Classic route
Oslo–Stockholm
Oslo → Stockholm · Norway · Sweden
Two Scandinavian capitals across the forests and lakes of Värmland, via Kongsvinger and Karlstad on Lake Vänern: a near-five-hour run that new open-access operators are racing to cut.
- Distance
- 562 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 102 km/h
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmOslo S +12
- 173 kmArvika
- 240 kmKarlstad C
- 280 kmKristinehamn
- 306 kmDegerfors
- 368 kmHallsberg
- 433 kmKatrineholm C
- 527 kmSödertälje syd +2
- 564 kmStockholm Central +9
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 4055341: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 41 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 13 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Entur: our line passes within 36 m of every station Stockholm-Hallsberg-Karlstad-Oslo calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Oslo–Stockholm?
The Oslo–Stockholm runs 562 km from Oslo to Stockholm. It runs through Norway and Sweden.
How long does the Oslo–Stockholm take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 30 min for the 562 km. That is an average of 102 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the Oslo–Stockholm?
SJ and Vy, with SJ InterCity, Vy.
How old is the Oslo–Stockholm?
The line has been in service since 1871. 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.
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