Oresundtrain

Öresundståg (or Danish Øresundstog ) is the name of a transport company, serving the regional cross -border transport in the Danish- Swedish Øresund region.

Owes its existence to the Öresundståg opened in 2000 Oresund link that connects the Greater Copenhagen with the southern Swedish Scania ( Skåne Swedish ) by land.

Power and clock

The Öresundståg runs between Malmö and Copenhagen at short intervals. During the day, over - and underpasses every ten or 20 minutes a train Öresund, at night once per hour.

Other places in the Öresund region with regular connection are Lund, Landskrona, Kristianstad, Hässleholm, Helsingborg and Helsingør. Outside Skåne the trains on the Västkustbanan to Gothenburg and about the Södra stambanan and Kust till kust - banan to Vaxjo, Karlskrona and Kalmar.

Since the completion of the City Tunnel in Malmö in December 2010, better connectivity to the town center of Malmo is given. The old railway terminus Malmö C has been extended with the now existing underground through station platforms for the Öresund trains.

Rolling stock

The connection is (now Bombardier ) powered by electric multiple units of the manufacturer Adtranz. The Company Öresundståg AB sets for their Swedish provincial transportation companies acquired for the Swedish Statens Järnvägar series X31K and X32K and the Danish DSB ( Danske Statsbaner ) Swedish X31K, which are managed as Danish series ET. Since Sweden and Denmark use different electrical systems on their routes, the trains can run on either 15 kV 16 ⅔ Hz and (Sweden ) and with 25 kV and driving 50 Hz.

Operator

The Öresund traffic was until January 10, 2009 joint director operated and administered by the Danish DSB on Danish territory of Skånetrafiken in Skåne and on the connections to Gothenburg and Kalmar on the Swedish SJ AB ( Statens Järnvägar ).

Since 11 January 2009 DSB First was the new owner is a joint venture between the Danish DSB and British FirstGroup. Exception was the route Alvesta Squid, which was still operated by SJ. Behind the brand Øresundståg are Trafikstyrelsen from Denmark and Sweden from Skånetrafiken, Hallandstrafiken, Blekingetrafiken, Västtrafik, Länstrafiken Kronoberg and Kalmar, Läns Trafik.

11 December 2011 DSB First was renamed with the acquisition of the Swedish routes by Veolia in DSB Øresund.