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DENMARK x 1 - Copenhagen.
FINLAND x 1 - Helsinki.
NORWAY x 1 - Oslo.
SWEDEN x 1 - Stockholm.
DENMARK
COPENHAGEN
Denmark's capital city, Copenhagen, has a 20.5 kilometer automated light rail, metro system which began operation in 2002. The system consists of two lines which are served by twenty two stations, nine of which are underground.
METRO
M1 - 14.3 km - 15 stations at Vanløse - Flintholm - Lindevang - Fasanvej - Frederiksberg - Forum - Nørreport Railway Station - Kongens Nytorv - Christianshavn - Islands Brygge - DR Byen - Sundby - Bella Center - Ørestad - Vestamager.
M2 - 14.2 km - 16 stations at Vanløse - Flintholm - Lindevang - Fasanvej - Frederiksberg - Forum - Nørreport Railway Station - Kongens Nytorv - Christianshavn - Stadsgraven - Amagerbro - Lergravsparken - Amager Strand - Femøren - Kastrup - Lufthavnen / Airport.
Boulevard Line - Part of the city's commuter rail network (the S-Train) which stops at all of it's major railway stations - 3.2 km - 4 stations at - Copenhagen Central Railway Station - Vesterport Railway Station - Norreport Railway Station - Osterport Railway Station.
The above line connects with both lines of the city metro at Norreport Railway Station.
Ringbanen / Circe Line - Part of the city's commuter rail network (the S-Train) which forms a circle line with 14 stations at Ny Ellebjerg - Gl. Køge Landevej - Vigerslev Allé - Danshøj - Ålholm - KB Hallen - Flintholm - C.F. Richs Vej - Grøndal - Fuglebakken - Nørrebro - Bispebjerg - Ryparken - Hellerup.
The above line connects with both lines of the city metro at the Flintholm metro station.
COMMUTER RAIL
The city's 170 kilometer mass transit, commuter rail system became operational in 1934. The system, which is known as the S Train, consists of seven lines which are served by eighty five stations. For more information about Copenhagen's vast commuter rail network please visit it's website at - www.dsb.dk.
AIR
Copenhagen is served by the Copenhagen International Airport, sometimes listed as Kastrup Airport. The airport is served by both a metro station and a commuter railway station both of which provide regular rail services into downtown Copenhagen. The airport's metro station is located above Terminal Three, there is a free shuttle bus to Terminal Three from Terminals One and Two.The airport metro service departs every six minutes during the day and every twenty minutes at night. The journey time is thirteen minutes to Vanlose Station, located at the terminus of lines M1 and M2, via Copenhagen's Norreport Railway Station.
Tickets can be purchased from ticket vending machines located in Terminal Three or the metro station, both of which accept either coins or credit cards.
RAIL
Copenhagen's main rail terminus, Copenhagen Central Railway Station, which caters for both intercity and international rail services, is located in the Vesterboro district of the city with entrances located along Bernstorffsgade (Tivoli Gardens), Banegårdspladsen and Reventlowsgade, but the station is not at present linked to the city metro system, neither are the city's Osterport Railway Station located on Oslo Plads or Vesterport Railway Station located in the city centre. Only the city's Norreport Railway Station is linked to both lines of the city metro system, however all four of these stations are linked by way of the Boulevard Line.
FERRY
Copenhagen is served by the Port of Copenhagen and a FreePort and several ferry and cruise liner terminals and yacht marinas. The port area is located in the city's Osterbro District and can be accessed from the Nordhavn Railway Station which is located along the area's Østbanegade and is served by commuter rail services A, B, C, E and H.
Alternatively local bus #E20 runs between the port area and the city centre's Kongens Nytorv Square. The square is also served by the Kongens Nytorv metro station found on both lines of the city metro.
BUS
Copenhagen doesn't have an actual bus station but instead has an intercity and Eurolines bus stop located adjacent to the DGI-byen complex located on Ingerslevsgade in the Vesterbro district of the city.
SPORT
The Danish national football team play their international football matches at Parken Stadium. The stadium can be accessed by way of a short walk from the Osterport Railway Station.
Trains to Osterport Station can be caught on the Boulevard Line from Copenhagen Central Station.
Information for both systems can be accessed by visiting
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FINLAND
HELSINKI
Finland's capital city, Helsinki, became home to the world's most northerly located metro system when the network opened in 1982. The metro system, which uses third rail, electric, broad gauge trains consists of one 21.1 kilometer track known as the Central Line which is served by two branch lines, all of which are served by seventeen stations.
Helsinki is also served by an extensive commuter rail service and a thirteen line electric tram network.
A western extension to the metro will be opened in Autumn 2016.
METRO
Central Line - 11 stations at Ruoholahti (Gräsviken) - Kamppi (Kampen) - Central Railway Station (Rautatientori metro station) - University of Helsinki (Helsingin yliopisto / Helsingfors universitet) - Hakaniemi (Hagnäs) - Sörnäinen (Sörnäs) - Kalasatama (Fiskhamnen) - Kulosaari (Brändö) - Herttoniemi (Hertonäs) - Siilitie (Igelkottsvägen) - Itäkeskus (Östra centrum)
Northern Branch Line - 4 stations at Itäkeskus (Östra centrum) - Myllypuro (Kvarnbäcken) - Kontula (Gårdsbacka) - Mellunmäki (Mellungsbacka)
Southern Branch Line - 4 stations at Itäkeskus (Östra centrum) - Puotila (Botby gård) - Rastila (Rastböle) - Vuosaari (Nordsjö).
The names in brackets are in the country's second language, Swedish.
TRAM
Helsinki is also served by a thirteen line electric tram network and two Summer time tourist trams. For more information about the city's tram network visit it's website at - www.hel.fi/Tram.
AIRPORT RAIL
(Opens July 2015)
Keharata / Ringbanen - 18 km - 5 stations at Vehkala - Kivistö - Aviapolis - Helsinki Vantaa international Airport - Leinelä.
COMMUTER RAIL
Helsinki is also served by a 235 kilometer commuter rail service which consists of fourteen lines which are served by fifty five stations. To find out more about the city's commuter rail service visit it's website at - www.vrgroup.fi.
AIR
Helsinki is served by the Vantaa International Airport. The airport is served by two regular bus services into downtown Helsinki, including the Finnair City Bus which departs both terminal 1 and Terminal 2 every twenty minutes between 05.45 and 01.10 hours. The journey takes around thirty minutes and terminates at the Helsingfors / Rautatieasema Central Railway Station which is served by it's own metro station and several bus and tram services.This service is a private service so a bus ticket must be purchased from the driver.
Alternatively visitors can also take Airport Bus # 615 (# 620 at night) to the central railway station. For the same trip back to the airport the bus number is # 61. Tickets, known as the HSL Matkakortti which allow travel on the metro,commuter trains, ferries and buses, can be purchased from the bus driver so try and have the correct money.
For information about the HSL ticket zones and their various prices visit -www.hsl.fi.
RAIL
Helsinki is served by the Helsinki Central Railway Station - Helsingin päärautatieasema - (Helsingfors centralstation) located along the city's Asema aukio (Stationsplatsen, Helsingfors) in the Kluuvi District of the city.
The station provides three inter-city rail services, all of the city's fourteen commuter rail services, nine of the city's tram lines and several bus services.
The station is also served by the city's metro by way of the Rautatientori metro station.
BUS
Helsinki's main bus station is located benath the city's Kampi Centre, located in the city centre, which is served by it's own metro station called Kamppi (Kampen) metro station.
SPORT
Finland's national football team play their international matches at the Olympic Stadium, which is also located next door to the Sonera Stadium, home of Helsinki's Helsingen Jalkapallo Klubi (HJK). The stadiums can be accessed by way of Tram # 2 from outside Helsinki Central Railway Station.
Alternatively if you are travelling straight from the airport the stadiums can be accessed by asking the driver of the Finnair City Bus to drop you off at the Opera House, where both stadiums are just a few minutes walk away.
You can access the metro website by visiting
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NORWAY
OSLO
Norway's capital city, Oslo, has a six line electric tramway and an 84.2 kilometer rapid transit system known as the T - banen or tunnel railway. The system was the first of it's kind in Scandinavia when it began operation 1898. Today the system consists of six lines divided into nine branch lines, all of which are served by one hundred and five stations, sixteen of which are underground.
Each metro line is connected by a common tunnel known as the Felles Tunnelen, a 7.3 kilometer long tunnel built under Oslo's city centre which is served by a station on each one of the six metro lines, all of which link to the rest of the metro system.
Oslo is also served by eight commuter rail lines.
Visitors to Oslo can purchase Oslo Pass tickets for multi city transport use, including ferries. The passes come in 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 durations and can also be used to pay for over thirty different museum and attraction admission charges and city car park fees.
For more information about the Oslo Pass visit - www.visitoslo.com.
FELLES TUNNELEN / THE COMMON TUNNEL
Also known as the Common Line / Felles Strekningen - 5.3 km - 6 stations at Toyen - Gronland - Jernbanetorget Railway Station - Stortinget - National Teatret - Majorstuen.
BANERINGEN
5 km - 3 stations - Nydalen Station, linking metro lines 4, 5 & 6 - Storo Station, linking metro lines 5 & 6 with the Grunnerlokka - Torshov Tramway - Sinsen Station, linking metro lines 4 & 6 with the Sinsen Tramway.
METRO
Line 1 - Consists of the 8.8 km Holmenkullen Line with 19 stations and the 3.6 km Furuset Line with 6 stations, which between them both travel between Frognerseteren and Ellingsrudasen.
Line 2 - Consists of the 7.5 km Roa Line with 11 stations and the 3.6 km Furuset Line with 6 stations, both of which travel between Ellingsrudasen and Osteras.
Line 3 - Consists of 6 km Sognsvann Line with 9 stations and the 11.5 km Ostensjo Line with 13 stations between Sognsvann and Mortensrud.
Line 4 - Consists of the 5.3 km Baneringen with 3 stations and the 6 km Sognsvann Line with 9 stations between the Baneringen and Bergkrystallen.
Line 5 - Consists of the 5.3 km Baneringen with 3 stations and the 13 km Grorud Line with 16 stations between Storo and Vestli.
Line 6 - Consists of the 5.3 km Baneringen with 3 stations and the 12.2 km Kolsas Line with 21 stations between Bekkestua and the Baneringen.
AIRPORT RAIL
The Gardermoen Line / Flytoget Airport Express - 64 km - 11 stations at Eidsvoll - Eidsvoll Verk - Oslo Gardermoen International Airport - Lillestrom - Oslo Central Railway Station - Nationalteatret - Skoyen - Lysaker - Sandvika - Asker - Drammen.
TRAMS
Oslo is also served by a 131 kilometer long, electric tram system which consists of six lines which are served by ninety nine stops.
COMMUTER RAIL
Oslo is also served by a 553 kilometer commuter rail service which consists of eight lines which are served by 128 stations.
AIR
Oslo is served by the Gardermoen International Airport. The airport is served by a daily airport train service, the Flytoget Airport Express located on the Gardermoen (the Eidsvoll to Drammen) Line, which departs every ten minutes between 03.30 hours and 00.50 hours.
The airport station is located below the terminal building and is accessible by escalator. Journey time into Oslo Central Railway Station is just nineteen minutes.
Tickets for the airport train must be activated before use and can be purchased from either the ticket vending machines or ticket desks located in the airport's terminal buildings.
RAIL
Oslo Central Railway Station is located along the city's Jernbenetorget and is served by it's own metro station, the Jernbanetorget metro station, which is served by all six lines of the Oslo Metro.
BUS
Oslo's central bus station, Bussterminal, is located along the city's Schweigaards gate, which is situated right next door to the Oslo Central Railway Station. The two stations are therefore served by the same metro station, the Jerbanetorget metro station, which is served by all six lines of the city's metro system.
SPORT
Norway's national football team play their international matches at the Ullevaal Stadium. The stadium is accessed by it's own metro station, the Ullevaal Stadion metro station, which is served by Line 3, Line 4 and Line 5 of the city metro.
You can access the metro website by visiting
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SWEDEN
STOCKHOLM
Sweden's capital city, Stockholm, has a 105.7 kilometer rapid transit system, known as the Tunnelbana, which became operational in 1950. The system consists of three lines divided into seven branches which are served by one hundred stations, forty seven of which are underground.
TUNNELBANA
Line T10 - 15.1 km - 14 stations between Hjulsta and Kungstradgarden.
Line T11 - 15.6 km - 12 stations between Kungstradgarden and Akalla.
Line T13 - 26.6 km - 25 stations between Norsborg and Ropsten.
Line T14 - 19.5 km - 19 stations between Fruangen and Morby Centrum.
Line T17 - 19.6 km - 24 stations between Akesov and Skarpnack.
Line T18 - 18.4 km - 23 stations between Aluik and Farsta Strand.
Line T19 - 28.6 km - 35 stations between Hasselby Strand and Hagsatra.
AIRPORT RAIL
Arlanda Airport Express Line - 39 km - 3 stations at Arlanda North - Arlanda South - Stockholm Central Railway Station. A journey time of twenty minutes.
COMMUTER RAIL
Stockholm is also served by a 211 kilometer commuter rail service which consists of four lines.These lines are;
Line 35 - 107 km - 27 stations between Balsta and Nynashamn via Stockholm Central Railway Station.
Line 36 - 74 km - 24 stations between Marsta and Sodertalje Centrum via Stockholm Central Railway Station.
Line 37 - 30 km - 6 stations at Sodertalje Centrum and Gnesta via Stockholm Central Railway Station.
Line 38 - 46 km - 16 stations between Tumba and Uppsala via the Arlanda International Airport and Stockholm Central Railway Station.
TRAMS
Line 7- 3.5 km -11 stops between Sergels Torg and Waldemarsudde / Bellmansro.
Line 7N - 2.9 km - 10 stops between Norrmalmstorg and Waldemarsudde / Bellmansro. (Heritage tram)
Line 12- 5.6 km- 10 stops between Nockeby and Alvik.
Line 21- 9.2 km - 14 stops between Ropsten and Gåshaga brygga.
Line 22 - 18.2 km - 25 stops between Solna Station and Sickla Udde.
AIR
Stockholm is served by the Arlanda International Airport. The airport is served by the Arlanda Express, a daily service which runs every hour between 04.35 hours and 00.35 hours to Stockholm Central Railway Station, a journey time of around twenty minutes.
The airport station is located below the terminal buildings and tickets can be purchased from either the airport information kiosk or from ticket vending machines located in the terminal buildings.
The airport is also served by the #38 commuter rail service which travels between Tumba and Uppsala via the Stockholm Central Railway Station.
RAIL
The Stockholm Central Railway Station is located along Vasagalan and Centralplan in the Norrmalm district of the city. The station is linked to all seven lines of the Stockholm Metro by way of the T.Centralen metro station, which is annexed to the main station by way of an underground pedestrian walkway.
BUS
Stockholm's main bus station, the CityTerminale, is located along Klarabergsviadukten in the Normalm district of the city. The station is situated adjacent to the Stockholm Central Railway Station, therefore the two stations are both linked to the same metro station, the T.Centralen.
SPORT
The Swedish national football team play their international matches at the Friends Arena. The arena can be accessed by way of the Solna Railway Station by commuter train from Stockholm Central Railway Station, or by way of a short walk from either the Solna Centrum metro station or the Nackrosen metro station, both of which are located on metro Line T11.
You can access the metro website by visiting
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