Railway Links With Adjacent Countries
- Denmark - yes - Öresund bridge - same gauge - voltage change 15kVAC/25kVAC and train ferry Göteborg - Frederikshavn.
- Finland - yes, but break-of-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)/1,524 mm (5 ft) (short dual gauge track between the two stations closest to the border, without overhead lines. Train ferry Stockholm - Turku (Finland).
- Germany - yes - train ferry - same gauge - no electric propulsion on board. Train ferry Malmö - Travemunde, Trelleborg - Sassnitz(Mukran) and Trelleborg - Rostock.
- Norway - yes - same gauge - same voltage (three electric lines and one non-electric)
- Poland - yes, train ferry Ystad - Świnoujście - same gauge - no electric propulsion on board.
- Some of the train ferries and routes.
Sweden and Norway have the same ATC system and the same voltage, meaning that trains can generally cross the border without being specially modified. Sweden and Denmark have different ATC systems and different voltage, so only specially modified trains can cross the border. The Oresundtrains (X31) and some of the X2000 trains can do that.
Train ferries never have electric overhead lines on board, so diesel must be used to get trains onboard/offboard. Generally locomotives are not transported on these ferries, only train cars.
Read more about this topic: Rail Transport In Sweden
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