Fastest€50.94
- Snälltåget S380006:462h 39m09:25Västerås Central StationGoteborg Centralstation
Door to door 3h 23mCO2 11.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Västerås to Gothenburg train
Trains from Västerås to Gothenburg start at €49.84 and take 3h 23m at their fastest.
The Trains from Västerås to Gothenburg starts at €49.84 and takes 3h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 357 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 23mDoor to door
- 2h 39mMoving
- €49.84From
- 11.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Snälltåget | €44.89 | 3h 12m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Västerås to Gothenburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €14.4860 days
- €15.5845 days
- €16.6830 days
- €20.5321 days
- €28.2314 days
- €41.987 days
- €39.783 days
- €44.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 209 percent. The most expensive point is €44.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €29.33Sun
- €21.08Mon
- €21.08Tue
- €23.28Wed
- €27.13Thu
- €28.23Fri
- €24.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Västerås
Rail
- Västerås Central Station
- Västerås norra railway station
- Kolbäck
Gothenburg
Rail
- Goteborg Centralstation
- Gothenburg Central Station
- Haga station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 357 km against 340 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Uddevalla, Karlstad, Örebro, Linköping. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Västerås at 06:46 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 23m | 2h 39m | 44m | €49.84 | 11.8 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 6h | 5h 16m | 44m | €21.08 | 9.6 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 12h 47m | 11h 17m | 1h 30m | €28.94 | 41.1 kg | 3 |
Questions about Västerås to Gothenburg
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg take?
The Train from Västerås to Gothenburg takes 3h 23m door to door, of which 2h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 357 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg cost?
The Train from Västerås to Gothenburg starts at €49.84 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €50.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg?
1 operators run the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg: Snälltåget. Between them they file around 3 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg use?
The Train from Västerås to Gothenburg leaves from Västerås Central Station and arrives at Goteborg Centralstation. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Västerås to Gothenburg?
Traveling from Västerås to Gothenburg by Coach costs €21.08 and takes 6h door to door, against 3h 23m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg?
Fares for the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 209 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg produce?
The Train from Västerås to Gothenburg produces about 11.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 357 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg?
Operators on the Train from Västerås to Gothenburg publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Västerås to Gothenburg on September 11, 2026: 357 km of route against 340 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €49.84, and 3h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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