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Lulea to Oulo

  • April 26, 2026
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Can anyone advise why it isn’t possible to book a train from Lulea in Sweden to Oulu, Finland? Its clear that there are trains running, but not bookable on inter rail app!

Best answer by rvdborgt

The Rail Planner app can't book anything. It can only forward you to some of the websites where you can book reservations. However, the best overview of where and how to book reservations is on this page:

https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm

Reservations are not needed though here.

If you're just looking for timetables: the Rail Planner app really isn't the best place to look. Much more reliable are national planners, or bahn.com for international journeys.

You forgot to mention your travel date, but there currently are no day trains between Haparanda in Sweden and Kemi in Finland. There are some buses between Kemi and Tornio / TornioHaparanda bus station / Haparanda station but those are not in the Rail Planner app and not included in the pass. From the end of June, day trains should start running between Oulu and Haparanda, but the start date has not been published yet. The provisional timetable can be seen here (all times are Finnish local time, ma=Monday, la=Saturday, su=Sunday).

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  • April 26, 2026

The Rail Planner app can't book anything. It can only forward you to some of the websites where you can book reservations. However, the best overview of where and how to book reservations is on this page:

https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm

Reservations are not needed though here.

If you're just looking for timetables: the Rail Planner app really isn't the best place to look. Much more reliable are national planners, or bahn.com for international journeys.

You forgot to mention your travel date, but there currently are no day trains between Haparanda in Sweden and Kemi in Finland. There are some buses between Kemi and Tornio / TornioHaparanda bus station / Haparanda station but those are not in the Rail Planner app and not included in the pass. From the end of June, day trains should start running between Oulu and Haparanda, but the start date has not been published yet. The provisional timetable can be seen here (all times are Finnish local time, ma=Monday, la=Saturday, su=Sunday).