SJ Öresund was a division of

SJ AB SJ (formally ''SJ AB'') is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2001, out of the public transport division of ''Statens Järnvägar'', when the former government agency was divided into six separate government- ...

responsible for the operations of

Øresundståg Øresundståg (, ) is a passenger train network operated by Skånetrafiken and Transdev in the transnational Øresund Region of Denmark and Sweden. The name is a hybrid of the Danish ''Øresundstog'' and the Swedish ''Öresundståg'', both meanin ...

in Sweden. Øresundståg is a passenger train network in the transnational

Øresund Region The Øresund Region ( da, Øresundsregionen ; sv, Öresundsregionen ), also known as Greater Copenhagen for marketing purposes, is a metropolitan region that comprises eastern Denmark and Skåne in southern Sweden. Centred around the Øresund ...

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

and

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. On 13 December 2020 SJ Öresund replaced the previous operator

Transdev Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020. History The group was formed by the merger of V ...

.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 (older da, Hasselholm) is a locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2010. 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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