Wagonload

Stockholm → Copenhagen

SESTO · DKCPH · 660 km

Operated by Green Cargo

Starter rate
USD 625–USD 1,125
per 40-ft equivalent

Transit

Scheduled
2 d
Departures
12/wk
Average wait
0.3 d
Door-ready
2.3 d

Door-ready adds half the gap between departures — the average wait if your cargo becomes ready at a random moment. On a 12-a-week service that is 0.3 days, and it is the figure a road-versus-rail comparison usually leaves out.

Legs and handovers

A single through leg — no gauge break and no operator handover en route.

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    Stockholm Årsta → København Høje Taastrup
    Green Cargo · Standard (1435 mm) · 660 km · 2 d

Track gauge and borders

The spacing between the rails — whether the wheels can run through, or the load has to change trains.

Countries crossed
SE → DK
Gauge changes
None — through running
Origin gauge
Standard (1435 mm)
Destination gauge
Standard (1435 mm)

Loading gauge clearance

The height and width of tunnels and bridges — whether the load fits through. A different constraint from track gauge above: this corridor can have no gauge break at all and still refuse a high-cube container.

Governing profile UIC GC · 4650 mm

Set by SE, the narrowest network on the route. One restrictive tunnel anywhere caps the whole journey regardless of how generous the rest is. The generous European profile. Required for P400 semi-trailer traffic — the "mega trailer" standard that most new corridor investment targets.

SE · GC DK · GC
40ft standard (8'6") on a container flat
Clears +904 mm
High-cube (9'6") on a container flat
Clears +599 mm
Swap body on a container flat
Clears +825 mm
P400 semi-trailer on a pocket wagon
Clears +380 mm

Profiles are the published maxima for each network's core freight routes. Individual lines differ in both directions, so a load within 50 mm of the limit needs the operator to confirm the specific path. Compare wagon deck heights →

Emissions

−90% 6 vs 62 gCO₂ per tonne-km

GLEC v3 planning estimate — not a regulatory declaration. Model your own payload with the transit calculator.

Among the lowest-carbon relations on the platform — almost entirely electric traction on Nordic grid power.