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Mittnabotåget is/was a regional train service connecting
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
with
Sundsvall in
Sweden. It includes trains operated by
Veolia Transport
Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the ...
on the Mittlinjen between Sundsvall and
Östersund
Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...
in Sweden, and
Norges Statsbaner
Vygruppen, branded as Vy, is a government-owned railway company which operates most passenger train services and many bus services in Norway. The company is owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport. Its sub-brands include Vy Buss coach s ...
’s cross-border Nabotåget services from Östersund on to Trondheim in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
.
The line between Trondheim and Östersund operates using
BM92 diesel multiple units, with two daily departures each way. The line operated by Veolia in Sweden uses electrical
Regina units. In Östersund and Sundsvall, connections are available onwards towards
Gävle and
Stockholm by local trains and
X 2000
X 2000, also called SJ X2 or simply as X2, is an electric tilting train operated by SJ in Sweden. It was constructed by Kalmar Verkstad in Kalmar, Sweden (prior to the company being bought by Adtranz in 1996) and launched in 1990 as a ...
expresses.
Mittnabotåget was partially financed through funds from the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
(and Norway, since Norway, being outside the EU but in the EEA, must pay the EU expenses for regional development for Norway).
In autumn 2012 there was a change. The regional transit authority
Norrtåg took over the responsibility from the Swedish state. This concerned the trains on the Swedish line Storlien – Sundsvall. The operator changed to
Botniatåg, and from that time the
X62 trains that Norrtåg owns are used. The trains between Storlien and Trondheim are still the BM92 operated by NSB. The name Mittnabotåget was discarded, and instead Norrtåg and NSB is used.
External links
Norrtåg web site
NSB web site
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Norwegian State Railways
Public transport in Trøndelag
Rail transport in Trøndelag
Rail transport brands
Regional rail in Sweden