Denmark
Copenhagen
One zone-based ticket covers the metro, trains, buses and harbour boats. With no gates and no contactless, buy it in an app or at a machine before you set off.
Metro (Metroen, M1-M4)
Updated on August 26, 2026
How to ride
- 1Buy before you boardBuy in the Rejsebillet app or at a station machine. On the metro you must buy before boarding - there is no onboard sale.
- 2Choose zones, not modesYou buy zones, not modes. Count your starting zone as the first one, and the farthest zone you pass through sets the price.
- 3Go straight to the platformThere is nothing to stamp or tap. The ticket is valid from the moment you buy it, so head straight down to the platform.
- 4Check in with a Basiskort or the appTap a Basiskort at a yellow checkpoint before you board and after you leave; the app checks in and out by swipe, with no terminal.
- 5Show the original when inspectedMetro Stewards in uniform check tickets at random on trains and platforms. Screenshots and photos of a ticket are not accepted.
- 6Keep the ticket until you are outThe duty to show a ticket continues after you get off, until you leave the platform and the metro area. Keep it to hand.
Fares
Single fares2
Passes & multi-ride3
Card itself1
Add-ons & fees1
Estimates use exchange rates as of November 3, 2026
Payment
Tap to ride 
IC card 
App tickets 
Paper tickets 
Cash Quick facts
Fares
City Pass / Copenhagen CardA City Pass covers bus, train, metro, light rail and harbour bus
Daily fare capNo daily fare cap exists - the time-based City Pass is the substitute
Transfer discountsWithin the ticket's validity you can change modes as often as you like
Facilities
Lifts (step-free)All 44 metro stations have at least one lift, so every platform is reachable step-free from street level; out-of-service lifts are listed individually on the Metro's own front page.
Suitcases & luggageLuggage travels free; each piece may measure up to 100x60x30 cm
Rules
Eating & drinking on boardEating and drinking are allowed on trains and the metro, alcohol included
Smoking（Banned）Banned on board and at stations alike, e-cigarettes included
Pets（Limited）Small animals ride free in a carrier; a large dog on a lead pays a child fare
Fare evasion fine（Banned）No valid ticket means a DKK 750 fine, and showing one later will not cancel it
Apps & info
Journey planner app (Google Maps, Citymapper)
Operating hoursAll four lines (M1-M4) run around the clock, and there is no timetable at all. Trains come about every 2 minutes in the rush hours (07-09 and 14-18), about every 3 minutes during the day, in the evening and at weekends, and at night (01-07) about every 8 minutes after Friday and Saturday and about every 20 minutes after Sunday to Thursday.
Heads-up
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The ticket check runs until you leave the platform
Your duty to show a ticket does not end when you step off the train - it runs until you leave the platform and the metro area. Screenshots and photos of tickets are not accepted, and if your phone runs out of power so the ticket cannot be checked, you count as travelling without one. Producing the right ticket afterwards will not get the fine cancelled.
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Bikes and non-folding scooters are barred at weekday peaks
Bikes and larger scooters that do not fold cannot be taken on the metro on weekdays between 07.00 and 09.00 or between 15.30 and 17.30, and bringing one at a banned time is treated exactly like travelling without a valid ticket. Folded, an e-scooter counts as free hand luggage - but anything running on petrol is barred at any hour.
Timetable
Editor Naotaka