Night train route
SJ Nattåg
Stockholm → Åre · Sweden
SJ Nattåg in pictures
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- Distance
- 630 km
- Fastest time
- 9 h
- Average speed
- 70 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Train
- WL sleeping cars
- Countries
- Sweden
- In service since
- 1882
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
SJ’s sleeper rolls out of Stockholm at night and wakes among the snow-clad fells of Jämtland at the Åre ski resort.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 3293019 (65 km), relation 13932984 (264 km) — 329 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 18 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7 km
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.7 km from the shape of D 24
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the SJ Nattåg?
The SJ Nattåg runs 630 km from Stockholm to Åre.
How long does the SJ Nattåg take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 9 h for the 630 km. That is an average of 70 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the SJ Nattåg?
SJ, with WL sleeping cars.
How old is the SJ Nattåg?
The line has been in service since 1882. 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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