School card

If you are at primary or secondary school and have a School card, you can use it to travel on weekdays. The municipality where you live decides whether to give you a School card or not. You can see what times the card is valid here or on the card itself.

School holidays when the School card is valid

Sports break
Easter holiday
Autumn holiday

Where the card is valid

The times at which you can travel and the zones you can travel in are stated on your card. If you want to travel in more zones than are stated on your card, you can contact your school for more information about how to do this.

The School card is valid for travel with SJ Regional and Vy train 99 on the route Göteborg - Ed.

Times when the card is valid

The card is valid on weekdays during these periods:

Spring semester: January 7 – June 18
Back to school fall semester: August 10 – september 15
Fall semester: August 10 to december 23

Read on your card to see the validity-times.

The card is not valid on weekends or public holidays.

FAQ School card

Contact your school office. They will help you to block the card and order a replacement card for you.

Schools can become business customers with us in order to order a pay-as-you-go card, which can be payed through invoices. As a business customer, you can also order vouchers that are used to charge the pay-as-you-go card with money when the initial money runs out. Orders are made via form and delivery takes about a week. Apply to become a business customer.

It is also possible to buy a pay-as-you-go card in a store or at a sales agent, but then you can't pay through invoice.

If you are at primary or lower secondary school: You can travel to school without your card. When you arrive at school, go to the school office. They will give you a ticket for your journey home.

If you are at upper secondary school: You need to buy a ticket in order to travel.

Ticket info

School travel cards is owned by the school / municipality and is personal.

A school travel card for Zone B is not valid for travel on Öresundståg trains.

The accompanying passenger offer does not apply to school travel cards, nor can they be used as part payment for travel with SJ and Tågab.

If you lose your school travel card, you should contact your school office, which will block your card and order a replacement.

If you are going to primary or lower secondary school and you leave your School travel card at home, you can still travel to school. At school, you should ask the school office for a “ticket for the trip home”.

If you go to upper secondary school and you leave your School travel card at home, you must pay for your journeys to and from school yourself.

If your School travel card is not working, you should ask the transport staff for help. If there is a problem with the card you will be given a temporary ticket. You should show this ticket to the school office, which will order a new card and give you a “Temporary school card” which you can use until the new one arrives.