The high speed trains X 2000 currently provide the main connections between major cities within Sweden. These modern trains offer comfortable seating in 1st or 2 class. The bistro coach offers a full range of hot and cold refreshments.

The X 2000 trains run from Stockholm to: Gothenburg, Malmo/Kobenhavn, Jonkoping, Falun/Mora, Sundsvall/Harnosand, and Boras. The X 2000 is SJ's high-speed train, travelling smoothly and silently up to 200 km/h (125 mph). The journey between Stockholm and Göteborg takes about 3 hours, while Stockholm- Köbenhavn takes about 5. Audio sockets for radio and music channels are fitted at all seats, and headsets are available in the Bistro. Seats with modem sockets are also available. The Bistro serves sandwiches and hot and cold dishes, and some alcoholic beverages. A gift shop sells chocolates and games, etc. Passengers who appreciate a little extra comfort can book Business Class for personal service and a complimentary cold meal. A hot meal served at your seat is an add-on service.

(1 or 2 beds in each compartment)

The sleeping car is our most comfortable alternative. Here you will find a spacious compartment with a Swedish quality bed (known as DUX). All compartments are also equipped with individual adjustable air conditioning. Some of our compartments even have a shower.

(6 beds in each compartment)

The couchette cars are very popular among our budget-minded customers. Still they offer every prerequisite for a good night's sleep. Sheets, blankets and a pillow are included.

Berlin – Malmö

There is no traffic from 8/01/06 – 28/03/06. During the period 29/03/06 – 28/04/06 the train operates 3 days a week, from Malmö every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, and from Berlin every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

During the period 29/04/06 - 27/08/06 the train runs daily.

In the period 28/08/06 – 15/10/06, the train leaves Malmö Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and leaves Berlin Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Train will not be in service from 16/10/06 – 26/10/06. From 27/10/06 – 4/11/06 leaving Malmö 27/10/06 and 01/11/06 and Berlin 31/10/06 and 04/11/06.

You arrive in Berlin or Malmö early in the morning, after a night in a comfortable sleeping- or couchette car. The journey has followed a classic route without the stress of the airport or the miles long congestions on the Autobahn. Instead you have the option of enjoying a good breakfast in your compartment and are ready for a new day.

Beverages and light meals can be ordered and served in the compartment. During the ferry crossing Trelleborg-Sassnitz hot meals are also available. In the morning breakfast is served at a reasonable price.

Connex Norrlandståget – Connex Arctic Trains – distancing nearly 2,000 km – is one of Europe’s longest train routes. With one daily departure from Göteborg and two daily departues from Stockholm, Norrlandståget gives travellers an unparalleled chance to experience all of Sweden, from the rolling farmlands in the south to the arctic mountain regions of the north.

Connex Norrlandståget is a traditional overnight train offering a variety of accommodations – seats, couchettes and sleepers.

Couchette: 6 bunks in women’s or mixed-gender compartment. Bedding consists of hostel sheets and a blanket.

Sleeper without in-room toilet and shower: 3 beds in women’s or men’s compartment. Bedding consists of a pillow, sheet, duvet, and duvet cover.

Sleeper with in-room toilet and shower: 2 beds in single or douple occupancy. The compartment holds 2 dux beds and is roomier than the regular sleeper. Bedding consists of a pillow, sheet, duvet and duvet cover.

DVD-players and a selection of current movies are available for rent in the restaurant car. For more information, please ask the restaurant car staff.

Scandinavian Rail passholders are accepted on Norrlandståget, but pay a supplement for overnight accommodations.

Travelers may bring as much baggage as the themselves can carry aboard Norrlandståget (hazardous and overly bulky items are not permitted aboard). Skis count as baggage as long as they are encased. Bicycles are not permitted aboard Norrlandståget due to safety regulations.

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TRAINS IN NORWAY

1) NSB Regional trains normally have two types of units.

a) One unit consists of four carriages with a total 207 seats, when needed it is two units with 417 seats. The other type is a locomotive and carriages, normally carrying approx 350-370 seats. These trains are used on the main lines between:

i) Oslo – Bergen

ii) Oslo – Trondheim

iii) Oslo – Kristiansand/Stavanger

b) Smaller type units with only two carriages are used on the line between:

i) Oslo - Trondheim via the Unesco Heritage city of Røros

ii) Dombås – Åndalsnes

iii) Trondheim - Bodø

2) In addition, NSB uses a third type of units for the services around Oslo

a) Skien – Oslo - Lillehammer

3) Onboard all types of units, passengers can choose between two levels of travel:

a) Standard 2nd class

b) NSB Komfort: the more sophisticated choice with complimentary coffee, tea and Norwegian newspapers as well as an electric outlet for PC at your disposal.

4) All NSB Regional trains have spacious carriages with adjustable seats.

5) NSB also runs NSB Regional trains at night between:

a) Oslo – Bergen

b) Oslo – Stavanger

c) Oslo – Trondheim

d) Oslo – Bodø

6) All night trains have a bistro car where hot and cold food can be purchased.

NSB also operates a number of local trains in a network around Norway’s major cities and suburbs designed to meet the transport needs of local commuters and tourists travelling by public transport.

The Norwegian State Railways operate a number of local train networks in Norway’s major cities and suburbs designed to meet the transport needs of local commuters and other passengers travelling by public transport. NSB’s local rail network fares are in most cases transferable when a journey is made in combination with other local public transport operators providing bus, tram, ferry and subway

services. In other words, single fares, monthly travel passes, travel discounts etc are valid for use to complete journeys within a local network. If you have just moved to a new city, or find yourself perhaps in an unfamiliar town on business or on holiday, or just travelling for leisure, call Travel information hotline on 177 for the best information available. When you call this hotline, you will always be put through to a local branch which will be able to give you the latest local travel information anywhere in Norway. NSB operates as part of the local public transport network in the Greater Oslo area and Eastern Norway, Stavanger, Bergen,Trondheim and Bodø.

The sleeping cars have recently been refurbished.

Only whole compartments can be booked. The compartments have 2 beds and can be used by one or two persons or a maximum of 2 adults and two children under 16 years of age. Price per compartment is NOK 750.

Breakfast is not included.

Breakfast is served in NSB Meny. The price is NOK 55.

Service has improved for passengers choosing to travel seated. All passengers with an ordinary seat get a free night comfort box, containing a pillow, a blanket, eye mask and ear plugs

The main principle of the NSB luggage service is that every passenger looks after their own hand luggage on the train. Suitcases, bags and rucksacks of a total weight of up to 30kg are regarded as hand luggage. Your luggage should be placed by your seat or in one of the luggage racks.

Groups can order luggage service to have their luggage either sent from train station to train station or by door-to-door service. For further information and order forms:

E-mail: porter@exe.no

Fax: +47 61 39 00 81

Telephone: +47 40 00 21 00

The Bergen Line (Bergensbanen) is a unique experience on Northern Europe´s highest railway. One of the greatest challenges for the Bergen railway is the harsh and changeable weather. The line is exposed to deep low pressure centres from the west, which can mean strong winds and heavy snow for part of the year. To be able to keep the railway open demands great effort and technical knowledge. Today, skilled workers, effective equipment, tunnels and snowtunnels make the Bergen railway one of the safest and most comfortable way of travelling between Oslo and Bergen. Bergensbanen is number one on a list of the finest railway journeys in the world.

A train ride of about 50 minutes from Myrdal in the mountains down to Flåm by the fjord. The Flåm Railway is a masterpiece of railway engineering. Starting from the mountain station at Myrdal, this unique journey takes you down to the longest and deepest fjord in Europe - the Sognefjord. The 20km-long track offers just about everything: wild and beautiful mountain scenery, rich heritage landscapes and historical traditions. 80% of the Flåm railway has a gradient of 55 0/00. Some of the 20 tunnels are constructed as loops, which wind in and out  of the mountains, one of the most daring and skillful engineering feats of Norwegian railways. All carriages are equipped with five different brakes, each of which can stop the entire train.

The railway line between Oslo and Trondheim through the Gudbrandsdal valley is called the Dovre Line. The line passes mostly along the historic travel route between eastern and central Norway through the Gudbrandsdalen valley via the Olympic city of Lillehammer. This is the same route that pilgrims followed on their pilgrimages to Trondheim and Saint Olav´s shrine in the Middle Ages. The line ends up in Trondheim, Norway´s third largest city.

After a train journey of about 2 1/2 hours the train passes Lillehammer, host of the XVII Olympic Wintergames in February 1994, where this idyllic village produced one of the best games ever. Lillehammer is rich with historical traditions and heritages from Sigrid Undset, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Anders Sandvig The outdoor museum Maihaugen with a selection of old buildings is worth a visit. The pedestrian main street Storgata has received a national architecture prize.

The Dovre Line ends in Trondheim, which is Norway`s third largest city. Trondheim was founded by Olav Tryggvason in 997, and in the Middle Ages pilgrims followed their pilgrimages to Trondheim and Saint Olav's shrine where Nidarosdomen cathedral is the historical relic remaining today. Trondheim is also famous for being the technology capital of Norway as well as for its university and its summer and winter sporting facilities.

A train ride from Dombås to Åndalsnes on the coast. Starting from Dombås (between Oslo and Trondheim) or Åndalsnes, the train takes you through picturesque mountains, over imposing bridges and through tunnels that turn through 180 degrees. On the way down to the bottom of the Romsdal valley, the mountains become higher and wilder, with waterfalls full of glacial water cascading in gushing torrents down the mountain sides. The train passes the tallest rock face in Europe, the Trollveggen, which towers 1,000m (3,281 feet) above the track. The line terminates at Åndalsnes - the alpine town by the fjord. There is a connecting bus service between Åndalsnes and Kristiansund, Ålesund or Molde, from where you can continue your journey on the Coastal Voyage (Hurtigruten).

Welcome to the art nouveau town! Ålesund has an international reputation for its colourful and romantic architecture in the Art Nouveau style (Jugend- stil). The coastal town of Ålesund, with a population of 38,000, is the commercial and industrial capital of the Møre and Romsdal district. Ålesund has one of the largest export harbours in the world for "klippfisk", i.e. split, dried and salted cod, and a bustling, picturesque fishing port along the old harbour Brosundet" with Skansegata where you can buy fresh fish and prawns.

The Southern Line goes between Oslo via Kristiansand to Stavanger. Buses connect train stations to charming towns and villages along the south coast, an Eldorado for both sailing and sunbathing. The end station in the west is Stavanger, Norway´s international oil capital, a harbour city with a charming old town centre and several pubs and restaurants. Langesund, Kragerø, Risør, Arendal and Kristiansand are names which conjure up images in the minds of Norwegians of white-boarded ship captains' houses and billowing.

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TRAINS IN DENMARK

Finland’s InterCity trains provide entirely new services for frequent travellers, families travelling with children and persons with wheelchairs. InterCity trains offer fast connections for all passengers as well as quality services from city centre to city centre.

Both InterCity and Pendolino have air conditioning, a mobile phone amplifier, a special compartment for allergy sufferers and a smokers booth (except the double-decker InterCity that are smokeless) and a restaurant car or Mini Bistro

For further information please visit: www.vr.fi