From Good Friday to Easter Monday, it usually takes at least five and a half hours, compared to normally around three hours, to travel between Gothenburg and Stockholm. Even travelers between Gothenburg and Malmö can expect longer travel times.
Historically, Easter has marked the start of the Swedish Transport Administration's maintenance work, explains Fredrik Edvardsson, coordinator at the Swedish Transport Administration, and during Easter, major jobs are awaiting, among other things, at the Olskroken traffic hub in Gothenburg, which means that train traffic must be diverted.
The Swedish Transport Administration chooses the Easter weekend because few people commute to and from work then.
You have the daily commute in focus, and then of course, this affects other trips as well, he says.
The trains that still run between the two cities take a long detour via Alvesta and Värnamo. On some journeys, buses are set in on the entire route.
The extended travel times apply to SJ but also to competitors VR and Vy.
Even train journeys between Gothenburg and Malmö take longer than usual, partly due to the construction of a new railway tunnel under Varberg, which is expected to be completed this summer.
