About the Partnership for International Train Tourism

Interest in international train travel is growing significantly in Europe, driven in part by: 

• Comfort and travel experience 

• Climate awareness 

• Increasingly better connections and standardization 

• More direct routes and night trains 

Copenhagen is strategically well-positioned on the EU’s overall rail network. 

Many of the city’s international visitors already come from nearby European markets that can reach Copenhagen in 6–8 hours by train.

Despite the potential, many international tourists continue to choose other modes of transport over the train. The reasons are well-known: 

• Complex travel planning across operators and countries (tickets, transfers, information) 

• Lack of a cohesive travel experience across transport and destination 

• Limited coordination and knowledge-sharing among stakeholders 

• Fragmented communication and information, making the train invisible or hard to identify as a real option. 

As a result, the train is often bypassed, even when it is a realistic alternative.

To realize and address the potential and challenges in practice, a new Partnership for International Train Tourism has been established. 

The partnership brings together public and private actors in Denmark and key nearby markets around one common ambition: 

To make international train travel to, via, and from the Copenhagen metropolitan area more attractive and competitive for business and leisure travellers.