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M2 metroorØresund train to Lund C?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The M2 metro reaches Kongens Nytorv and Nørreport on the metro, København H on the train — the ends of Strøget; the Øresund train to Lund C does not. Runs across the bridge and through Malmö to Lund, in Sweden — not into Copenhagen.

The M2 metro is quicker: 13 min against 39 min. The Øresund train to Lund C varies between 37 and 44 minutes.

M2 metro: Runs all night. Øresund train to Lund C: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in DKK. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersM2 metroØresund train to Lund CDifference
1DKK 30DKK 109DKK 79
2DKK 60DKK 218DKK 158
3DKK 90DKK 327DKK 237
4DKK 120DKK 436DKK 316
5DKK 150DKK 545DKK 395
6DKK 180DKK 654DKK 474
7DKK 210DKK 763DKK 553
8DKK 240DKK 872DKK 632

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
metro · Copenhagen Metro (Metroselskabet), on a DOT ticketM2 metro
From
The metro station at the end of Terminal 3, above ground
To
Kongens Nytorv in 13 minutes (change for M3 and M4) and Nørreport in 15, via Christianshavn
Luggage
Driverless trains with open floors; busy at peak.
Runs
All night
Journey
13 min

Three zones, not four. Zone 4 to zone 1 is a three-zone ticket at kr. 30 under DOT's ring-zone rule; the metro's own page says you pay for a maximum of three zones. The four-zone ticket at kr. 40 is valid and wasteful.

It runs every night of the week: every 8 minutes after Friday and Saturday, every 20 after Sunday to Thursday, between 01:00 and 07:00. Every 2 minutes in the peaks and 3 the rest of the day.

Journey times are Rejseplanen's: 13 minutes to Kongens Nytorv and 15 to Nørreport. Metroselskabet says "14 minutes to the centre" without naming a station; the airport says 15 to Nørreport.

This ticket does not cross the bridge. For Malmö you need an Øresund ticket from the airport, and a different train.

M2 metro: price for every party size →

Metroselskabet's M2 page
regional · Öresundståg (run by VR Sverige for Skånetrafiken); DSB sells the Danish-side ticketØresund train to Lund C
From
The railway station under Terminal 3 — any train marked for Sweden; read the screens for the track
To
Lund C, in the middle of Lund, via Hyllie, Triangeln and Malmö C
Luggage
Intercity-style trains with racks and space by the doors.
Runs
All night
Journey
37–44 min

Every train from the airport toward Sweden continues to Lund C, so Malmö's timetable is Lund's: every 15 minutes by day, hourly at night, 39 minutes by day and up to 44 at night.

Buy the Lund ticket, not the Malmö one — kr. 109 against kr. 96 — before boarding, and carry a passport or ID card for the check at Hyllie.

Your kr. 30 Copenhagen ticket is not valid past the airport in this direction.

Øresund train to Lund C: price for every party size →

DSB's Øresund ticket and fare table

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