Trains, Malmö

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This is Malmo's train station and Bus terminal but also there's a Tourist information office very handy for getting maps and useful information about Malmo.
If you want to get to Copenhagen you can buy trickets for £15 return

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It is very easy to get to Malmö by train as all you have to do is get on a train at Copenhagen Central station or even Copenhagen airport! They run every 20 minutes for most of the day and it takes only a little more than half an hour. Pick a "duo" ticket if you are more than one person who want to cross the bridge for a daytrip. Otherwise, buy an "Öresund rundt" ticket if you want to see more of Sweden and Denmark by going around the Strait for 1-2 days.

There are also night trains to/from Berlin which use the ferries between Trelleborg and Sassnitz for the crossing. These trains run most of the year but not November-March.

As for national trains, there are high speed trains from (Oslo)/Gothenburg and from Stockholm respectively, but also ordinary trains from places like Kalmar, Växjö, Helsingborg and so on.

My second picture here is from the 150th anniversary of the Swedish railways in 2006. As Malmö-Lund was the first proper passenger stretch to open, there were celebrations with all sorts of vintage trains. See my Lund travelogue if you are interested in more pictures.

We used the railways to go to Lund & Copenhagen on both local & intercity trains. There are easy to use ticket machines in all stations and in Malmö Central we were given advice on what tickets to use by red coated station officials. One tip was to but a family ticket instead of 2 adult singles for a cheaper fare.

The "Påga-tåg" are the commuters that can take you around the area of Scania (The Swedish region which Malmö is located in).

They departure from the Centralstation, and the ticketprice vary depending on where you go (of course!)...but it´s not very expensive.

The cheapest & easiest way is to buy a ticket on the centralstation, but if you choose to buy one on the train keep in mind that it will cost you an extra fee (ca 5-6 Euro/50 SEK).

The commuters departure pretty often, so you can usually just go to the centralstation and catch a train.

This station is located to the soth-west of Malmo and is the final stop before trains cross the Oresund Bridge to Denmark. It is a favourite choice of Swedes who want to get to Copenhagen airport without paying the high bridge tolls.

A single adult ticket to Copenhagen costs 85:-. If you chose to buy your ticket on the train, there is usually a hefty supplement to pay (about 40%). Parking costs 50:- a day and you can use international Visa debit cards. Credit cards used to be a problem so if you aren't sure take cash. Journey time to Copenhagen is about 15 mins and trains run frequently throughout the day.

I visited Malmo on a day trip by train from Copenhagen. The Oresund trains depart Copenhagen for Malmo across the Oresund bridge about every 20 minutes. The journey time is only 35 minutes and the train also stops at Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup). The return ticket was 140 DKK (about 18,50 EURO).

If you have been living in the European Union, Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey, Tunisia, and Morocco Interrail tickets offer really incredible value when it comes to touring Europe by train. In fact, my economies came close to paying 5 or 6 times less than I would have had I been buying individual tickets. You buy the ticket in one of the countries it covers, and travel free in all the other countries, and with 50% discount in that country. No wonder I bought mine in Luxembourg :)))

Then you just hop on the train (fixing a seat reservation if needed), ad go - no traffic jams, (usually) timely arrivals and so on.

You can purchase the ticket for each of 8 geographic zones, or for multiple zones - for a time length of 1 week, 2 weeks, 21 days (1,2,3-zone ticket only for this last option), or a month (for 4 to 8-zone tickets). There are also discounts for those younger than 25.

Got the high-speed train between Copenhagen & Malmo C across the Oresund bridge for 124Dk return. It takes about 40 mins. There are no border or passport controls.

It's a nice experience, getting a train over water. When flying to Copenhagen from Warsaw last year, I could look down on the bridge spanning across the Oresund, it looks really cool from the air . I thought to myself 'I have to go on that!' And this year I did :) I did try taking a photo of the Swedish coast from the train but the bridge pillars have obscured the view as you can see.

Trains shuttle between the 2 cities every 20 mins. It also serves Helsingborg & Copenhagen Kastrup airport
You can just walk around the city centre. Buses go to the suburbs.

Check http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/main/getting+here/oeresund+bridge.htm for toll information