Stockholm to Oslo by train
Stockholm Centralstation → Oslo S
Trains link Stockholm (Stockholm Centralstation) and Oslo (Oslo S) in about 5h 46m at best, with no changes needed. The corridor is part of the Oslo–Stockholm (562 km, typically 5 h 30 min), one of 1562 routes plotted in the World Train Map atlas.
- Fastest
- ≈ 5h 46m
- Typical
- ≈ 5h 55m
- Direct trains
- Yes
- Fewest changes
- 0
- Operators
- SJ, Vy
How long does the train from Stockholm to Oslo take?
The fastest trains cover Stockholm to Oslo in about 5h 46m; a typical journey takes around 5h 55m.
Is there a direct train from Stockholm to Oslo?
Yes: direct trains run between Stockholm Centralstation and Oslo S.
Is the train or a flight faster from Stockholm to Oslo?
A typical flight works out roughly 2h 10m quicker door to door (about 4h 05m against 6h 15m 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
- ≈ 6h 15m
- Flight, door to door
- ≈ 4h 05m (est.)
- CO₂e per passenger
- ~18 kg train · ~56 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.
This corridor in the atlas
- Oslo–Stockholm 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.
Legendary routes through Stockholm or Oslo
- SJ X2000 Stockholm → Gothenburg
- EuroNight Stockholm → Hamburg
- Bergensbanen Oslo → Bergen
- Arctic Circle Train Stockholm → Narvik
Sleepers too: night trains from Stockholm.
More trains from Stockholm
- Stockholm → Malmö ≈ 4h 28m · direct
- Stockholm → Gothenburg ≈ 4h 34m · direct
- Stockholm → Copenhagen ≈ 5h 13m
More train routes in Norway · Sweden · Denmark.
Journey figures are typical values sampled from public European schedule data; exact times vary by day. Always check the operator when booking.