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From: Cliff Bott on 31 Jul 2010 03:14
I'm visiting those cities in that order in late September/early October and
I'd like advice on transport options - that is. air, rail or sea or a mix of
these. My main concern is comfort and convenience rather than price, but
time is of concern as well.


From: Martin on 31 Jul 2010 04:25
On 31/07/10 09:14, Cliff Bott wrote:
> I'm visiting those cities in that order in late September/early October and
> I'd like advice on transport options - that is. air, rail or sea or a mix of
> these. My main concern is comfort and convenience rather than price, but
> time is of concern as well.
>
>

Travel by air.
From: tim.... on 31 Jul 2010 06:41

"Cliff Bott" <cliff_bott(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:54Q4o.2185$Yv.619(a)viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com...
> I'm visiting those cities in that order in late September/early October
> and I'd like advice on transport options - that is. air, rail or sea or a
> mix of these. My main concern is comfort and convenience rather than
> price, but time is of concern as well.

All of those routes currently have usable overnight rail services:

AMS-CHP: depart 17:40 arrive 11:15. Day time journey is probably too long
to consider useful. Overnight train can sometimes need to be booked several
weeks ahead.

CHP-STK: departure every 2 hours during the day taking 5:20, sometimes
direct, sometimes by taking the local train to Malmo and changing (IME the
onward connection will wait). Overnight train (M-F,Su) departs Malmo 22:48
arrives 7:05. All trains require reservation but usually not too far in
advance, the further in advance you book the cheaper the fare (assuming you
select the right options).

STK-OSL: More difficult as in past years the direct trains have only
operated in the summer and you are going in the winter. It's probably too
early to tell what this year's timetable will be (if it does run, the times
will be similar to the Malmo-Stockholm times as for part of the route they
are the same trains - though obviously the return direction). There's lots
of low cost flights on the route (which is why the train isn't frequent) but
the airports aren't convenient to the city centre and are expensive and time
consuming to get to. There are three express buses a day taking 8 hours but
I guess that doesn't meet the "comfort" requirement.

Tim






From: oskut on 31 Jul 2010 07:21
http://www.norwegian.se/flyg/tips/?D_City=cph&DestinationGroup=12&Period=21&CurrencyCode=EUR
http://www.norwegian.se/flyg/tips/?D_City=ARN&DestinationGroup=12&Period=21&CurrencyCode=EUR
http://www.norwegian.se/flyg/tips/?D_City=ams&DestinationGroup=12&Period=21&CurrencyCode=EUR
From: Martin on 31 Jul 2010 07:22
On 31/07/10 12:41, tim.... wrote:
> "Cliff Bott"<cliff_bott(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:54Q4o.2185$Yv.619(a)viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com...
>> I'm visiting those cities in that order in late September/early October
>> and I'd like advice on transport options - that is. air, rail or sea or a
>> mix of these. My main concern is comfort and convenience rather than
>> price, but time is of concern as well.
>
> All of those routes currently have usable overnight rail services:
>
> AMS-CHP: depart 17:40 arrive 11:15. Day time journey is probably too long
> to consider useful. Overnight train can sometimes need to be booked several
> weeks ahead.
>
> CHP-STK: departure every 2 hours during the day taking 5:20, sometimes
> direct, sometimes by taking the local train to Malmo and changing (IME the
> onward connection will wait). Overnight train (M-F,Su) departs Malmo 22:48
> arrives 7:05. All trains require reservation but usually not too far in
> advance, the further in advance you book the cheaper the fare (assuming you
> select the right options).
>
> STK-OSL: More difficult as in past years the direct trains have only
> operated in the summer and you are going in the winter. It's probably too
> early to tell what this year's timetable will be (if it does run, the times
> will be similar to the Malmo-Stockholm times as for part of the route they
> are the same trains - though obviously the return direction). There's lots
> of low cost flights on the route (which is why the train isn't frequent) but
> the airports aren't convenient to the city centre and are expensive and time
> consuming to get to. There are three express buses a day taking 8 hours but
> I guess that doesn't meet the "comfort" requirement.

If he has limited time it is better to fly. It could even be cheaper.
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