Skåne commuter rail

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Skåne commuter rail or Pågatågen is the local commuter rail system in Skåne County, Sweden. Every train set gets its name from a Scanian man, since Påg means boy in Scanian dialect. However, one set was named after the female writer Victoria Benedictsson's pseudonym, Ernst Ahlgren.

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There are six lines in the Skåne commuter rail (Pågatågen) system, from Malmö to Lund, Helsingborg/Ängelholm, Helsingborg (via Teckomatorp), Höör and Ystad/Simrishamn, and from Helsingborg to Åstorp.

The Oresund Trains that cross the Oresund to/from Copenhagen serve as regional trains in Skåne County on the three routes to Kristianstad, Kalmar, and Gothenburg respectively.

The east-west Skånebanan railway line from Kristianstad to Helsingborg, via Hässleholm, also is of regional rail character. It is served by SJ trains but local fares are applied.

This table is a list of regional rail in Skåne County, combining the services of Pågatågen, Oresund Trains, and SJ trains running the Skånebanan railway.

Line	Stretch	Length	Stations
1	Malmö central station – Lund central station	16 km	5
2	Malmö central station – Ängelholm	96 km	15
3	Malmö central station – Helsingborg central station	71 km	14
4	Malmö central station – Höör	53 km	10
5	Helsingborg central station – Kristianstad	107 km	10
5	Helsingborg central station - Åstorp	24 km	6
6	Malmö central station – Simrishamn	111 km	15