Transportation in Linköping

Linköping has a very good public transportation system. You can buy your ticket in various different shops and in the so called Quickomats and of course in the bus terminal office at Resecentrum. Please note that you can not buy you ticket on the bus, since they no longer accept cash after the buses have been robbed repeatedly and they want to protect the safety of the bus drivers.

You will be able to recognise the busses by their enamel in bright orange and red colours, supposed to make people smile.

To get more information were you can by your ticket or to plan your journey, please visit the webpage of Östgötatrafiken at http://www.ostgotatrafiken.se/

Of course you can also get around by taxi and some of the companies that offer this service are Taxi Kurir (013 15 00 00), Taxibil I Östergötland AB (013 -14 60 00 / -10 10 00) and Linköping Taxibolaget (013 30 30 30).

Linköping is by some people called the bicycle-town. This is manly because the city offers a good range of bicycle paths as a result of the town being the home of many pour students, thanks to the university. If you would like to rent a bike for a day or so there are a few companies that will rent you a bike. The most easy on to get to and that is located some close to the city is the store Sportson. You will find Sportson on Roxviksgatan 6 in Tornby.

If you would like to rent a car when you are in Linköping there are various different options. For example there are cars to let in most patrol stations in Linköping. You can also find yourself a car at Sixt Rent a Car (http://se.sixt.com) or at Hertz (www.hertz.se).

Transportation to and from Linköping

To get to or from Linköping you can either go by train, bus or plan. There is an airport in Linköping, but it is not very big and this is probably not where you will first set your feet in our beautiful town. If you get to Sweden by airplane the airports best connected with Linköping, besides our own, are the once in Norrköping, Nyköping, called Stockholm Skavsta and in Stockholm, called Arlanda. From the airports in Norrköping and Nyköping you will easiest get to Linköping by bus. If you are at Arlanda the simplest and fastest connection to Linköping is by train.

If you found yourself in any other towns in Sweden, besides those mentioned above, and want to get to Linköping you will get here easily by train or by bus.
To find an appropriate train for your trip, please go to www.sj.se.
To find an appropriate bus, please visit www.swebusexpress.se to arrange your trip.
If you would like to rent a car meanwhile you are in Sweden to get yourself around more easily there is various different lettings. For example you will find that most patrol stations have cars to rent. Furthermore there are the more typical lettings like Hertz and Europcar Sweden. The best way for you to find yourself a car that will take you to Linköping would be to search the internet for the best alternative for your circumstances.