Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 19, 2009
The GMB Class 71 is an electric multiple unit used by Flytoget for the Airport Express Trains on the Gardermo Line of Norway. Sixteen three-car trainsets were built by ADtranz Strømmen between 1997 and 1998. The units are capable of Script error: No such module "convert"., connecting Oslo Central Station and other stations in Metropolitan Oslo to the Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, along Norway's only high-speed railway. In a three-car configuration, the units weigh Script error: No such module "convert". and are Script error: No such module "convert". long, with a power output of Script error: No such module "convert".. The units are similar to the NSB Class 73, and are related to the Swedish X2 units. The units have been involved in several smaller incidents, including one fatal accident, and have been criticized for not being accessible for the disabled. By 2009, all units will have been expanded with a fourth car.
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