting history. :)
Impresive.
YEAH YES
Wow. How did you get to film from the rear cab? Very impressive! 😍
I was offered by the staff. :)
@@SuperalbsTravels Great staff! ☺️
The Regina family is a pretty great train.
The train does run from Boden to Luleå, but because of the better frequency and more frequent stops, as well as serving important areas better, the Länstrafiken Norrbotten buses 23, 28, 29 and 30 are much more used by passengers that are only heading between those two cities, with the train being more used for longer trips.
The finnish railway company, VR, is planning to electrify the line from Haparanda to Laurila, near Kemi. When that happens, it’ll be possible to transfer to another train at Haparanda and continue to Finland, which should boost passenger service a lot.
300+km/h just like the TGV is "500+km/h"
Yeah, clickbait!
The names on the seats are former queens. The reason they chose the design is because of something already looks cluttered it will discourage people writing on the seats.
Very nice train especially for a regional service. I like that trains in the Nordic countries are wider and more spacious than their counterparts in central and western Europe and of course the UK which has a very restrictive loading gauge. In terms of comfort and functionality, a few lemons like the IC4 aside, they are among the best in Europe and the northern scenery is second to none especially in the wintertime.
Absolutely, this was a really good journey on a fantastic train!
Surprised seeing my hometown after clicking on this video. 😅
It's really nice that you make the effort of looking up the proper (ish) pronunciation of Swedish names and terms.
btw thats the older disign of the train as its a x52, newer designs usually gets the socket somewhere else. some of the x52's gets replaced, example is upptåget wich got replaced with a stadler dosto, and later got replaced with another company running on the tracks.
nice video
I think industry has still a lot of work to do when it comes to inventing self-cleaning windows. And as for the legroom. It is not about the leg room only, but also a footrest.. Can't wait for my trip up north!
Most informative! Q: Were 1 to overnight in the area en route from Narvik to Finland, would Boden or Luleå be the better choice, in your opinion...?
Take this train from Boden to Haparanda where this train goes to, then a few steps - nope little longer. Haparanda and Torneo is twin cities with the border between them. The top speed on the Sweish railways is 200 km/h, no train are allowed to go faster, max speed for X52 is just 200 km/h which is not the top speed on the Haparanda linie.
The X52 does have the speed record for Sweden at 303km/h, it was set north of Skövde. But the train was modified to prove the construction and the line voltage was also incresed to allow for more power.
The every day variant your riding has a top speed of 200km/h, just as the X2000.
The highest line speed in Sweden is 200km/h, but there are some sections just south of Stockholm, north of Skövde and on the west coast that has been built for 250km/h or higher, but these are mainly for testing, you can however notice a smoother ride at high speed here.
Sadly our current government have canceled all plans for high speed railways and more or less as I get it also all other funding for train projects including fixing up our current railway system. They also canceled the support funding for purchasing electric cars claiming trains and environmentally friendly transport in general being too expensive and a unneccesary luxurious thing. :( Sure it costs but it have to be allowed to cost as we need to move away from fossil fuels as soon as possible. Meanwhile our roadways clog up with more and more traffic that the railway could really help to offload while also reducing pollution from fossil fuel powered cars and lorries.
There's also Haparandabanan (the new parts Kalix - Haparanda) and Botniabanan that is built for 250 km/h.
I love Norrtåg 😊
If you travel with dogs, there is no better train in Sweden. Great service also
In the past the non electrified Haparanda Railroad went all the way to Boden and was the track nearest to the Station building.
The railroad had a bridge over the track to Narvik so it could cross it without disturbing traffic.
But now for many years the bridge is gone and the track nearest the station building has been electrified and is used as a pass through track as trains from the south can keep going to Narvik while disturbing as few other tracks as possible.
Back in those days the trains where italian Y1 diesel passenger units.
What are trains from Haparanda into Finland like?
Thanks for the lovely overview, I'm planning for a Scandinavia trip next summer. Probably going "up" in Norway and "back down" through Sweden.
There are no passenger trains from Haparanda to Finland, only rare freight services. Through service to Tornio from the Swedish side ceased in 1992, but standard gauge tracks still remain. I know this because I grew up in Haparanda, and thanks to Internet, along with a book about the Haparanda Track.
There was also a revival season on the old Boden-Haparanda railway in the year 2000, but that was all before I was born in 2002, and moved to Haparanda in 2005.
Just hop on the bus from haparanda/tornio to Kemi. Only 20 km. From kemi you can take train to Helsinki if u want for example.
Don’t miss going on Bergenbanan from Oslo-Bergen if you pass through Norway. It’s probably beautiful most places you go in Norway, but that railway line is stunning!
@@onomatopoetisk I know, having travelled there in 1988 and 2005. One of my favourites. I might well included in my trip, I almost feel 'at home' there ...
How did you manage to get on this specific train? It's so hard trying to find out which train runs on which route and when. Thank you for the awesome video!
This exact unit was luck, actually! :)
Many Swedish trains have a speed limit of 200 km/h (including the X52), but the X2 and X3 can run at 205 km/h if there's any delay, so it's really the X2 and X3 that are the fastest trains rather than the X52. And the record of 303 km/h for the X52 was achieved in west Sweden, not in the the north.
He never claimed the record was set in the north. I also think you missed the point of what he meant by fastest train, it is the fastest since that unit has the record but it never goes that fast in regular service. As for X2 and X3, where did you get the info that they are allowed to do 205 when STH is 200 here in Sweden.
The reason this section of track allows 250 km/h is that the old line was more than twice as long and when the line needed a major renovation it was cheaper to build an extention from Kalix to Haparanda.
Also all new railroads in Sweden are to be built to a 250 km/h standard where practicable which is the second reason this railway is the way it is.
The downside of the railway is that only one train unit is trafficing it which means the timetable sucks.
Another downside is the old line from Boden to Morjärv can only handle 90 km/h and is quite the detour from the coast.
There is talk in finland about Running trains to Haparanda again and or electrifying the railroad bridge to Finland. In finland train tickets are tax free which would be a nice selling point.
The title of this video is in Swedish here in Sweden😂 World like to see the SJ 3000!
It goes from Stockholm C up to Umeå every hour during daytime. It also goes to Malmö from Stockholm. X3000 is Regina X55. Åkte med den för några dagar sedan :)
@@Barflax Och Göteborg-Malmö, Stockholm-Jönköping och mer! And Gothenburg-Malmö, Stockholm-Jönköping and more!
I wonder if that's the same train they use where I used to live, Östersund....🤨🤔
Have you done some midnightsun travelling in Sweden yet?
Excellent video! 👍🏻👌🏼👏🏻
Not yet! Thanks!
The trains run by TiM (Traffic in the Mälar Walley) also has 200 km/h as top speed. I know because I am a frequent traveler on them.
The electricity output is used for charging devices yes. But in Sweden, we tend to have longer cables.
Great trip. It's bit surprising me when regional train like this can reach 200 km/h beating the legendary X2000.
Well, 200 km/h is the max allowed speed for the X2000 also. So a draw. That (most of) the Reginas are regional trains is more about the interior (seating etc). In the Regina family are both the train classes X50 to X54 which are regional, and X55 which is long-haul/intercity. The technical platform is the same for all Regina train classes. Neither X2 (the formal class designation, X2000 is the name of the "travel product") nor Regina (X50-X55) are technically limited to 200 km/h.
Arlanda express is faster 220kmh
I was driving there in July 2018. Only night in my life when Sun did not set. Coming from Finland, I slept in the car, because any other accomodation was too expensive.
BTW, cost of 200km/h train ticket in Serbia from Belgrade to Novi Sad, for 80k m 34minute ride is 400 dinar or 3.6€.
All those names is famous people from the reigon that the train operates in, for exampel Norrtåg have celebreties from Norrbotten but Värmlandstrafik( that also operate the X52) have famous people from The Värmland Reigon. Good video btw.
Interesting, thank you!
Last week I was at the train station in Skövde in Sweden when a västtåg (same train, different operator) came blasting past. It was out of service and maybe it was testing its top speed because between Skövde and Töreboda it goes straight for a long time.
I was baffled by how insanely fast it went past...
And still - it definitively didn't pass you at a higher speed than 200 km/h (125 mph), since that is the regulated maximum allowed speed (MAS) for any Regina train. In fact, _no_ train in Sweden has a MAS higher than 200 km/h. The speed record was an experimental run under special rules and permits.
@@davebowman6497 True, besides the top speed past Skövde is 160 + overspeed wich for Regina is 10% giving us 160 + 16 ≈ 175. If the train flew past it was most likely doing 175 km/h.
@@Timmi9303 maybe you're right. It seemed very fast though
Det är en väldigt trevlig känsla att se min gamla station i Luleå🥺
Det var så länge sedan jag var där sist eftersom jag har bott i Tyskland i över 20 år.
Isn’t sweden better than the inflated german economy?
3:45 the acceleration when you put the same Mitrac engines as Frecciarossa 1000 in a light metropolitan train😁
You can also notice the same sound.
I would also love to see a review of the Sj Regina trains (Malmö - Gothenburg)
Okay thanks for the feedback! I will try and do that some time. :)
in Sweden, I had the chance to use "Arlanda Express" from Stockholm Central station to Arlanda Airport 40km in about 15min...
I did the route from Narvik down to Stockholm with a 3 night stopover in Kiruna. I thought the Arlanda Express between Stockholm and the airport was a high speed rail line, I'm sure it's faster than 125mph
Last I rode Arlanda Express they didn't exceed 200km/h (125mph), probably its timetables are centered on that.
Altough this sure looks like a great train journey, you don’t need to go all the way up to Luleå to ride a train going at 200 km / h. It’s quite common in Sweden, and it’s the highest allowed speed on the Swedish railway network. When I was in high school, I commuted every day from Gävle (my hometown) to Uppsala (where the school was located). This route is 97 km long and takes 1 h and 9 min if you’re going with Upptåget, which I did.
And speaking of ”Malmbanan” between Luleå and Narvik; the world’s most powerful steam locomotive it’s the Swedish R-loco, and the world’s most powerful electric locomotive it’s the Swedish IORE. The IORE-locos is actually two locomotives connected to each other, but officially, they are one unit). It can pull 68 cars fully loaded with iron ore (a weight of 8 160 tonnes, each car weighs 120 tonnes and the loco itself weighs 360 tonnes). Top speed is 70 km / h.
He adresses the (clickbait) claim in the video, there used to be experimenting with other parts that would make traveling by train feasible at higher speeds in Sweden, this train in particular was used for this. The record is 303 km/h.
The highest allowed speed on the daily is 250 km/h currently in Sweden on a few tracks with system E. (But there's no train in Sweden that will go faster than 200 km/h on the regular since there have been no incentive to buy something that's more expensive with very little upside until they completed the first of those tracks as recent as ~11 years ago)
Someone might have mentioned it already, but I’m pretty sure the signatures on the seat fabric are names of Swedish queens (possibly even copies of their actual signatures). I’m spotting Silvia (current queen), Louise (former queen), Margareta (Swedish name of Margaret of Connaught, formerly Sweden’s Crown Princess)...
Very nice! So how did you film out of the rear cab? Did the train staff let you do that, or is there a cab door window?
They let me in. 👏
@@SuperalbsTravels Awesome!
nice