Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!

[ruthpozuelo@mastodon.social]

@jon @sebwilken @tml @Jonas_Bostrom @stefanlindbohm i feel for you, swedish rail is a big cluster f*ck… be prepare to change your plans and good luck!!

[jon@gruene.social]

@tml @sebwilken @Jonas_Bostrom @stefanlindbohm There were a dozen or so on the cross border section

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@tml @jon 7183 ends in Luleå, turns to 7184 back to Haparanda and becomes 7185. So it’s the same physical trainset. If there’s an issue with the rolling stock then both would be affected.

@sebwilken @Jonas_Bostrom

[paulanomalie@piaille.fr]

@jon option 2 but if train is replaced by a bus without you knowing beforhand I'll say that's an acceptable exception.
Oh and you coule add a malus point system if any remplacement bus was taken at some point making taking bus bad option for racing but not invalidite the
whole trip for record.

[interrailinfosvenska@mastodonsweden.se]

@jon Changing rules is a slippery slope

Go for option 2 #YOLO

[sorenhave@mastodon.nu]

@sebwilken @jon Exactly!

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@sebwilken Might be the different rolling stock then. And the fact that they have a single trainset running back and forth. Lots more sensitive.

[jon@gruene.social]

So I just called Norrtåg

There is a power line down somewhere. If it is fixed in time, 7185 will be a train. If it is NOT fixed in time it will be a bus...

So how bad is this power line failure?

@sebwilken @tml @Jonas_Bostrom @stefanlindbohm

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon Can be a press of a button or a full replacement of equipment ‍️

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm Is there any website that explains this in any way? If this were DB at least I would half know how serious it was!

[thias@mastodon.social]

@jon Do the Eurovision thing and the ask the public to vote on a paying number.

[gufo@mastodon.nu]

@jon Trafikverket estimates that it will take all day to fix. Could of course be just a pessimistic estimate, but it doesn't sound promising for 7185.

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon The closest that is public is this below link.

It mentions an electrical fault between Boden - Murjek which is mainly on Malmbanan, but it includes the short section where Haparandabanan branches off. So maybe it’s the one?

Estimated resolved tonight, so that’s not promising if so…

https://www.trafikverket.se/trafikinformation/meddelanden/?Counties=25&Filtertype=trainMessage

[jon@gruene.social]

@gufo Hmm, but Murjek is the *other line* - towards Kiruna. Or is all of Boden disrupted?

[gufo@mastodon.nu]

@jon OTOH this might be an unrelated fault: Murjek is west of Boden, so I guess it depends on whether Boden station has power or not. Tricky.

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon If we have someone working at an operator, they have access to internal systems which is similar to the DB ones in Germany, with more detailed info not available to the public. I don’t have this access :((

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm Has anything else left Boden I wonder?

[toxy@mastodon.acc.sunet.se]

@jon 2. Stay pure.

[nafmo@social.vivaldi.net]

@jon @sebwilken @tml @Jonas_Bostrom @stefanlindbohm Those things take everything from a few hours to half a day to fix, down south where there are a lot of trains.

Up north off the main lines, who knows. Depends how long they have to travel to get to the troubled spot.

The rail replacement taxi will be in the Interrail system, so should be fine for the record attempt?

Anyway, the worst timing possible...

[jon@gruene.social]

@gufo Right. That's what's hard to estimate!