Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@tml @Jonas_Bostrom I also found that a bit odd. Presumably because the platforms are by the leftmost tracks at Boden C station?

[jon@gruene.social]

@sebwilken Right, and that tickets can all be cancelled right up to the last minute!

[jonas_bostrom@mastodonsweden.se]

@stefanlindbohm @tml Det stämmer, och det var en väldigt udda lösning. Min gissning är att det var för att tågen från Haparanda skulle kunna ta sig till perrongerna utan att störa trafiken på Malmbanan.

[ottermiemuis@waag.social]

@jon +waves pompoms+

[violanders@mastodon.nu]

@tml @Jonas_Bostrom @jon @nafmo @sebwilken @stefanlindbohm It would have made more sense if the line between Boden C and the junction had been double track.

[violanders@mastodon.nu]

@tml @Jonas_Bostrom @jon @nafmo @sebwilken @stefanlindbohm My bad - it was double track! The Haparanda line was unelectrified.

[ottermiemuis@waag.social]

@jon Aha! This is a totally different explanation-story then one would expect nowadays. Amazing. Thanks for posting

@saruwine

[oskarimkeller@fnordon.de]

@jon
Did you expect being stopped in your tracks so soon in the trip? Or was Sweden always a risky country to cross?

[jonas_bostrom@mastodonsweden.se]

@violanders No, it was two single track lines next to each other. @tml @jon @nafmo @sebwilken @stefanlindbohm

[violanders@mastodon.nu]

@Jonas_Bostrom @tml @jon @nafmo @sebwilken @stefanlindbohm

The whole story is this: From the beginning (1900) the Haparanda line had its own track all the way to Boden C, parallell to Malmbanan ("the Ore line".) 1921 the ore train bypass at Boden C was built and Malmbanan and the Haparanda line switched tracks north of Boden with the Haparanda line crossing Malmbanan by bridge. The purpose was to minimise the conflicts between the iron ore trains and other traffic. ->

[violanders@mastodon.nu]

@Jonas_Bostrom @tml @jon @nafmo @sebwilken @stefanlindbohm -> Around the year 2000 the western part of the Haparanda line was rebuilt for heavier trains and this is when the parallell track and the bridge were removed since the line had (and has) so little traffic that the parallell tracks and the bridge weren't needed.

[bellinghman@wandering.shop]

@happydisciple

Chinese built phone, so the hardware might be there

@jon

[jon@gruene.social]

So this is the likely new timetable

I think

I hope!

Red ones I did not reserve yet

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon You can change directly from ECE 5 to TGV 9580 in Karlsruhe, skipping the regional train between Offenburg - Strasbourg.

I guess the reservation fee is slightly higher for this though? But it does make the trip simpler.

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm I am not worried about that. There are loads of options there. And if I can I want to take the crap cross border railbus

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon what does this make the target time?

[jon@gruene.social]

@quixoticgeek 124 hours 9 minutes

[jon@gruene.social]

And if this train does NOT go tonight from Haparanda to Boden, I would *then* be relying on a 3 minute connection in Badajoz on the final day

I SOOOO hope Norrtåg manages to run later today.

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon if you get a chance can you fix the formatting on the alt text please. It's kinda garbled and impossible to follow.

[jon@gruene.social]

@quixoticgeek No. But you can find the entire Spreadsheet here: https://nextcloud.jonworth.eu/index.php/s/AllRoutePlans