The trains and bus services
are extremely easy to navigate all over Copenhagen. Everything works and is very much on time and
there is a great app – Rejesplanen, available from the Google Playstore and on
the App Store for Apple – which will plan your journey on public transport from
door to door.
The Metro is a
driverless train which is extremely frequent and runs throughout the night,
only reducing in frequency after midnight.
It runs right to the airport and throughout the entire city, but ensure
that you have a ticket for the correct zones as there are frequent checks during
the day and the fine is substantial (750 dkk, over €100). A ten journey ticket, costing 200 dkk allows
you to travel for 1 hour across 3 zones. There is a great explanation of
tickets at http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/service/tickets-and-prices,
however, please note that the ten journey ticket now costs 200 dkk, not 150 dkk
as per the article.
The link for the
timetable information for the metro is below and shows exactly where in the
city you can travel with the metro.
http://intl.m.dk/#!/about+the+metro/travel+information/timetable. Be careful when travelling with children and
ensure that they are holding your hand as the doors close automatically and the
train will leave even if people are trying to board/disembark.
The S Tog (pronounced S
Toe) is the mainline train in Copenhagen, run by DSM, connecting the city
centre to the suburbs. It is very easy
to use and the information at stations is excellent. There is a carriage for bikes/buggies and it
is easier to get on and off with children than the Metro is as it is driver
operated and will not take off without all passengers. A more detailed explanation is available here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-train
and timetable information etc is contained here http://www.dsb.dk/s-tog/.
All websites that are
not in your native language will be automatically translated by Google Chrome
and can be adjusted in Advanced Settings.
This is extremely helpful when looking at Danish websites! The only words that won’t be translated are
those within PDF files on the website.
I have found all of the
transportation to be very simple, especially when using Rejesplanen, which
accurately plans journeys by linking with the transport sites. I can’t stress how easy this makes things, as
it will plan in walking time to and from each link in the journey and can plan
journeys in advance. It is extremely
worthwhile to download this app – life is difficult enough!
However, there is one
issue with the S Tog – the lifts.
Travelling with children can be difficult enough, without having to
negotiate with buggies up and down stairs.
The lift at the platform at Hellerup Station, where my daughter goes to
school, has been out of service since the beginning of December and now the
lift from the tunnel below to street level outside is broken and has been since
last week!
If that’s not bad
enough, I have visited two other stations this week that also have lifts that
are out of order. I have had to carry a
heavy buggy containing a two year old as well as keeping my other child close
and carry bags for us all. Having spoken
to another Mammy at the school, it seems that the company often has to order
parts for the lifts and they take some time to be delivered. I await a response to my complaint made
earlier this week.
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