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Sweden has the biggest railway network in northern European countries. Although cars are the major transport because of the large country and low population density, SJ still has network among most of the cities, and X2000 and IC trains run every one hour. In Stockholm, T-bana (metro) has developed quite efficiently, as well as minor LRT lines.

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MTAB/LKAB IORE	Dm3
The strongest locomotive in the world is here in Sweden. Although its maximum speed is only 80 km/h, its traction force is 1200kN.	The older type locomotive in Narvik-Kiruna-Luleå line. The rod-style traction system enabled to load huge motor, but it has also caused strong vibration.

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SJ X2000 (X2)			SJ X40
X2000 has given a great impact on Swedish Railway. Not only achieved 200km/h, it is the first EMU that was put into long-distance services. Although it has withdrown from Lynx service (Norway-Sweden-Denmark), it is still in the flagship poition in SJ. Currently renovations are going on, and refurblished units are painted in gray.			Currently SJ is putting new X40 series into service. It has double-deck passengers cabin and ability of 200 km/h.
SJ X50 Series (X50, X51, X52, X53)	SJ X10 Series (X11, X12, X13, X14)	Arlanda Express (X3)

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SL EMU X60 in Stockholm	SL EMU X10 in Stockholm	SL EMU X1 in Stockholm	C20 SL/Connex (Stockholm Subway)
			The new subway cars uses shared-bogie style -- three bodies shares four bogies. Each body has only 14m, which enables to fit well in a curve.
Cx SL/Connex (Stockholm Subway)	Roslagsbanan (SL - Stockholm)	Tram in Stockholm, Series A32	Lidingöbanan, Series A30, B30
	Roslagsbanan runs in the north of Stockholm. The guage is narrow (891mm), so even the newest cars use old type driving system. Everything in this line is on a small scale.	Two tram lines have survivied after the closure of tram network in 1967 in Stockholm. Lidingöbanan connects Ropsten (one of the last station of T-bana) and Lidingö island, and Nockebybanan is a branch from another T-bana line. One new line was additionally opened in 2000 -- Tvärbanan. It runs circularly in Stockholm, and connects every radial line.

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Göteborg Tram (Trikken)	Norrköping Tram
Göteborg has the most developed tram network now. In 1960s, the tram was thought to stop its service before long; after the energy crisis, it has been run over and some new lines opened. Suburban lines have subway-like facilities, but the performance of rolling stocks limits their speed.

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