Copenhagen - Malmö - Gothenburg

Öresund trains (Øresundståg in Swedish) are the regional trains that operate every 20-30 minutes between Copenhagen, Kastrup (Copenhagen airport) and Malmö Central (underground platforms 1 & 2), over the impressive Öresund fixed link between Denmark & Sweden.  One train per hour links Copenhagen & Malmö with Gothenburg Central.  Originally jointly-run by DSB (Danish Railways) and SJ (Swedish Railways), from 11 December 2022 the Öresund trains are operated by Transdev on behalf of the 6 Swedish regional transport authorities who jointly provide the service.

What are Öresund trains like?

The trains have 1st & 2nd class seats, toilets, power outlets at each seating bay, free WiFi & plenty of luggage space.  Each unit consists of 3 cars, a train may consist of up to 3 units coupled together.

An Öresund train at Copenhagen.  The words immediately above the windows indicate first class.

2nd class seats. Larger photo.		1st class seats.  Larger photo.

Luggage, bike & pram area.		Oresund train at Copenhagen.

An Öresund train to Copenhagen rolls into the underground platforms at Malmö Central.

Travel tips

• Tickets for Öresund trains have a fixed price, unlimited availability, good for any train that day.  You can always just buy a ticket and hop on the next train.  There are no advance-purchase fares, there's no advantage in buying a ticket in advance.

• If using a German Railways (DB) through ticket to/from Germany & beyond, the Öresund part of the ticket is good for any Öresund train that day, not just the one specified on your ticket.

• Seat reservation is optional, if you want a reserved seat you can add one when you buy a ticket at www.oresundstag.se.

  On these trains only a third of the seats in 2nd class and half the seats in 1st class are available to reserve, the majority of seats are non-reservable and available to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis.

  Trains can get busy at commuter times, but there's not usually a problem finding a seat at other times of day.

• If you don't have a seat reservation, sit in the right part of the train to avoid having to move.

  You can sit in any seat you like in the non-reservable part of the train.  You can also sit in any empty seat in the reservable part of the train, but if someone shows up with a reservation for that seat, you'll have to move.

  See train seating plan, the reservable seats are shown in red, the non-reservable seats in blue.

  Head for the non-reservable seats shown on the seat map in blue if you don't have a reservation!

• There's no catering on Öresund trains so bring your own food & drink.

• At Copenhagen, Öresund trains use the main platforms.  At Malmö Central, Öresund trains use underground platforms 1 & 2.

How to buy tickets

• The easiest way to buy tickets is at Omio.com.  You print your own ticket or can show it on your phone.

• The German Railways website int.bahn.de can sell through tickets from €56.90 in either direction between Gothenburg/Malmö and Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland & Hungary.

• You can also buy tickets at either the Öresund website www.oresundstag.se or the Swedish Railways website www.sj.se.

• You can also buy tickets on your phone using the Skånetrafiken app for iPhone or Android, but your phone will need internet access when using the ticket.

Crossing the Öresund fixed link between Denmark & Sweden.  More about the Oresund fixed link.

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