Upptåget

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Upptåget train in Upplands Väsby

Upptåget is the name of a regional train system in the Swedish province of Uppsala län . The trains also serve sections in Gävleborgs län and Västmanland län .

The lines start from Sweden's fourth largest city Uppsala and extend to Gävle and Sala . Since December 2012, the network has comprised 16 stations and stops. Twelve of these stops have been reactivated.

history

The first line Uppsala - Tierp started operations on August 19, 1991 on behalf of the public transport company Upplands Lokaltrafik AB (UL). This was followed on August 21, 2006 by a northern extension to Gävle and a southern extension to Arlanda C and Upplands Väsby . On December 9, 2012 Upptåget was discontinued on the Uppsala – Upplands Väsby line. A new line from Stockholm's Pendeltåg and a new Uppsala – Sala line were set up to replace them .

The actual train operation was carried out by Statens Järnvägar from 1991 to 2011 , then by DSB Uppland, a subsidiary of the Danish railway company DSB . On September 1, 2017, Transdev Uppland AB, a subsidiary of Transdev SA , took over operations.

Trains

X11 train in Uppsala station
Transitio ER1 in use at Upptåget (Stadler Dosto)

In the beginning, multiple units of the X10 series were used. These were replaced in 1998 by the further developed X12 series .

Class X52 multiple units have been in use since 2003 . UL has one three-part and ten two-part trains of this type. The trains have a maximum speed of 200 km / h.

Between April 2017 and January 2020, UL also used modernized X11 trains rented from Pågatåg on the Uppsala – Sala route . The released X52 trains will be used on the Uppsala – Tierp – Gävle route in order to cope with the strong growth in passenger numbers there.

In May 2017, it was decided to procure eight new, four-part double-decker multiple units of the Stadler KISS type . The vehicles are rented from the leasing company Transitio and bear the series designation ER1 . The first new train started running on December 14, 2019. All eight new trains on the Uppsala – Gävle route should go into operation by summer 2020.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Linjekarta Upptåget och SL-commute. (PNG) Upplands Lokaltrafik, accessed December 17, 2018 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ Nu kör vi Upptåget! In: Nyhetsbrev vå resa. Transdev Sverige AB, October 4, 2017, accessed December 17, 2018 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ X10. Pendulum from 1980 valley type. järnväg.net, accessed August 3, 2016 (Swedish).
  4. ↑ Nu ska Upptåget hålla tiden. Sveriges Radio, April 16, 2003, accessed May 3, 2014 (Swedish).
  5. ↑ Niklas Norén: Just blir det mer plats for resenärerna på Upptåget. In: Sala Allehanda. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017 (Swedish).
  6. ↑ Lennart Lindström: Dubbeldäckare ska rädda upptaget. In: Upsala Nya Tidning. May 15, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2018 (Swedish).
  7. ↑ Ökad kapacitet och warred när de nya Upptågen sätts i trafik. Transdev, December 16, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020 (Swedish).

Web links

  • UL. Homepage of Upplands Lokaltrafik. Retrieved December 17, 2018 (Swedish).