The Danish railways cover the country with a dense network of train services, connecting the various islands of which the country exists.
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.
Private railway companies
With an InterRail pass you receive a 50% discount on travel with the private railway company Nordjyske Jernbaner for the following routes:
- Hjørring - Hirtshals
- Frederikshavn – Skagen
Visit the Nordjyske Jernbaner website to check the timetable ('rejseplan' in Danish).
- InterCity (IC); Eurocity (EC); InterCityLyn (ICL); reservations are recommended
- InterCityExpress (ICE): international travel to/from Germany,reservations are recommended
- SJ High Speed train (fast train to Stockholm): reservations are required
- InterRegional (IR): reservations are not required
- RØ, RV and ØR: regional trains, reservations are not required
- S-tog: commuter trains, reservations are not required
- CityNightLine (CNL): night train, reservations are required
Reservation is not required for domestic trains in Denmark. You only need to make reservations for international trains and for night trains. For details, see the pages:
- Reservation costs for domestic trains
- Reservation costs for night trains
- How to make seat reservations
The Denmark InterCity trains (day train) have 2 categories:
- "Business" (= 1st class)
- "Standard" (= 2nd class)
Bicycles are allowed upon purchase of a special bike ticket. From May to August bike space must be booked in advance for IC and ICL trains.
S-tog
InterRail Passes are also valid on the S-tog or S-train, the suburban rail network of Copenhagen operated by DSB. It connects the city center with the inner suburbs of Copenhagen. The S-tog trains run partly underground. See Wikipedia for an overview of the rail network.
- Airport-station link
Copenhagen Kastrup airport has a train station situated at terminal 3, see the airport website. There are connections to København H (main train station of Copenhagen), Malmö (Sweden) and many other destinations. - Connections to Sweden
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. - CityNightLine
With the CityNightLine train you can travel overnight from Copenhagen to Germany (Hamburg, Cologne) or The Netherlands (Utrecht, Amsterdam). Reservation is compulsory for this night train and your Pass needs to be valid in all countries it passes.
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. See the page Benefits in Denmark.
