Pågatågen

Pågatåg is a regional train in southern Sweden, Skåne. It is often referred to as Pendeltåg (Swedish S -Bahn ), although it has little resemblance to the S-Bahn operations in Stockholm and Gothenburg. The Pågatåg is operated by the railway company Arriva Tåg AB on behalf of Region Skåne and Skånetrafiken.

History

The first Pågatåglinie adopted on January 9, 1983 under the direction of the public transport company Länstrafiken the province Malmo longer their operation. In the following years, the route network with the central node Malmö C has steadily increased, and by the merger of the provinces Malmo County and Kristianstad County in 1997 was the establishment be extended to other parts of Skåne.

In Pågatågbetrieb EMUs find the series X61 and X11 use. The purple trains a maximum speed of 160 km / h ( X11 140 km / h ).

Aligned the car initially not only outwardly, nor to those of the Stockholm Pendeltågnetzes, they were later expanded to meet the specific requirements of Pågatågnetzes account. The cars were toilets, and the passengers were given the opportunity to carry bicycles. One reason was the integration with the regional train network of Copenhagen and the Danish-Swedish Öresundstågnetz, which led to greater distances traveled compared to the Stockholm Pendeltågnetz.

According to the Pågatåg name, which translates as " Jungenzug " means to Skåne ( Skåne of PAG = Swedish Pojke, boy) are all named trains to a real or fictitious Skåne male. Examples are " Tycho Brahe ", " Nils Holgersson ", " Falstaff Fakir " and " Hjalmar Gullberg ". Also a woman, Victoria Benedictsson, the honor; but the train was named after the pseudonym " Ernst Ahlgren ".

Lines

On behalf of Skånetrafiken operated railway lines, which are traveled by Pågatåg:

Notes:

• Line 2 is also served by Öresundståg which, however, does not stop at all stops.
• On line 4b is operated by Öresundståg also (partially oriented ), but this does not stop at all stops.

Future

Due to the increasing age of the trains used the series X11 and the lack of equipment of trains with emergency brake, which prevents an authorization for the City Tunnel in Malmö, the operator has decided Skånetrafiken to replace the fleet of vehicles of the type Coradia LIREX Alstom, which already be called X60 used on behalf of SL in Stockholm. There are procured with a contract value of 2.2 billion SEK a total of 49 new units ( X61 ). The first vehicles will be delivered in late 2009.

After the completion of the Malmö City Tunnel enlargement of Pågatågnetzes to the routes Malmö C -Trelleborg, Malmö C Staffanstorp and Malmö C Kävlinge is planned.