Stockholm’s Buses

Stockholm has many buses. The bus system is quite extensive, reaching areas that can’t be reached via the Tunnelbana. There are five main lines in the inner city, numbered 1 to 5, which are large blue buses; then there are less frequent red buses. There are three kinds of bus lines that are different from the regular blue bus lines.

First, there are the inner-city blue bus lines. They are the inner city variant trunk lines that go across very large parts of Stockholm’s inner city.

Second, there are the suburban blue bus lines. In the suburbs, the blue bus lines act as important feeder lines to get between the suburbs and the public transportation hubs in downtown Stockholm. They also provide connections crossways between suburbs. The busses that operate on both these blue lines are painted blue, as opposed to the usual regular red busses.

Third, there are the service bus lines which are specially provided for the elderly. They are located in certain residential areas. Some of these areas have places where one can just stop the bus by waving at the driver.

Also, there is Busslink, which is a streamlined network on buses in the center of the city. It has four lines and gets priority. Although there are some stretches of bus lanes to facilitate the transportation, there is still much congestion in the city.

The main bus terminal is called the Cityterminalen (City Terminal). It is centrally located and connected with the main train station, Stockholm’s Central and the T-Centralen metro station. There are many departures every day to most other Swedish cities, as well as some international routes. Swebus Express - has routes to Copenhagen and Oslo (several daily departures) and also to Berlin (twice-weekly). Eurolines goes to Copenhagen. Other, smaller operators have connections with Prague, Zagreb, and Budapest, as well as other cities.