SWEDEN'S NEWEST HIGHSPEED TRAIN / SJ3000 FIRST CLASS REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2022
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Hello and welcome back to Sweden, for a review on the country's newest highspeed train!
Today we will be taking the SJ (Swedish Railways) service in First Class from Stockholm to Umeå, a 7 hour trip up Sweden's stunning east coast... I hope you enjoy the video!
Date of Filming: 2/10/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: SJ (Swedish Railways)
Departure: Stockholm, Sweden
Arrival: Umeå, Sweden
Cost: Relax Class - 915 Swedish Krona (£72.55, €85.14, $86.75)
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One door per carriage
The scenic view of Sweden by SJ train is awesome. I had been in Sweden. It's a beautiful country. I find people warm and friendly.
Absolutely 🤗
Im glad that you like my home country
I went through Umea in 1981, driving from Norway and catching a ferry to Vaasa (Finland). The boat had a school group onboard, the older children were keen to practice their English, and when we arrived the Finnish immigration were thrilled to see British passports as well as a British registered car. Clearly, not a route many British people visit.
I bet 🤣
Did you drive the E79 (E12 present Day) from Mo i Rana to Umeå?
@@beorlingo Yes, from Mo I Rana with an overnight stop at Tarnaby, I think it was a self catering apartment is a winter sports area. Had been to Bodo the night before, driven across the Arctic Circle.
@@imsbvs nice! My family is from a small village Close to Tärnaby. That's why I wondered!
@@imsbvs Came to think of it, did you stop to buy smoked fish on the way leaving Tärnaby?
Great video. Very scenic and relaxing.
The first three things I note in train rides are:
-clean windows, clean and safe terminal buildings and finally quiet, considerate and polite passengers, for an enjaoyable trip.
As opposed to my last train adventure from Termini station in Rome- loud, crime ridden, dirty and inconsiderate people . Dirty windows and toilets on Italian trains. Lastly, loud, inconsiderate and rude passengers on local trains. No situational awareness ( blocking isles, doorways and entrances).
Oh dear 😂
Sweden has so awesome trains 👌💯X-2000&SJ -3000.And the nature and citys in Sweden are so beautiful 😍
I agree 💯
I travelled on this train and this route daily when I was pendling to school from Söderhamn to Gävle and back, pretty cool! If the train was stood at the Söderhamn station I might've been there just 30 minutes later to say hi!
That diversion to Kilafors was because of maintenance on the rail between Söderhamn and Gävle, so my daily travel time almost got doubled for a few months last fall.
Ah I see! Interesting 🤓
In 1982 I took the SJ train from Uppsala to Kiruna covering much of the same route. Eventually, I ended up taking the train onward from Kiruna to Narvik in Norway. It was a wonderful journey with stunning scenery. I would love to do it again!
Excellent 😊👌🏻
Fun fact: in 1982 your train would have gone on the old trunk route (Stambanan genom Övre Norrland) bypassing Umeå!
@@jatterhogNorra stambanan
@@X55Regina Norra Stambanan Gävle/Storvik-Ockelbo-Ånge, sedan en kort bit på Mittbanan Ånge-Bräcke, sedan Stambanan genom Övre Norrland Bräcke-Boden (den längsta och i mitt tycke mest betydande sträckan) och allra sist Malmbanan Boden-Kiruna. Om du vill ha ett långt svar :)
As someone who lives in Copenhagen, I immediately noticed that these X3000 trainsets have the EXACT same acceleration/braking sounds as the cross-border Øresundståg trainsets. This is interesting because on paper, the Øresundståg trainsets are an entirely different family of trains, being a part of the "Flexliner" family that was created by ABB Scandia (later bought up by Adtranz, and then Bombardier).
It turns out that the Øresundståg trainsets are actually a hybrid! Most of the train is a Regina train (albeit with a low-floor section in the middle car), while the driver cabs are from a Flexliner train, allowing for easy walk-through between units.
The Flexliner family is easily recognisable by the inflatable rubber front, and also includes the Danish IC3 and IR4 trains. The inflated rubber front is surprisingly aerodynamic, since it traps an air cushion in the front of the train.
The Øresundståg sets sadly have a smaller width than the Reginas, due to the Danish loading gauge being smaller than the Swedish (but still wider than the European standard).
Correct, the X31/Contessa shares most of its electronics with the X50/Regina trains.
@@jatterhog Some of the body work is quite the same too, if you look at the side of the Regina trains and X31s they basically look the same aside from it being wider and a different front.
Yes I reconized the sound strait away.
And their side profile looks very similar besides of course the missing low floor carriage.
The X50 series is my personal favourite regional train, being both spacious and flexible. The X31 is good too, and the X2 is still king for long distance trains. The IC3/Y2 series is probably the best DMU in the Nordics. You should check out the upcoming X80 Zefiro Express, it’s meant as an evolution to the X50 series and bought by Västtrafik & SJ so far.
Interesting 🤓
I've been on trains all over the world. Your videos are the most informative. Once again, great video! All the Best.
Thank you so much, that means a lot 😄👌🏻
I traveled on this train several times a few years ago! Loved every bit of it!
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Probably one of your most relaxing and pleasant train rides. The qualm atmosphere transpires even through the monitor.
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊😊😊
A very pleasant trip on stunning train. I rode from Stockholm to Copenhagen on X2000 in 2012 and had a blast talking shop with train crew.
Ooh nice 😄
20:28 Örnsköldsvik is also known for ice hockey. Many famous hockey players from this city: Peter Forsberg, the Sedin brothers, Victor Hedman and Markus Näslund.
Ah thank you ☺️
I try not to miss any video! Great ride, interesting rolling stock and majestic Nordic nature. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you 😊
Thank you for this. Very enlightening. I am taking the high speed train from Oslo to Stockholm this summer, and your video will help me decide between 1st and 2nd class. Tak!
Glad it was helpful!
You are by far my favourite train travel biog and again you haven’t disappointed me
Thank you John, that means a lot! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Really enjoyed this video. I'll be heading on a much shorter journey from Copenhagen Airport to Lund in the next few weeks on SJ. Travelled from both Stockholm to Copenhagen and Stockholm to Oslo on these trains previously and loved every minute of both trips
Nice trip report! Please keep this awesome content coming 😊
I'll try 😁😁😁
What a beautiful, cosy train for travelling through the Swedish scenery. Beautiful country.
Absolutely 🤗🇸🇪
Nice landscapes, i found 2nd class good option. Thanks for the ride !!! 🇺🇾
Absolutely 🤗
I have taken the route Sundsvall-Arlanda and Stockholm with Sj Snabbtåg and nattåg. It was great. I live in Sundsvall.
You have past my city!
That is cool!
Good video keep it Up!
Thanks my friend 🙂
4:53
The width of this thing is 3450 mm, it's probably the widest standard gauge rolling stock ever made, the second widest is The JR East E4 series at 3380 mm, while the third are the majority of the shinkansen lineup and China Railway high speed trainsets except CRH5A...
Well the Copenhagen S-trains 4th generation train is 3,52 meters wide so they are also up there as one of the widest.
Wow 😄
Great trip report
Thanks Luis 😄
Another great video! I’ve travelled with these trains myself, but shorter distances than between Stockholm and Umeå.
A little bit of trivia: the SJ3000 (trademark name) is also known as the X55 (train model name), and is also being part of the ”train type family” known as Regina. Throughout Sweden, you’ll find other Regina trains (class X50-X54) serving regional train routes for various public transport organisations.
Being a Stockholm citizen, I myself seldom travel with the Regina trains (the only Regina trains - pretty much - serving Stockholm, are SJ’s X55 trains). Based on the experiences I have (travelling with Regina trains serving the X-tåget network), the X55 e.g. have more comfortable seats, more carriages (4, in comparison with the other train types 2 or 3 carriages), as well as a built-in bistro.
When it comes to the Regina trains’ exterior, I believe all Regina trains pretty much look the same. From what I understand, Sweden is a country with
an unusual width between tracks, making it possible to serve Swedish railways with wider (and some times more spacious) trains, than in some other countries in e.g. Europe. Since the space between tracks isn’t the same throughout Europe, the wider Swedish trains seldom can be used on railway lines outside Sweden (the only exception perhaps being Norway, and maybe also Denmark). Sleeper trains running between Sweden and Germany are narrower than the mentioned wider Swedish trains.
Thank you Andreas for a lovely comment! I have been on a 2 car unit up North, but didn't film it! I think they're great trains. And yes, like you said, Sweden has the largest loading profile for standard gauge track, I believe! 🙏🏻
The with between tracks in Sweden is not unusual. Finland has wider distance between tracks, though. (Rail-gauge)
@@Greybone62
It's not the track gauge that's unusual, it's the loading gauge. The tracks are the same as in most of Europe, but trains are allowed to be 3.4 meters wide, as opposed to 3.15 meters in many other countries.
@@Lostincyberspace100 Regina is even 3,450mm wide :)
I travel across Sweden every year to visit my family up north near Östersund while I live in Linköping, about 2 hours south of Stockholm and I basically follow the same route only going inland from Sundsvall instead. The trips almost always go smoothly and takes about 8-10 hours depending on the type of train and how many changes of train along the way. The prices vary to an extreme amount depending on when I book the ticket, what time of year and day along with the amount of changes along the way. I usually travel around the holiday season when it can get the most expensive if I'm not well in advance. The most I've ever spent on a round trip is 1800 SEK and the cheapest usually land on around 800 SEK for a round trip which is honestly a really good price for the distance being traveled. I've seen the countryside so much on that route by now that I usually just watch YT or some movies on my laptop. Great video btw.
Thank you ☺️ I really love travelling in Sweden, it's so beautiful and easy, usually! 👍🏻
Great trip! Wasn't expecting to see an LTT video here.
My guilty pleasure 🧡
Great video, mate!!! Enjoyed watching this trip report. 😁
Thanks Rahill 👍🏻 I went to the Nepal/India border the other day 🥵😉
@@NonstopEurotrip that must be stressful, travelling to another country next day but I hope Mount Everest views were mesmerising and relaxing. I did visited Nepal 4years ago and watched Mount Everest but unfortunately I wasn’t able to watch it from an airplane but definitely it was an amazing experience.
@@rahill-95 I would like to trek there...one day!
@@NonstopEurotrip I hope i get a chance to do the same and I bet that experience will be overwhelming in many positive ways.😁
Worked for SEB NY so I went to Stockholm once a year during nice weather. Nice city. Stayed at the Grand. Nice train!
Oh nice 😌
This video is ideal, I'm taking the exact same trip next August for a wedding.
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Very perfect! Took one of there in the same route in 2019 and 2021 on the Malmo-Gothenburg route.
They don't run that route.
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes it does..
Oh wow! I'm traveling to Sweden soon and I'll be taking this exact train from Sundsvall to Stockholm!
Thanks 👍🏻
Stockholms train station is such a nice simple place, been there 4 or 5 times always enjoy it
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It is overcrowded, badly marked and connected to huge SL metro station T-Centralen.
Sundsvall is simply a lovely city 😍
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I am currently studying Library and Information Science at Umeå University, but I never took the SJ 3000. However, I tried other types, such as Norrtåg X52 (Haparanda-Luleå) and X62 (Umeå-Vännäs). Thank you for filming this!
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
very nice train ride brother,,i will try later on,i just visit fjords before
Wow. Very nice indeed.
Thanks 🙏🏻
That was a sleek and restful train interior. When the train was leaving the station at 6:21, I was hoping it was AM rather than PM, and the arrival of breakfast settled that. That meant there would be visible scenery and it was really stunning. Nice trip.
Absolutely 🤗 And what a sunrise 😌
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The lift goes up and then turns so it becomes possible to go with the wheelchair in both directions. Within the yellow circle. You just press the buttons.
Ahhhhh!!
@@NonstopEurotrip Please film more of the wheelchair spaces on trains and the disabled toilets. If you happen to see how they board disabled people, film that too. Or just boarding in general. Years ago, I remember that we had to climb ladders on trains in Italy. It's helpful to see how people board when someone has mobility issues. Thanks!
@@cp1236 I’ve seen a wheelchair bound person board the X55. The employees meet you at the door, help roll you on the lift and then press the button to go up. It raises to floor height and spins so it’s just to roll to the seat. Then I think they have a place you can secure the wheelchair(?) and an adjacent seat where you can move to, that has a panel to call the train staff. Usually one can also preorder “ledsagning” which is basically a person at the station who meets you and makes sure you get on board, and at your destination making sure you get off.
@@cp1236 In Sweden, it's pretty easy to get around by train in a wheelchair, even on services with no seat reservations. On pretty much all EMU/DMU types there is one door with orange markings, that's where you want to go. If the train has level boarding, you can usually manage without help, but there is also a button to press if you need assistance. If it's an older model, the crew will help you by extending a ramp, do remember to tell them which stop you want to get off at.
One thing to note: Some old trains may not be able to accommodate wheelchairs wider than 70 cm (old Swedish standard) but many have been upgraded where possible and all new trains support the wider EU standard of 80 cm.
@@NonstopEurotrip That is exactly what I said to myself when I read that.
These trains are called X55 within the company and the train industry, they are very nice to drive. It's my favourite type of train in the SJ fleet to drive.
Excellent! Have you filmed any cab rides?
Hell yeah! They included finnish candy at the breakfast!
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I travelled from Malmo to Copenhagen via Oresund. What a pleaseure!! When the bridge ends, Copenhagen flughaven comes!! Europe feels o connected...
Because it is 😍
Im glad you liked my home country : )
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I believe Swedish trains are the widest in the world. Very nice video! Cheers from Australia.
Ex Soviet trains are much wider, both gauges, but Sweden has the largest loading gauge on standard guage track.
Örnsköldsvik has a unique bridge north of the station. It goes over a ski jumping hill between the landing slope and the inclined outrun (which itself goes over a road).
I saw it but didn't get it on film unfortunately!
Another great video. Will do a train video from Copenhagen to Malmo, Sweden or Warsaw to Lviv? Again, thanks.
This first one of those is already filmed, but not edited yet!
Surprised that first class seats are 2+2 rather than 2+1. Stunning scenery..
Thank you Max😀😀💚💚
It's such a wide loading gauge Scott, it really doesn't feel cramped in the slightest! Thanks 🙏🏻
@@NonstopEurotrip It looked comfy and not cramped.
@@scottyerkes1867 yeah there have been complaints about it but once one actually sits in them they’re very comfortable due to the wide loading gauge. Still a bummer to have a seat neighbour though.
@@jatterhog Oh yes! If I took that rain I would hope that no one sat next to me. Not terribly fond of the facing seats.
Thanks for your input.
wheelchair lift works by the person in the chair driving onto the centre, then the platform rises and turns 90 degrees. As you can see there are cuts in the stairs, they rise too to level themselves with the rest of the platform and train. Edit: And yes in Söderhamn while you were traveling the train went around a fair length of track that was being worked on! If you travel by Hudiksvall again give me a wave :D
I sure will do! 👋🏻 And thanks for the information ℹ️🙏🏻
Excellent video as always!!! Do you have any plans of coming to Ireland for a trip report?
Not at this moment in time, sorry!
The route between Gävle and Söderhamn is more straight than the map shows also built for 200 km/h, same as the northen newbuilt part. Yupp you was rerouted, missed my hometown Hudiksvall. After Sundsvall you can see the Baltic Sea to your right.
Thanks 🙏🏻
it was the x2000 stockholm to gothemberg lates 80s Great ride Subscribed
Thanks 🙏🏻
Regarding the wheelchair lift; you push the button with the upward arrow, and a “platform” will rise where a wheelchair etc can stand. :)
Thanks 👍🏻
At 13:10, notice the small table between the window seat and the wall!
If I plan to work while going on a long-haul train I usually try to get a 1st class ticket and a single seat. But for SJ3000 I might ibstead actually choose 2nd class. Not only because there are no single seats on SJ3000 but also for that table. Instead of having the bag on the floor , making it awkward to get anything out or in, it's on that table. Very handy.
The possibility to have that table there is because the SJ3000 carriages are built to the full Swedish load profile - one of the widest in Europe - so the carriages are really wide compared to most.
X2/X2000 1st class is my favourite, but X55/SJ3000 is not far behind. X2/X2000 2nd class comes in third - so far.. I have some train-riding-just-for-fun to do.. ;-)
Thanks you ☺️ very interesting to read 🙏🏻
Try Tågab’s A2/AB3 1st class carriage, they’re really comfortable and retro
You passed my hometown Gävle. 😊😊
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Awesome, never been to Sweden, already fell in love , great to pass through several towns of Sweden
It's an amazing country 😊🇸🇪
Next week i go umeå too
The wheelchair lift on that train model comes up from the floor when activated, spins around so the opening faces the upper part once up, and the yellow bits come up around the platform as you go up or down with the lift. I've been on that kind of lift a few times, though on the regional version of the Regina trains but they're the same or essentially the same except for the seating layout, comfort level and onboard amenities (like no food/drinks service at all on the regional one). One thing I can say about the lift though is that, at least in my experience, it's very unreliable! I've been sitting in that lift down by the doors more times than I've actually taken the lift up to the seating area unless I just get out of my chair and walk up or down the steps that is and just dragging my chair up with me- it's something I can do as an ambulatory wheelchair user, but not everyone has that luxury and I don't always have the energy to, so still annoying that the lifts are unreliable.
That's for the information 🙂🙏🏻
Beautiful video like 🙂👍👍👍🇨🇿🇪🇺
Thanks!
@@NonstopEurotrip you're welcome
Thank you for your long train journey. It's very intereting. အလွန်ခေတ်မီ သန့်ရှင်းသော ရထားပို့ဆောင်ရေးစနစ်ပါ။ စိတ်ဝင်စားပါ၏။ ကျေးဇူးပါ။
Glad you like it 😁
Swede here
The term snabbtåg (high-speed) is mostly used to say it only stops at the major stationd in the bigger cities. Most railways in sweden aren't built for high-speed. Some lines ar newer and arebuilt for faster trains. I am from Umeå myself and mostly Travel between Umeå and Stockholm or Umeå and Luleå further up north. The only part of the route OP took that is considered high-speed is between Ångermanälven ( the ångermanland river) and Umeå. The bit betwen the river and Sundsvall is better quality than the Swedish average but not high-speed. The part between Sundsvall and Gävle are in much need of upgrades and are in parts slower than the average. Between Gävle and Stockholm the track is good could be considered average but is highly congested with most trains from north of sweden to Stockholm comming down that route.
Thanks for the information ☺️
in the year 2006 i was drive with the train from Torpshammar via Sundsvall via Stockholm to Kopenhavn.
Nice video. Hope you enjoyed your stay in umeå. :) Sadly the price has gone up quite a bit. It was much cheaper about 20 years ago.
I bet!!
In 1978 I took a plane from Stockholm to Lulea in summer. Then went all the way to Polar Circle. Beautiful weather in summer. I drove a car back. You have not mentioned awesome ice hockey teams in small towns along the east coast and many of those boys are great ice hockey stars in the NHL /USA and Canada.
Excellent thank you 😊
I have been to Örnsköldsvik twice when there was no train station and there was a single train line about 50 km from the coastline! (1990s)
There was a direct sleeper car from Stockholm though :)
I have taken SJ snabbtåg to Göteborg and Stockholm from Lund, as well as Snälltåget from Lund to Linköping
Pro tip when Travelling with SJ: do morning and evening trains as they are up to 75% cheaper than mid-day trains often!
I did 😺
Its now my goal to take this train one day!
Yes, yes 😁
It is my understanding that Gälve is also home to the National Ry Museum...
Yes it is since 1970. The museum have been closed a few years now pending a major rebuild. I think it will open again next year.
Great Video, as always. I still hope that some day you'll replace the written info with a voice over (I assume you did the voice over for the sponsors lately and you have a lovely voice). I don't mind the concept of the written option but I'm not a fast reader and as a non native English speaker I usually have to pause every time to read it (and I want to readt it.
Even though I've never been to Sweden I can answer the questions you asked.
1. The wheelchair lift. Just from looking at it you can see that the central area if this door is at platform level and the steps are inside, not at the door. The central part is a round platform which is the lift that takes the wheelchair up to the level of the top of the stairs and turns to face them (as you can figure out from the handles that face the stairs when down and must face the other way when up for safety and to enable the wheelchair to get to either side). The stairs themselves have grooves in the middle section so they rise with the middle circle and end up align with the round platform at car level enabling the wheelchair to move in either direction into the car.
2. The direction change.
By looking at the map I see that in Gävle there is a fork and the tracks continue in a more inland rout that is, more or less parallel to the coastal rout and both routs have a few connections between them along the way, including one between Kilafors and Söderhamn. It looks like your train took a detour through that rout, which is a longer rout (there is a train that does this in 6h by using the right and shorter rout). the tracks back to Söderhamn have a direct connection up north (there is a a triangular joining there) but in order to get to the station at Söderhamn the train goes back a bit along the shorter rout to the station and than changes direction to continue north.
One day, maybe. Thanks for the comment!
If you want a more scenic trip by train, then I suggest going from Oslo in Norway to Bergen. There are many tunnels (that are not so scenic), but it also gets you high up in the Scands mountain range.
I went on that route a couple of years ago. It was in August, and you could see glaciers on some of the mountain tops. It was not the start of the winter season. It was ice from last year's winter season. In August.
I went straight to Bergen from Oslo, but there is also a side branch called Flåmbanen (the Flåm line), that is supposedly more beautiful, and where you can see more of the fjords from the train.
If you like travelling by other means than train, then you can also go on Hurtigruten, which is a boat trip that goes along the coast of Norway, and into many of the fjords along the way. It starts in Bergen and goes all the way up to the northern mainland of Norway. The final destination is very close to the Russian border in the north.
You mean this one?
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@@NonstopEurotrip Exactly! It is so beautiful.
Wood touch in Swedish train add warmth to what could otherwise be a cold and sterile interior.
(bounces happily the moment the music starts) Expensive, maybe. Have any of the unhappy commentators lived in Sweden.? On a good day life is as expensive as it is here (in the UK) during a cost-of-living crisis.
It's not too bad, for Sweden, as you say!
Great trip. It's feel like Semi High speed Intercity Train rather than High Speed
True yeah. But the fastest in Sweden along with the X2000...
I would love to make this trip. I have family in Umeå but I’ve never been. I’ve been to Malmö, Stockholm, Uppsala and Gothenburg. I love Sweden. I could happily live there. 🇸🇪
Same here 🤗
I recommend you retry in early spring. I travelled the same route by car in a snow landscape and sunny weather. I was lucky enough to shoot beautiful pictures of the landscape that would render your TrainWindowViews to boring...
I've done many a snowy train trip up there!
Loved the sunrise scenes. Are the trees turning brown already in Umea?
This was filmed last October
@@NonstopEurotrip I was surprised by how slow the journey was even though it was beautiful.
Great video! But you must have put the wrong date filming the video. It definitely looks like late autumn.
I'll check when I get back to my laptop 😆
All the way to Malmö with changes in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. You forgot to mention that this route has the most tunnels on one stretch in the country. Just between Härnösand and Umeå there are 27 where the longest is almost 5km long if I don't remember incorrectly. I live just North of Umeå area.
Thanks for the information 🙂
Actually the newest high-speed trains in Sweden are the Stadler KISS inspired double decker regional trains used by Mälartåg and Upptåget. Great video anyway.
Thanks 🫡🙏🏻
@10:22 Nice to see Finnish chocolate in a Swedish train ;)
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Good journey but video need stabilization. Which camera is it ?? Use hero 10 like I do absolutely stunning results
This was filmed on a hero 7. I now use a hero 10.
Never been more motion sick on a train than on this train…
It doesn't even tilt 🤪
@@NonstopEurotrip I know, but it’s so uncomfortable swaying from side to side all the time, you almost cannot walk through the middle without falling. Worst train ever, athe X2000 as well, tilting is just an excuse to save money and not upgrade the speed of the tracks. One should not get motion sick on a train, even when not looking out the window. Why I hipe the 25 new 250km/h SJ trains will be more comfortable than their current flert.
I tried the false wide 2nd class last month when I took it from Kil to Oslo and from Oslo to Stockholm
And how did you find it?
@@NonstopEurotrip Oh, I originally thought the SJ 3000 is going to be wide for the second-class seat but instead, they just reused the same seat elsewhere and left a wide margin between the window and the seat. Anyway, the train interior was much more modern than the DSB IC3 and the X2000. However, sometimes the washroom does not necessarily look neat and tidy for every trip(same case X2000).
You have to hold the button in to use the wheelchair lift, wait for the protective thing to come up, and then let the lift get you up, then wait for the protective thing to go down, and you’re done!
Thank you 😊
@@NonstopEurotrip No problem! Oh and I forgot to mention, the lift will turn around when it's gone up so you can easily get to the rest of the train. 😊
No footage from Hudiksvall? That's my local train station :D
Not this time lol
I live in the small city of Kramfors, which you left out in the video😝
Sorry 🙈🙈🙈
@@NonstopEurotrip Haha no worries, except for the High Coast that my city own most part of the rest of the city aren't much special😅
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great video love riding the train Pls.explain why the ones mentioned are the biggest ripp off. Thank you !!!!!!!!!!
Just VERY expensive 😔
Lovely. I honestly cant believe how bad public transport is in Canada and the US.
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I travelled this exact route yesterday, on a plane from Bromma (the better airport in Stockholm) in 1h20m, for a lower price.
I really want to like trains, but it is really hard when it is both slower and more expensive, and it's really not a high speed train if it does 200km/h a rare few times, but averages 100km/h.
The only use case for train is if I have an early meeting in Stockholm, and can sleep my way there in a single person cabin, saving money a hotel-night, But then the night train is so expensive that not even that makes sense
Or if I am paid for the time spent on the train, I would ride trains 8h/day if that was the case
Yeah I agree. If I had to be somewhere fast, I'd fly too. I do the trains for the trip tho!
well, the train and the route looked nice, but I've been a bit surprised by the ticket price, even the 2nd class one is noticeably expensive compared to trains elsewhere on continent, based on this vid it seems Swedish Railways pricing model follows English rather than lets say German practice.
Yeah. It is Sweden though 🤷🏻♂️🇸🇪😂
In general, it is cheaper to run a train if the distances are short(er) and the population is larg(er) and more dense. Sweden is over 2000 km north to south and the total population is approximately 10 million. Granted, 9 million of us are in the southern 40%, but even with that the population density is low. And we still need to run trains to the north...
Also, ticket prices are not fixed. They vary dynamically depending on eg demand. Booking late will most often be expensive. Booking well ahead of travel date can result in real bargains. Mid-day weekday trains are almost always much cheaper. I've succeeded in getting an X2000 ticket from Stockholm to Malmö for smth like 35-40 Euros on several occasions - a 600 km travel. And those where not mid-day tickets but morning and early evening trains.
@@davebowman6497 yep very true
Train prices in Sweden vary a lot according to demand. Booking early in advance you'd expect prices down to at least 365/455 SEK for 2nd and 1st class respectively, potentially lower if you're lucky. Meanwhile, when 1st class is nearly sold out you will pay 1850SEK.
Swedish train tickets are very varied.
Snabbtåg (fast train) rates start at 195 kr for 2nd class and 295 kr for 1st class, but can easily go north of 1000 kr for the same ticket if you book late and the service is crowded.
Are there no train announcements at all? Very unusual!
There are, but they’re manual and a few minutes ahead of the station or directly after departing a central station. There are also displays showing time, temperature, closest station, expected arrival times, if toilets are occupied etc.
Indeed!
this train is also a X55 train, in the regina family
Indeed
I live in Sundsvall! Do a trip report from Sundsvall to Stockholm with x3000 please
Why?
Note: Im not here to like be a teacher or something but the city is called Umeå not Umeä as seen most of the journey.
Deliberate mistake 🙈
@@NonstopEurotrip Yea, we all do
Did you arrive in time 😮
Yes!!
If 200km/hr is high speed then the UK runs highspeed for much more than HS1. Travelled to Scotland recently from London and we were peaked 213km/hr at various points. This was same on my journey to Birmingham. Yet those lines are not seen as highspeed.
Speeding 😂
Well... 200 km/h on normal routes is the bare minimum. And many trains running between London and Scotland are considered high-speed trains.
Does this train pass through Falun? I’m planning to take a train in August from Arlanda central station to Falun central station. I’ve taken a train from Gothenburg to Bastad. Final destination was Copenhagen and they check your ticket.
There are direct trains from Arlanda to Falun but old style “InterCity” ones with wagon type A7, AB7, A11, B7 or B11. Either way, first class is guranteed to be very comfortable!
Side note: I think the X55 operates a few weekly services, but the old trains are more comfortable in first class imo with a 2+1 seating layout.
@@jatterhog thank you 🙏
@@AnthonyJosh no problem, if travelling in 2nd class just don’t book carriage 4, it sometimes doesn’t have power plugs 👍
@@jatterhog thanks for the heads up
As a Ukrainian immigrant i traveled twice in this amazing training and kinda feel guilty that i paid 0 SEK
Thoughts are with you and all Ukrainians 🙏🏻🇺🇦
As a random Swede I can pretty much assure you that you should feel no debt to us in these trying times. Most of us would be sad were you to feel guilt for that on our behalf.
Enjoy and welcome to Sweden!! Slava Ukraini!
I have been on one of these
Fun fact: the real reason why no trains in Sweden go above 200 km/h is not because of the engine power, but because Sweden's national speed limit is 200 km/h (Planes don't have to follow those rules).
Really 🤔🤔🤔
@@NonstopEurotrip Yes, atleast i think so
@@realpeel Not true.
We just don't have any trains built to go faster than 200 km/h. But fun fact, during testing runs an X2 has reached 276km/h and a Regina got up to 313km/h so its not like they are lacking in power.
Most lines are limited to 200km/h aswell but some distances actually allow 250km/h, we just need new trains to benefit from it.
Love Swedish railways; not perfect but pretty good. Not all Swedes are that enamoured, though. Sweden has the most railways per capita in Europe, although most of these are in the southern half of the country. Airline style pricing pertains.
Agreed 👍🏻
Most of our population is in the south too. You will still have infrastructure reasonably close by even in the far reaches of the north though.