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Arlanda ExpressorCommuter train and metro to Slussen?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Arlanda Express reaches Stockholm City and the central station above it; the Commuter train and metro to Slussen does not. Ends at Slussen, short of the Stadsgården quay; it does not go into the city centre proper.

The Arlanda Express is quicker: 18 min against 46 min. The Commuter train and metro to Slussen varies between 46 and 55 minutes.

Arlanda Express: 05:40–23:05. Commuter train and metro to Slussen: 04:45–23:45.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in SEK. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersArlanda ExpressCommuter train and metro to SlussenDifference
1SEK 340SEK 200SEK 140
2SEK 460SEK 400SEK 60
3SEK 580SEK 600SEK 20
4SEK 700SEK 800SEK 100
5SEK 820SEK 1,000SEK 180
6SEK 940SEK 1,200SEK 260
7SEK 1,060SEK 1,400SEK 340
8SEK 1,180SEK 1,600SEK 420

The cheaper option changes at 3 travelers, from the Commuter train and metro to Slussen to the Arlanda Express. That is the whole reason this comparison is not a single number.

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Arlanda Express · A-TrainArlanda Express
From
Arlanda Express's own stations: Arlanda South under terminals 2 and 4, Arlanda North under terminal 5 — not Arlanda Central
To
Stockholm Central, in 18 minutes
Luggage
Racks throughout; it is built as an airport train.
Runs
05:40–23:05
Journey
18 min

From three travelers it is cheaper than the ordinary commuter train — SEK 580 against SEK 600 — which is the reverse of what an express is meant to do, and it happens because the passage fee is charged per head with no group rate.

It still loses to the bus at every party size, by a wide margin.

The operator is A-Train, the same company that owns the station and levies the passage fee the commuter train has to pay.

It does not run at night.

Arlanda Express: price for every party size

Check fares with Arlanda Express
40171819 · SLCommuter train and metro to Slussen
From
Arlanda Central, beneath Sky City
To
Slussen metro station, under a kilometre from the Stadsgården cruise terminal
Luggage
A commuter train and a metro: no racks, and you keep your bags with you.
Runs
04:45–23:45
Journey
46–55 min

SEK 157 of this ticket is the Arlanda passage fee, charged once at the station gates; the single on top of it covers the metro.

On the first and last trains the planner sends you by the red line from T-Centralen instead of the green line from Odenplan; both end at Slussen on the same ticket.

Commuter train and metro to Slussen: price for every party size

Read SL on the Arlanda passage fee

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