Västtrafik

Västtrafik is the public transport authority for Västra Götaland, the region around Gothenburg on Sweden's west coast. Best known for the city's trams, buses and regional trains, it also runs the passenger boats that are the lifeline of the Gothenburg archipelago — and they carry a normal Västtrafik ticket, the same one you would use on a tram.

Boats to the car-free islands

From Saltholmen, at the end of the tram line, ferries fan out across the Southern Gothenburg archipelago to a chain of car-free islands — Köpstadsö, Styrsö, Donsö and Vrångö, Brännö and Asperö and their neighbours — where the boat is simply how you get home. In the city itself, the little Älvsnabben boats hop across the Göta River between the quays, a scenic short-cut through the heart of Gothenburg.

One ticket for everything

There is nothing special to book: the archipelago and river boats are fully part of the integrated network, so a single ticket or period pass bought in the Västtrafik To Go app covers boat, tram, bus and train alike, priced by zone. The boats themselves are operated on Västtrafik's behalf by Styrsöbolaget. Västtrafik was formed in 1998 alongside the Västra Götaland region.