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  1. jamesontheroad

    Collision of cargo ship with, and collapse of, Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (26/03)

    Awful to watch, and for it to happen at night will only hinder the rescue. This is going to have huge consequences for Interstate traffic along the eastern seaboard for months, if not years to come. It's also going to cause a major headache for the Port of Baltimore.
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    Interrail first class on Swedish VY Norrtag sleepers

    This winter, there was a lengthy period when (because of the derailments) the Stockholm-Narvik night train ran (instead) to Luleå, and passengers for stations north of Boden had to disembark and change to a connecting train with only seated carriages. This happened very early in the morning...
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    Interrail first class on Swedish VY Norrtag sleepers

    Vy have chooses not to offer 1st class Interrail pass reservations for 1st class sleeper compartments (ie 2-bed with en-suite showers). It’s a business decision, not a flaw in the booking system. If you want to take the night train to northern Sweden, you can either use your pass to book a 2nd...
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    [SE] Vy (NSB) abandons night trains in Sweden from Dec-24

    Vy Tåg AB in Sweden had to get a bailout from the parent company in Norway when things started to go south with the Swedish night train contract, so yes that was a Norwegian state-owned company subsidising a Swedish one. Now Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Agency) will have to pay a premium...
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    [SE] Vy (NSB) abandons night trains in Sweden from Dec-24

    Vy Tåg (approximately pronounced Vee torg if you are an English-speaker), the Swedish subsidiary of the state-owned Norwegian VY Group has announced they will not seek an extension of the 4-year procurement of the Stockholm-Narvik and Stockholm-Luleå night trains when it runs out in December...
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    Freiburg v Cambridge

    I'd wager a tenner on it being that very video that prompted an MP, intern or civil servant to come up with this idea.
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    Freiburg v Cambridge

    I visited Freiburg im Breisgau in 2007, when I was an Erasmus exchange student in nearby Strasbourg. There were two particularly interesting urban areas that had been redeveloped. Vauban was a military base from the 1930s-1990s, and after reunification was returned to the city. The existing...
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    [SE] Ethiopian Embassy in Sweden apologies for minibus driven onto train tracks

    Sweden's national broadcaster SVT reports on an incident that affected commuter train traffic in Stockholm on Sunday morning, 3 March. Article here, with video, in Swedish: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/stockholm/diplomatbil-overgiven-pa-tagrals-mellan-alvik-och-sickla My translation
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    Czech Carriages north of Hamburg

    That is the long term intention. ČD recently published a map of EuroCity and InterCity routes they were planning and Copenhagen appeared. My best guess is not before December 2025.
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    Stockholm - Narvik engineering works

    And here, in Norwegian with NRK: https://www.nrk.no/nordland/mistenker-at-sabotasje-forte-til-avsporing-pa-malmbanen-ved-svenskegrensen-1.16778977 They key extract, my translation: So, not necessarily confirmation of suspected sabotage, but a deliberate way of framing two highly suspcious...
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    [CA] Via Rail starts campaign for renewal of long distance fleet

    VIA Rail Canada held a press conference at its Montréal workshops this week to draw attention to the diminishing availability of its “Heritage” fleet of stainless steel passenger carriages. About 25 out of 200 cars are out of service right now, and spare parts usually have to be fabricated by...
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    Stockholm - Narvik engineering works

    Local media (in Norwegian, subscription only) have reported the frustrations of Narvik's tourism chief about the railway re-opening to freight but not passenger trains. There is an enormous backlog of iron ore waiting to be shipped out, so it's likely that NKAB wants to export as much material...
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    Eurostar collecting Advance Passenger Information

    Ireland is in the EU, but not in Schengen, rather the UK/RoI Common Travel Area. So, like the UK, it can choose whether or not to conduct exit checks. Schengen countries follow the Schengen Borders Code, which determines the checks made on EU and non-EU citizens are subject to entering or...
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    Eurostar collecting Advance Passenger Information

    Long before Brexit, the UK government has always stood out amongst non-Schengen nations in not conducting exit passport checks at airports and ferry terminals. It was a cost cutting measure dependent on the airlines providing accurate information and checking travel documents. Had the UK really...
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    [DK] First Talgo formation for DSB has arrived in Denmark

    First video of the DSB Talgo interior, from DSB employee and Danish railway YouTuber Kenny:
  16. jamesontheroad

    [FI/EE/LV/LT/PL] Helsinki - Warszawa via the Baltic States

    Thanks for all the contributions to this thread. My original query still stands but an expensive winter of other commitments means I'm delaying the trip a bit. I had planned to travel Umeå - Vaasa - Tampere - Helsinki - Tallinn - Riga - Vilnius - Mockava - ? - Kraków - Vienna - Rome - ? -...
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    [FI/EE/LV/LT/PL] Helsinki - Warszawa via the Baltic States

    Thanks for the video and photos. I hope to take the train north to south in February or March.
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    [DK] Snälltåget granted rights Malmö - Hamburg fr. 2025; Copenhagen - Aarhus fr. 2027

    Breaking news... about to translate the press release. According to kollektivtraffik.dk (here, in Danish, easily translated by Google Chrome) the Swedish train company Snälltåget has been permitted to operate two daily day trains between Malmö and Hamburg from 2025, and will be permitted to...
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    SJ Norge Tickets

    Oslo - Trondheim is possibly subject to a shorter booking horizon while work goes on to repair the bridge at Randklev. (I assume you are aware that in March you will still need to take the diversionary route from Oslo to Trondheim via the Rørosbanen.)
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    Trivia: Train journeys under an hour that cross a time zone

    Still risky at the combined Haparanda-Tornio bus station, where CET and EET are used alongside each other for buses departing towards Sweden and Finland!

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