X6 was a series of three-car
electric multiple units operated by
Statens Järnvägar
The Swedish State Railways ( sv, Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board ( sv, Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was the former government agency responsible for operating the state-owned railways in Sweden.
It was created i ...
(SJ) of Sweden as local trains around
Stockholm and
Göteborg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a p ...
. Three units were built by
Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget
''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' (English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company.
History
ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as ...
(ASEA) in 1960 and were in service until 1985.
History
The three X6-units were a test batch for SJ based on the
X7-series delivered a few years before. They were put into service around Stockholm on the line
Märsta
Märsta () is a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm, a locality and the seat of Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 27,034 inhabitants in 2015. The town is situated close to Stockholm's main international airport, Arlanda. Even though ...
–
Södertälje
Södertälje ( , ) is a city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in the ...
. In 1965 it was decided that the
landsting of Stockholm, through
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, or more formally Aktiebolaget Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (Greater Stockholm Local Transit Company), is the organisation running all of the land based public transport systems in Stockholm County. It was previously k ...
was to operate the
Stockholm commuter rail. When the
X1-series was delivered, SJ transferred the X6 to the Göteborg area in 1970. They remained in service until 1985 when they were replaced by the
X10.
External links
Järnväg.net on X6
X06
X06
ASEA multiple units
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