https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The expansion of Copenhagen Airport train station is complete, meaning that ten more trains an hour can depart from the station from April 27th. https://www.thelocal.se/20260427/new-platforms-at-copenhagen-airport-mean-ten-more-trains-an-hour Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:34:21 +0200 new-platforms-at-copenhagen-airport-mean-ten-more-trains-an-hour You can book your Swedish summer train travel earlier than usual this year. Swedish state rail company SJ, which normally releases summer tickets in March or April, has this year released them on January 28th. https://www.thelocal.se/20260128/swedens-sj-train-company-releases-summer-tickets-early Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:41:55 +0100 swedens-sj-train-company-releases-summer-tickets-early RDC Deutschland, Swedish train company SJ's partner in Germany, has confirmed that the EuroNight route both ways from Stockholm to Berlin will continue to operate from September 2026 onwards. https://www.thelocal.se/20251222/stockholm-berlin-night-train-saved-after-swedish-government-cuts-subsidies Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:58:11 +0100 stockholm-berlin-night-train-saved-after-swedish-government-cuts-subsidies In October, Swiss national railways (SBB) announced the launch, in April 2026, of a night train connecting Basel with the Swedish city of Malmö, and had even started to sell tickets for this route. This move, however, was premature. https://www.thelocal.se/20251210/planned-night-train-service-between-switzerland-and-sweden-scrapped Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:35:34 +0100 planned-night-train-service-between-switzerland-and-sweden-scrapped Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has slammed the fact that budget flights between destinations in Europe are still often significantly cheaper than travelling by train. https://www.thelocal.se/20250822/unfair-budget-flights-in-europe-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-train-routes Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:32:46 +0200 unfair-budget-flights-in-europe-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-train-routes If you want to tour Sweden's countryside this summer, one of the cheapest and greenest ways to do it is by taking advantage of one of the special summer tickets sold by regional travel companies. https://www.thelocal.se/20220520/how-to-travel-dirt-cheap-in-sweden-this-summer Fri, 20 May 2022 16:51:17 +0200 how-to-travel-dirt-cheap-in-sweden-this-summer The maiden run of a sleeper train from Brussels to Venice ended well short of its destination on Thursday, in a telling tale of the troubles of cross-Europe rail travel. https://www.thelocal.se/20250206/venice-sleeper-train-setback-reveals-europes-rail-troubles Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:51:14 +0100 venice-sleeper-train-setback-reveals-europes-rail-troubles A direct service between Oslo and Malmö will be available in the summer, Norway’s state-owned rail firm Vy announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20250115/norway-to-launch-direct-service-between-oslo-and-malmo Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:17:28 +0100 norway-to-launch-direct-service-between-oslo-and-malmo The EU is launching a new effort to simplify cross-border train travel. The idea is to make it possible for passengers to travel through different European countries with one single ticket. https://www.thelocal.se/20241111/eu-in-new-push-to-make-european-train-travel-easier-with-single-ticket-plan Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:28:40 +0100 eu-in-new-push-to-make-european-train-travel-easier-with-single-ticket-plan Travelling from Sweden to the UK and back by train via stops in Denmark, Germany, Belgium and France is no easy feat. But The Local's Richard Orange and his two kids managed to do it back in 2022. Here's the advice he gave for other travellers hoping to avoid the planes back then. https://www.thelocal.se/20220629/something-always-goes-wrong-what-i-learned-taking-the-train-through-europe-with-two-kids Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:59:43 +0200 something-always-goes-wrong-what-i-learned-taking-the-train-through-europe-with-two-kids Swedish train operator SJ has announced it will halt all train services between Malmö and Copenhagen from July 3rd to August 4th due to a shortage of trains. https://www.thelocal.se/20240704/sj-suspends-malmo-copenhagen-train-service-this-summer Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:43:29 +0200 sj-suspends-malmo-copenhagen-train-service-this-summer The number of daily train departures between the Norwegian capital of Oslo and the Swedish city of Gothenburg will double this winter, rail company Vy announced Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20230915/travel-number-of-daily-trains-between-oslo-and-gothenburg-to-double Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:55:49 +0200 travel-number-of-daily-trains-between-oslo-and-gothenburg-to-double Commuting to work is hardly the most joyful of experiences whatever the scenario, but when your train hasn't shown up and the tannoy announcements are in a language you don't speak, it can go from mild annoyance to major frustration. https://www.thelocal.se/20190508/the-words-and-phrases-that-will-help-you-survive-your-commute-in-sweden Wed, 08 May 2019 19:16:00 +0200 the-words-and-phrases-that-will-help-you-survive-your-commute-in-sweden Travelling by train on certain routes in Europe can be twice as expensive as taking a plane, even if flying is far worse for the climate, Greenpeace has denounced. But on some common routes, the train is still the most affordable option. https://www.thelocal.se/20230725/on-which-popular-routes-in-europe-is-train-travel-cheaper-than-flying Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:04:22 +0200 on-which-popular-routes-in-europe-is-train-travel-cheaper-than-flying Plans for a new rail service running from Oslo and stopping in Gothenburg, Malmö and Copenhagen before arriving in Hamburg are in the works, Swedish state-owned rail operator SJ has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20230202/new-train-service-through-norway-sweden-and-denmark-to-hamburg-planned Thu, 02 Feb 2023 13:57:16 +0100 new-train-service-through-norway-sweden-and-denmark-to-hamburg-planned Our reporter Richard Orange took the new SJ EuroNight sleeper home from Hamburg at the start of this month with his two children. He tells us what it was like. https://www.thelocal.se/20230117/on-board-swedens-new-sleeper-service-from-hamburg Tue, 17 Jan 2023 13:06:00 +0100 on-board-swedens-new-sleeper-service-from-hamburg Starting at the end of March, Sweden’s national railway will extend its EuroNight service all the way to the German capital. https://www.thelocal.se/20230116/berlin-to-get-new-night-train-service-to-stockholm Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:27:57 +0100 berlin-to-get-new-night-train-service-to-stockholm Sweden's government has called for a halt to planning to faster train links between Gothenburg and Borås and Jönköping and Hässleholm, in a move local politicians have called "a catastrophe". https://www.thelocal.se/20221223/swedish-government-shelves-plans-for-two-fast-train-links Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:53:04 +0100 swedish-government-shelves-plans-for-two-fast-train-links The number of daily departures between Stockholm and Oslo will increase to five during the week, three of which will be express trains, Sweden's state-owned train operator SJ announced Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20221108/sj-reintroduces-high-speed-trains-between-oslo-and-stockholm Tue, 08 Nov 2022 11:50:57 +0100 sj-reintroduces-high-speed-trains-between-oslo-and-stockholm The Snälltåget service, running from Malmö in Sweden via Høje Taastrup, Odense and Kolding in Denmark, to Salzburg, Innsbruck and other ski resorts in the Austrian alps, will start on Thursday December 22nd, 2022, running once a week until March 18th 2023. https://www.thelocal.se/20221020/swedens-snalltaget-to-offer-night-trains-to-austria-via-denmark Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:44:38 +0200 swedens-snalltaget-to-offer-night-trains-to-austria-via-denmark