Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!
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Off on time from Kemijärvi, after having presented a small plaque to the city administration.
And I have a timer running the whole trip as well - from the moment the door closed at Kemijärvi to the moment it opens in Lagos!
Wishing you a very pleasant trip; I am following your adventures along the way closely.
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Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!
This train journey starts in Kemijärvi
and ends in Lagos 
18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as the crow flies, 6281 route-km
The background to this project is here:
https://longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu/And the live tracking throughout is here:
https://longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu/@jon Best wishes for the project from Germany!
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Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!
This train journey starts in Kemijärvi
and ends in Lagos 18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as the crow flies, 6281 route-km
The background to this project is here:
https://longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu/And the live tracking throughout is here:
https://longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu/@jon Looks like a nice adventure.
Wishing you a very pleasant trip! -
Off on time from Kemijärvi, after having presented a small plaque to the city administration.
And I have a timer running the whole trip as well - from the moment the door closed at Kemijärvi to the moment it opens in Lagos!
Here's the #LongestTrainEU music track for Kemijärvi – Kemi
Found thanks to this post:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h3nidwinjauzechkk5o5ldi5/post/3mtyl7liprc2dVicky Rosti - Menolippu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1uFe0ma5YFull playlist on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQfeggpU3vqA -
Here's the #LongestTrainEU music track for Kemijärvi – Kemi
Found thanks to this post:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h3nidwinjauzechkk5o5ldi5/post/3mtyl7liprc2dVicky Rosti - Menolippu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1uFe0ma5YFull playlist on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQfeggpU3vqAHere's the whole playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQfeggpU3vqA -
Here's the #LongestTrainEU music track for Kemijärvi – Kemi
Found thanks to this post:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h3nidwinjauzechkk5o5ldi5/post/3mtyl7liprc2dVicky Rosti - Menolippu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji1uFe0ma5YFull playlist on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQfeggpU3vqA@jon good job including Norway and the UK on that map
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Off on time from Kemijärvi, after having presented a small plaque to the city administration.
And I have a timer running the whole trip as well - from the moment the door closed at Kemijärvi to the moment it opens in Lagos!
@jon do you have a tracker or anything we can use to follow live progress?
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@jon do you have a tracker or anything we can use to follow live progress?
@quixoticgeek https://nextcloud.jonworth.eu/apps/phonetrack/publicSessionWatch/d732d5205c5cb742db60e6b38375528c
Currently a long stop at Rovaniemi
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@quixoticgeek https://nextcloud.jonworth.eu/apps/phonetrack/publicSessionWatch/d732d5205c5cb742db60e6b38375528c
Currently a long stop at Rovaniemi
@jon do you get to see the steam loco out front ?
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@jon do you get to see the steam loco out front ?
@quixoticgeek From afar, yes. But we stayed on board, chatting to people in the dining car!
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19:00 Kemijärvi - Kemi 22:27Distance: 198km (11th of 18)
Avg speed: 57km/h (16th of 18)3 stops:
Misi
Rovaniemi
Kemi
mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/eu-longest-train-journey_1427743#9/66.235202/25.965020@jon And a note to random reader: Yes, that is a quite slow average speed. But this is a night train. It is in no hurry. Also, car carrier wagons are attached in Rovaniemi, and ample time is allocated for that.
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@jon And a note to random reader: Yes, that is a quite slow average speed. But this is a night train. It is in no hurry. Also, car carrier wagons are attached in Rovaniemi, and ample time is allocated for that.
@tml Right, totally. They do not try to rush those shunting manoeuvres!
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Off on time from Kemijärvi, after having presented a small plaque to the city administration.
And I have a timer running the whole trip as well - from the moment the door closed at Kemijärvi to the moment it opens in Lagos!
@jon Bon voyage!
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@tml Right, totally. They do not try to rush those shunting manoeuvres!
@jon At least in the Helsinki end apparently a single person handles it all: Drives the remote controlled locomotive and performs the actual coupling. Must have required some long and tedious negotiations (in a sauna, haha?) with the unions for this to be acceptable…
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Safe travels!
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Off on time from Kemijärvi, after having presented a small plaque to the city administration.
And I have a timer running the whole trip as well - from the moment the door closed at Kemijärvi to the moment it opens in Lagos!
@jon Safe travels!
We’re all out here, rooting (routing?) for you.
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Here's the whole playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQfeggpU3vqAHmmm 🤨
The live tracking thinks I have barely left Rovaniemi
But I most definitely have, and am two thirds of the way to Kemi
I simply cannot get any decent GPS signal here, even between carriages
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Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!
This train journey starts in Kemijärvi
and ends in Lagos 18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as the crow flies, 6281 route-km
The background to this project is here:
https://longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu/And the live tracking throughout is here:
https://longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu/Have a good trip!
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Hmmm 🤨
The live tracking thinks I have barely left Rovaniemi
But I most definitely have, and am two thirds of the way to Kemi
I simply cannot get any decent GPS signal here, even between carriages
@jon Maybe next time you could use live data from operators retrieving your train numbers to more reliably update the pin across your ..checks notes.. 7 countries travelled
(Please don’t kill me I promise I won’t suggest this again.)
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Hmmm 🤨
The live tracking thinks I have barely left Rovaniemi
But I most definitely have, and am two thirds of the way to Kemi
I simply cannot get any decent GPS signal here, even between carriages
@jon I think you've derailed, Jon.
