Trains
Swedish State Railways ( SJ - Statens Jarnvagar; up-to-date timetable information from www.sj.se or call free in Sweden tel 020/75 75 75) have an extensive network, running right into the north of the country above the Arctic Circle and on into Norway. Tickets are expensive but happily it's almost never necessary to pay the full rate. InterRail and Eurail passes are valid, as is the ScanRail pass. To ensure a seat, you might want to make a reservation ; on some trains - indicated by an "R" or "IC" in the timetable - this costs 30kr; on the high-speed X2000 trains and most national routes reservations are mandatory, though the fee is included in the price. If you are using a travel pass, you must reserve seats separately before the journey (50kr). Kustpilen trains (bookable through SJ) run between Karlskrona and Copenhagen via Malmo. Interrail passes are valid and reservations are not mandatory. One booklet worth picking up is the quarterly SJ Tagtider timetable from any train station, an accurate and comprehensive list of the most useful train services in the country, except for those of the Inlandsbanan up to northern Sweden and the Pagatagen private rail line in the south (InterRail valid on both). The Inlandsbanan is only open during the summer. For all train travel north of the line between Sundsvall and Ostersund, it is necessary to book tickets through Tagkompaniet (tel 020/44 41 11). They will also book SJ tickets, but SJ will not book Tagkompaniet.
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