Two pairs of trains will operate daily all year round, with an additional pair being added during the summer. The journey time between Prague and Copenhagen will be around 11 hours. Once the Fehmarn Belt Undersea Tunnel is completed in the coming years, the journey time will be reduced further.
“Europe continues to become increasingly interconnected by rail. International long-distance services with journey times of over four hours are currently attracting growing passenger interest. We are responding to this demand by expanding our range of attractive train services,” says Michael Peterson, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Deutsche Bahn Fernverkehr, commenting on the new line.
Passing through three countries, the line will be operated jointly by three national carriers: České dráhy, Deutsche Bahn and Danske Statsbaner. Trains will depart from Prague all year round at around 6:30am and 10:30am, and during the summer season at 4:30pm too.
Direct train services between Prague and Copenhagen are being restored for the first time in over 10 years. The last direct night trains to northern Europe ran during the 2014 timetable. Since then, passengers travelling to Denmark have had to change trains in Hamburg, Germany.
This new connection is the first of ten pilot projects launched by the European Commission to support cross-border railway connections to be implemented.
