Denmark
DSB (Danske Statsbaner, the Danish State Railways, including the private train company 'Arriva') and a small number of railway companies cover the country with a dense network of train services supplemented by buses on quieter stretches..
Visit the website of the Danish railway company DSB: English version / Danish .
Network
Hourly services of modern InterCity trains connect København (Copenhagen) and Zealand with the main towns. Furthermore a train leaves for Odense on the island Funen every half hour. The InterCityLyn trains reach Aarhus from København within 3 hours and Odense is only a 1¼ hours’ train journey away from København. InterCityLyn is a fast train with fewer stops.
The Denmark InterCity trains ( day train) have 2 categories:
- "Business" (former 1st-class)
- • "Standard" (former 2nd-class)
Travelling by night train one can use the return service from Denmark to Germany to the following stations:
- Köln / Dortmund (Germany)
- Stuttgart (Germany)
- Munich (Germany)
Denmark - Sweden combined tunnel / bridge connection
A tunnel / bridge link connects Copenhagen with Malmö in Sweden. Every 20 minutes a train service operates between Helsingør (Elsinore), Copenhagen and Malmö, and on the Swedish side of the Öresund trains will go to Helsingborg and Kristianstad.
Connections to Gothenburg and Stockholm in Sweden: there are direct trains from Copenhagen to Gothenburg. For Stockholm you have to change in Malmö.
Free boat transportation for InterRail travelers
Denmark also provides boat connections to the main other Scandinavian countries. The transfer from Helsingør in Denmark to Helsingborg in Seden is free for InterRailers. InterRail travelers also can use the shipping between Puttgarden in Germany and Rodby Færge in Denmark.
InterRail Passes for Denmark
- InterRail Global Pass
- valid in 30 countries, incl. Denmark
- InterRail One Country Pass
- available for 28 countries, incl. Denmark