🆕 EU Longest Train Journey 🆕

[gavin57@toot.wales]

@jon @josgeluk Mike Downie did it on his show, Downie Live (Downie Express on Nebula). https://nebula.tv/videos/downielive-taking-the-train-from-the-arctic-circle-to-africa-full-series/

[jon@gruene.social]

@ruben @stefanlindbohm ah that’s clever. But I think it won’t save any total time compared to Puertollano.

[vladimirn@piaille.fr]

@jon OUCH ! thanks for the lead as my eyes are weak.
I'm heading to your blog.
You're not answering my other question and looking at the comments, I understand it is a nope.

[jon@gruene.social]

@gavin57 @josgeluk well no he didn’t. Because no train currently runs from Kemi to Haparanda. He did something vaguely similar.

[jon@gruene.social]

@VladimirN it’ll only be possible from this summer onwards. I’m not personally planning on doing it. Not yet anyway.

[shapr@recurse.social]

@jon @gavin57 @josgeluk lots of lovely bus lines between those two when I lived in Tornio

[jon@gruene.social]

@shapr @gavin57 @josgeluk which helps me how, given this is about the longest train ride in the EU!

[grumpydad@infosec.exchange]

@jon Wouldn't it be longer if you went from Helsinki though?

[jon@gruene.social]

@grumpydad read the blog post

[jon@gruene.social]

@grumpydad basically: adding loads of via stations you can add up route km. The issue here is what two places furthest apart in the EU can be connected by train, and that’s Kemijärvi - Lagos