Rolling Stock
The trains used are the fourth and latest generation of the IC3 family of multiple units, specifically designed for use in regional traffic in areas connected by the Oresund Railway. They are electrically powered, and can run on both the Danish power supply (25 kV 50 Hz AC) and the Swedish power supply (15 kV 16⅔ Hz AC). Named Contessa by its manufacturer Bombardier, they are designated Litra ET in Denmark and Littera X31K (where X means electric multiple unit, and K means allowed to go to Copenhagen) in Sweden . The chassis is manufactured entirely of stainless steel, painted in a light shade of gray. Roughly half of the trains are owned by DSB and the other half by SJ AB.
Each trainset is 79 metres long and weighs about 157 metric tons. The trainset consists of three carriages, giving a weight of about 52 metric tons per unit. Eight of the train's 12 axles are powered, which gives good acceleration. The train's top speed is 180 km/h. Each train costs 67 million Swedish kronor (2006), equivalent to 22 million kronor per unit.
The train has a total of 196 seats (65 per carriage unit), of which some are in a low floor carriage in the middle.
The train type is nicknamed "Oresundtrain", but they are used not only for the Oresundtrain network traffic, but also for some local Scania traffic, for the DSB intercity trains Copenhagen-Ystad, and some of the SJ intercity trains Copenhagen-Gothenburg. This other traffic is not part of the Oresundtrain traffic since that a brand name, but is sometimes called that anyway.
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