I'm traveling one-way from Copenhagen to Stockholm on SJ High Speed Train.
SJ's website says "If you are travelling on an Interrail or Eurail Pass by SJ High-speed train, SJ Night train or by certain IC trains, you will need a seat reservation on the train."
I'm a novice at train travel, so I don't know if this applies to me.
Simple, are you using a Interrail or Eurail Pass? If you are using a train pass then you will need to make reservations for a seat for an addition cost. However, if buying point to point tickets, then the seat reservation is included when you buy the ticket. Generally with advance sales and discount tickets, a train pass may not be cost effective.
For a one time trip between Cop .. and Stock, I doubt if a rail pass would any money. Probably cost more.
Hope you have a great trip. For all future novice train travelers: please research here BEFORE sinking your money into a Eurail Pass. More than likely point-to-point tickets will be cheaper and easier to use.
If point-to-point means directly from one city to another, that's what I did.
Here is the answer if you are traveling with a rail pass:
Copenhagen to Stockholm by X2000 125mph train: Supplement €7 in 2nd class, €17 in 1st class, reservation compulsory, you can make reservations online at www.acprail.com (small fee payable) or with no fee at www.sj.se, although it sometimes struggles with overseas credit cards - you must run an enquiry as if buying a ticket, but under 'customer card' select 'Pass 2 cl (InterRail/Eurail)' or 'Pass 1 cl (InterRail/Eurail)' as appropriate. When the results appear, you must select the price in the 'refundable' column as this is the passholder reservation (obvious if you look at the prices, the fares in the other columns are for complete tickets not just reservations!).
If point-to-point means directly from one city to another, that's what I did.
So you already have a ticket from Copenhagen to Stockholm? What does it say on it?
Does it say: date, train number, time, vehicle number and seat number?
If yes, you already have your reservations, and you already know which seat is reserved for you. Normal tickets include a reservation if needed. It is only if you are using an Interrail or Eurail Pass that you need to do the reservation separately.
@Chris F - I've ordered them online from the website Rail Europe, they are mailing them to me, I will check when they arrive.
Are you using an InterRail or Eurail pass? (If you don't know, you probably are not.) If not this doesn't apply to you. Don't worry about it.
Eurail passes used to allow you to travel on any train without paying more. Now some countries think their fastest trains are "premium" and should cost more, so they require pass-holder "reservations", which are really a surcharge for the premium train. The pass-holder tickets do come with a reservation, but the extra cost is more than just the cost of making a seat reservation.
If your ticket price was somewhere around $58 and up for one person, then you're done. That's a whole, reserved ticket. If you only paid $11, then you have a pass holder seat reservation.
Just got my tickets. Actually it's one ticket with two seats listed.
You're good to go then. You have your reservation, all you need is to locate the correct coach on the train.
