#longesttraineu

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day 17 - 28 Sep - Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig - Frankfurt – Bruxelles New borders: None Borders already crossed: Horka Gbf 🇩🇪 - Wegliniec 🇵🇱 Aachen 🇩🇪 - Welkenraedt 🇧🇪 Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#8/49.882371/6.766070

#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 45 of 49 EC 132 07:45 Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig Hbf 13:04 PKP IC 🚆: Newag Griffin locomotive now, Siemens Vectron later, carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc, 15kV ac) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (lift on board) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ (at least part of the trip) 🧳: 😐 (narrow corridors, tricky with big bags) 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: 😐 (compulsory res, €3)

EC 132 07:45 Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig Hbf 13:04 Distance: 476.4km Avg speed: 90km/h 11 stops: Opole Glowne Wroclaw Glowny Legnica Chojnow Boleslawiec Wegliniec Hoyerswerda Ruhland Elsterwerda Riesa Leipzig Hbf 🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#8/50.913424/15.295715 #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 39 of 49 EC 142 11:01 Čadca - Ostrava-Svinov 12:22 ČD 🚆: Siemens Vectron locomotive, 8 carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (lift on board) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ 🧳: 😐 (hellish high steps to get in) 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: ❓ (ZSSK and Interrail say comp res., ČD and DB say not - mystery)

EC 142 11:01 Čadca - Ostrava-Svinov 12:22 Distance: 83.2km Avg speed: 62km/h 7 stops: Jablunkov-Navsi Trinec-Lyzbice Cesky Tesin Karvina hl.n. Bohumín Ostrava hl.n. Ostrava-Svinov 🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#10/49.679477/18.499200 #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 40 of 49 Os 3418 12:40 Ostrava-Svinov - Opava východ 13:12 ČD 🚆: Škoda City Elephant EMU, 3 double deck carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free if station allows, ramp on board if not) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂 (as double deck designs go it’s pretty good!) 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)

#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 36 of 49 Os 8528 17:02 Čierna nad Tisou - Košice 18:49 ZSSK 🚆: Škoda Panter EMU, 4 carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free, or lift if platform too low) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)

Os 8528 17:02 Čierna nad Tisou - Košice 18:49 Distance: 94.5km Avg speed: 53km/h 21 stops: Cierna nad Tis. zast Biel Dobra pri Ciernej n.T. Pribenik Velky Hores Somotor Streda nad Bodrogom Borsa Slovenske Nove Mesto Cerhov Michalany Kuzmice Kalsa Slanec Ruskov Bohdanovce Vysna Mysla Nizna Mysla Krasna nad Hornadom Košice predmestie Košice 🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#10/48.554630/21.675333 #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

FINALLY we have the right version of the Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 - Lagos 🇵🇹 #LongestTrainEU film up on Youtube! 😀 Watch me battle my way past cancellations, delays, and get a bit of good luck at Badajoz 🇪🇸 And the record is set: 125 hours, 31 minutes Who wants to have a go at doing it faster? 🤔 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJdg0E9ha8

Comment under the #LongestTrainEU video "Awesome journey - but I think Narvik to Lagos will be a longer journey than the one shown" Well you did not think or research very much did you! And do you really think I went to all that effort and had not checked that? 😄

From Finland to Portugal by train in just 125 hours. Last week, Jon Worth, a railway activist who advocates for better cross-border train travel across Europe, completed the longest train journey in the EU – from Kemijärvi in northern Finland to Lagos in southern Portugal – in a speedy 125 hours and 31 minutes. https://mediafaro.org/article/20260917-from-finland-to-portugal-by-train-in-just-125-hours?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward #Trains #EU #LongestTrainEU #JonWorth #Rail #Travel #Europe #CrossBorderRail

However the problem currently is I need to take a Renfe AVE (Narbonne - Lyon) in France to go to Lyon on Thursday to go get the bag of chargers I forgot there during #LongestTrainEU However despite there being seats on that train for normal passengers, none of Interrail, Rail Europe and Happyrail can sell me a seat reservation for the service 🤨

No rest here. Off goes Rick to Faro, and I’m changing in Tunes and trying to get to Pocinho today. The 24h delay to #LongestTrainEU makes my #CrossBorderRail the next few days quite complicated!

We have a soundtrack for Haparanda too 🙂 #LongestTrainEU The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJVpihgwE18

Here’s today’s #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail summary I managed only 29km and 1 train today Lagos feels a long way away! https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/iJTfwcecEoKmMRsvdmp6xs More tomorrow…

Suspense! #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail The train to Haparanda is scheduled to leave Luleå in 30 minutes, to Haparanda. Will it go? 🤔 https://1409.se/position?tagNr=7182&trainID=6129105&datum=2026-09-09&lang=en

Also credit where it's due, 1409 is an amazing tool Gives delay at interim points as well as stations #LongestTrainEU https://1409.se/position?tagNr=7183&trainID=6130801&datum=2026-09-09&lang=en

It worked! They switched sets in Boden, so I don’t even have to leave the train I was on. #LongestTrainEU continues towards Umeå! 🥳

#CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Record Attempt Train 1 of 18 274 19:00 Kemijärvi - Kemi 22:27 VR Train type: SLM, ABB Sr2 Lok 2000, 9 double deck sleeping cars, 2 double deck carriages, 1 single deck restaurant, 2 car wagons ⚡️ (25kV ac) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (ramp if station not step free) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ 🧳: 🙂 🧽: 🙂 (spotless inside, windows a little grimy) Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)

274 19:00 Kemijärvi - Kemi 22:27 Distance: 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 #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU