Öresundståg

Rolls off Sweden’s West Coast Line and over the 8 km Øresund Bridge, plunging into the Drogden tunnel to reach Copenhagen.

The Öresundståg network exists because of one structure: the 16 km fixed link of 2000, which drops from Europe’s longest cable-stayed bridge onto the artificial island of Peberholm and dives under the Drogden channel into Denmark. The Gothenburg run gathers the Swedish west coast first (Varberg’s fortress, Halmstad’s beaches, Helsingborg facing Hamlet’s Kronborg across the narrows), then Lund’s cathedral city and Malmö before the crossing itself, trains sharing the deck with the motorway above. It made a single commuting region of two countries.

Stations

1. 0 kmGöteborg C
2. 8 kmMölndal
3. 28 kmKungsbacka
4. 45 kmÅsa station
5. 103 kmFalkenberg
6. 146 kmHalmstad C
7. Show 9 more stations

   1. 168 kmLaholm
   2. 178 kmBåstad
   3. 201 kmÄngelholm
   4. 228 kmHelsingborg C
   5. 250 kmLandskrona
   6. 281 kmLund centralstation
   7. 297 kmMalmö C
   8. 300 kmTriangeln
   9. 303 kmHyllie
8. 326 kmCopenhagen Airport, Kastrup
9. 329 kmTårnby
10. 331 kmØrestad
11. 338 kmKøbenhavn H
12. 339 kmNørreport

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

Along the way

• Varberg fortress on the Kattegat
• Hallandsås tunnel
• Helsingborg — Kronborg across the sound
• Lund cathedral city
• Öresund bridge crossing
• København H arrival

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3345660 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 1055
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Öresundståg?

The Öresundståg runs 336 km from Gothenburg to Copenhagen. It runs through Sweden and Denmark.

How long does the Öresundståg take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 50 min for the 336 km. That is an average of 88 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 180 km/h.

Who runs the Öresundståg?

Öresundståg, with X31 Contessa.

How old is the Öresundståg?

The line has been in service since 2000. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Öresundståg run?

Hourly.

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