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SJ Öresund was a division of
SJ AB SJ is the primary passenger train operator in Sweden. A wholly List of government enterprises of Sweden, state-owned company operated for-profit under market conditions, SJ operates various services across Sweden. SJ's operations include High-spee ...
responsible for the operations of Øresundståg in Sweden. Øresundståg is a passenger train network in the transnational
Øresund Region Øresund or Öresund (, ; ; ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Denmark–Sweden border, Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width var ...
of
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and
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. On 13 December 2020 SJ Öresund replaced the previous operator
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.Railjournal.com. ''SJ wins Øresundståg operating contract.''
Retrieved 7 February 2021.
In addition to operations, the company was responsible for the maintenance of the fleet of 77 Swedish owned Öresund trains at a depot in
Hässleholm Hässleholm is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011. Overview Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the m ...
.Newsoresund.se. ''Om tre veckor tas driften av Öresundstågen över av SJ Öresund AB som ökar bemanningen.''
Retrieved 7 February 2021.
The agreement was for 8 years but in April 2022 it was announced that SJ Öresund was going to back out of the agreement in December 2022 due to issues regarding the maintenance of the trainsets.Nyhetsrum.sj.se. ''SJ lämnar över Öresundstågtrafiken i förtid''
Retrieved 23 April 2022


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(in Swedish) Railway companies of Sweden Øresund Region {{Sweden-transport-stub