Originally Posted by
Passmethesickbag
So Swedish news media have announced that CPH train station will be closed from 27 December to the morning of the 29th.
That's not correct
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Enligt den information som gått ut kommer inga tåg att stanna på Kastrup nätterna till den 28, 29 och 30 december. "
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Søndag den 27., mandag den 28. og tirsdag den 29. december mellem kl. 22.30 og kl. 4.20 standser togene ikke i Københavns Lufthavn."
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Trains will not stop at Kastrup between 10.30 p.m. and 4.20 a.m. on those days.
A colleague who has a flight arriving at CPH on the 28th checked with Öresundstågen, who confirmed this.
Most journalists are semi-literate at best these days, so it's no wonder that many media are reporting a three-day closure.
Johan
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
And when the train operators also don't have on-board staff (unionized?) willing and able to play the role of border control police without messing up the train schedules in a massive way, guess what happens?
ID checks have been outsourced to Securitas.
Johan
Originally Posted by
Passmethesickbag
But what is relevant to this forum is that the train connection between CPH and Southern Sweden is going to be a source of frustration for the foreseeable future.
I have a flight to CPH on the 4th. I could (and in hindsight should) have picked another date. Now I've just booked a cab all the way home, which should save me a lot of hassle, frustration and time.
I'm assuming that trains in the other direction will run more or less as normal (by Swedish and Danish third-world standards, that is). Should this prove not to be the case, a cab is only one phone call away.
The Swedish government has brought all this upon the country, so the poor commuters who voted for the parties responsible for this mess will just have to grin and bear it.
Johan