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!
@jon just seeing the green stripes on the train makes me wanna go back to FI.
may your trip through DE be quick (and your reservations available, the toilets working, the train in time or running at all or not returning before the destination or all the other atrocities Deutsche Bahn has in store)...
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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.)
