Verdammt – da habe ich gestern Abend doch glatt den Anfang verpasst!
#LongestTrainEU
@uwesinha.toot.berlin.ap.brid.gy
@uwesinha.toot.berlin.ap.brid.gyVerdammt – da habe ich gestern Abend doch glatt den Anfang verpasst!
#LongestTrainEU
@stromausfall13.bsky.socialDer Rekordversuch von @jonworth.eu #LongestTrainEU scheitert offenbar schon in Nordschweden an einem ausgefallenen Zug. Sehr schade!
@jonworth.euSo that was Day 1 #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail
Here's today's summary video from Kemi
@jonworth.euHere's the #LongestTrainEU music track for Kemijärvi – Kemi
Found thanks to this post:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Vicky Rosti - Menolippu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1u...
Full playlist on Youtube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@jonworth.eu274
19:00 Kemijärvi - Kemi 22:27
Distance: 198km (11th of 18)
Avg speed: 57km/h (16th of 18)
3 stops:
Misi
Rovaniemi
Kemi
🚆 mapped: umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/eu-lo...
@jonworth.eu#CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Record Attempt Train 1 of 18
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19:00 Kemijärvi - Kemi 22:27
VR
Train type: SLM, ABB Sr2 Lok 2000, 9 sleeping cars, 2 carriages, 1 restaurant, 2 car wagons
⚡️ (25kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂 (spotless inside, windows a little grimy)
Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
@jonworth.euWelcome 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
@lavergnetho.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy*EDIT:* I AM NOT THE ONE TRAVELLING THIS ROUTE 😅 !
Follow @jon and #longestTrainEU
Getting Ready !
@jonworth.euFinland 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? 🤔
@jonworth.euThe press release announcing the start of #LongestTrainEU is out! jonworth.eu/press-release-…
It gives all the key stats and background, and the trip starts TODAY at 19:00 EEST in Kemijärvi 🇫🇮
@ourmaninberlin.bsky.socialWith @jonworth.eu in Kemijärvi, Finland, getting ready to depart on his record attempt longest train journey in the EU. If all goes well, we will arrive in Lagos, Portugal on Friday night.
Follow our journey live at: crossborderrail.eu/longestjourn...
@jonworth.eu265
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...
@jonworth.eu#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)
@jonworth.euThis 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
@jonworth.euWelcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day 0 - 6 Sep - Helsinki, onto night train
Today the trip north to Kemijärvi starts!
@jonworth.euThis was a super meeting over a coffee in a sunny Helsinki. #LongestTrainEU starts 19:00 EEST Monday in Kemijärvi
@jonworth.eu#CrossBorderRail route to/from #LongestTrainEU Bus 12 of 19
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14:40 Valga - Karksi-Nuia 15:40
Gobus As
Bus type: Mercedes minibus
⛽️
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ⛔️
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (decent boot)
🧽: 🙂
@jonworth.euBaltic 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 💪
@jonworth.eu#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
@jonworth.eu#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 🙂
