City to city
Copenhagen to Stockholm by train
København H → Stockholm Centralstation
- Fastest
- ≈ 5h 10m
- Typical
- ≈ 5h 22m
- Direct trains
- No
- Fewest changes
- 1
- Operators
- Öresundståg, Snälltåget, SJ
Trains link Copenhagen (København H) and Stockholm (Stockholm Centralstation) in about 5h 10m at best, with at least 1 change along the way.
How long does the train from Copenhagen to Stockholm take?
The fastest trains cover Copenhagen to Stockholm in about 5h 10m; a typical journey takes around 5h 22m.
Is there a direct train from Copenhagen to Stockholm?
Usually not; expect at least 1 change on this journey.
Is the train or a flight faster from Copenhagen to Stockholm?
A typical flight works out roughly 1h 30m quicker door to door (about 4h 10m against 5h 40m by train, once airport time is counted) — but the train emits about 3× less CO₂e, even on conservative official emission factors.
- Train, door to door
- ≈ 5h 40m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 10m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~22 kg train · ~71 kg plane
Flight time and emissions are transparent estimates, not airline schedules — method, factors and all 109 compared pairs on Train vs plane in Europe.
Legendary routes through Copenhagen or Stockholm
- SJ X2000 Stockholm → Gothenburg
- EuroNight Stockholm → Hamburg
- Arctic Circle Train Stockholm → Narvik
- Lyntog Copenhagen–Aarhus Copenhagen → Aarhus
Sleepers too: night trains from Stockholm.
More trains from Copenhagen
- Copenhagen → Malmö ≈ 39 min · direct
- Copenhagen → Gothenburg ≈ 3h 06m · direct
- Copenhagen → Hamburg ≈ 5h 14m · direct
- Copenhagen → Oslo ≈ 7h
- Copenhagen → Berlin ≈ 7h 37m
More train routes in Sweden · Denmark · Germany.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.