Night train route
Snälltåget
Stockholm → Berlin · Sweden · Denmark · Germany
A private summer sleeper down through Sweden, over the Öresund bridge past Copenhagen and across Denmark to Berlin, outlasting the state night trains.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 8860794 (653 km), relation 5429644 (281 km) — 934 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 92.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 16 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Snälltåget — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- 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 Snälltåget?
The Snälltåget runs 1,290 km from Stockholm to Berlin. It runs through Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
How long does the Snälltåget take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 16 h 30 min for the 1,290 km. That is an average of 78 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.
Who runs the Snälltåget?
Snälltåget, with refurbished couchette & sleeping cars.
How old is the Snälltåget?
The line has been in service since 2021. 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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