Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!

This journey starts Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 and ends Lagos 🇵🇹

18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as crow flies, 6281 route-km

Project background:
longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu

Follow live:
longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu

*EDIT:* I AM NOT THE ONE TRAVELLING THIS ROUTE 😅 !

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Getting Ready !

https://gruene.social/@jon/117230087658167818

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Finland supposedly wants to build standard gauge tracks from Haparanda 🇸🇪 as far as Misi (half way between Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi) yle.fi/a/74-20244260

I *still* don't get this

*Surely* development of dual gauge freight wagons would be an easier way to do this? 🤔

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265
19:29 Helsinki - Kemijärvi 08:50

Distance: 984.5km
Avg speed: 74km/h

14 stops:
Pasila
Tikkurila
Riihimäki
Hämeenlinna
Tampere
Parkano
Seinäjoki
Kokkola
Ylivieska
Oulu
Kemi
Rovaniemi
Misi
Kemijärvi

🚆 mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/cross...

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#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 11 of 45
265
19:29 Helsinki - Kemijärvi 08:50
VR

🚆: SLM, ABB Sr2 Lok 2000, 9 double deck sleeping cars, 2 double deck carriages, 1 restaurant, 6 short car wagons
⚡️ (25kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅ (dining car)
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂
Interrail: 😐 (compulsory res)

This is today‘s #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU intro video https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/sM9veCaRHmeDHmbkxMByNJ

It explains what’s happening today

The actual record bid starts Monday at 1900 EEST in Kemijärvi

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day 0 - 6 Sep - Helsinki, onto night train

Today the trip north to Kemijärvi starts!

First time in 2 decades we see Trondheim on this departure board! And first time ever an electrified passenger train runs direct on this route from Jämtland to Trøndelag.

I’m boarding for some (mini) #crossborderrail history 🙌 (it is only a trial run - […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Last train for today : :sncf: :fr_tgv: :fr_inoui: nà Lüxebùrri / no Lëtzebuerg / vers Luxembourg / nach Luxemburg / to Luxembourg 🇱🇺 !

Just 500 km and four countries today 🇦🇹 🇨🇭 :flag_als: 🇱🇺 ...

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:omya_sbb: Why FFS is the :sncf: Liberté OPTIMUM not available on :tgvlyria: ?!? I just wanna have a flexible ticket, why is that impossible in Switzerland while no problem everywhere else ? :sbbwtf_0: :sbbwtf_1:

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#CrossBorderRail route to/from #LongestTrainEU Bus 12 of 19
80
14:40 Valga - Karksi-Nuia 15:40
Gobus As

Bus type: Mercedes minibus
⛽️
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ⛔️
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (decent boot)
🧽: 🙂

But of course I’m not taking the easy option and taking the train. I’m taking the bus west… one more #CrossBorderRail line to check

Baltic rail collaboration at Valga 🇪🇪

The LTG Link (silver red train) Vilnius - Riga - Valga and back meets the Elron (orange train) Tallinn - Valga and back here

Connections assured. It works 💪

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After a looong stopover (over a week!), I am resuming my #CrossBorderRail journey. Not actually crossing any borders today, rather getting an extra 1,100 Kms deeper into #Italy: Reggio Emilia AV to Villa San Giovanni via Italo, then a ferry to Messina. Send good vibes?

peterneumann.bsky.social: An interesting experiment.

"Sometimes you have to do something crazy to make serious arguments – about timetables, tickets and passenger rights – heard." #Bahn #CrossBorderRail

www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/in-1...

Ein interessantes Experiment.

„Manchmal muss man etwas Verrücktes tun, damit ernste Argumente – zu Fahrplänen, Fahrkarten und Fahrgastrechten – Gehör finden.“ #Bahn #CrossBorderRail

www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/in-1...

#CrossBorderRail route to/from #LongestTrainEU Bike 7 of 10
Ape - Valga

Distance: 63km (adjusted for more asphalt)
Est. duration: 4:30

This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#11/57.656790/26.374397

#CrossBorderRail route to/from #LongestTrainEU Bus 11 of 19
6701
07:25 Aluksnes AO - Ape 08:25
AS Talsu autotransports

Bus type: Mercedes regional bus
⛽️
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

Prize for the silliest bus driver I’ve yet encountered too 🙂

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day -02 - 3 Sep - Aluksnes - Ape - Valga - Karksi-Nuia - Mõisaküla - Viljandi - Tallinn

New borders:
Mõniste 🇪🇪 - Ape 🇱🇻
Valka 🇱🇻 - Mõniste 🇪🇪
Möisaküla 🇪🇪 - Ipiki 🇱🇻