March 19, 2024 – Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, will maintain the X-trafik fleet consisting of nine two and three carriage trains. The maintenance is to be carried out through VR SverigeAB’s new contract as operator for the X-trains in Gavleborg County.
The eleven year contract includes both operations and maintenance. While VR Sverige AB takes over the role of operator, Alstom’s workshop in Gavle will handle the maintenance of X-trafik’s trains.
In 2023, Alstom renewed its maintenance agreement with VR Sverige AB, which was initially valued at approximately one billion SEK and covered 30 regional trains over a ten-year period. Now, Alstom will also be responsible for the maintenance of X-trafik’s fleet consisting of nine two and three carriage trains in the Regina model, serving routes from Gavle to Ljusdal and Sundsvall.
VR Sverige AB is part of the Finnish VR Group. VR Sverige is responsible for the Pagatagen in southern Sweden on behalf of Skanetrafiken, Skane’s public transport, and the Ostgotapendeln, Smaland’s railway network. In Stockholm, VR Sverige operates buses, trams, and local trains on behalf of SL, Stockholm’s public transport. The Finnish VR Group is Finland’s railway network that has been operating trains, buses, and trams in Finland for 160 years.