The longest train journey – in 2021

Post by fabioborellini » Mon, Dec 20, 2021, 11:46 AM UTC

kingcharles wrote: post #37

fabioborellini wrote: post #16

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They did restart it on last Sunday. Link in Finnish: https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12222441 The link states that two daily Allegro services have been re-instantiated. Due to Russian legislation, using the service is only possible for Finnish and Russian citizens. It is true that EU and Russia do not recognise each other's vaccines, but a negative test result allows travel. Russia seems to require a test result in any case…

Do you know if these problems have affected service to Lapland? I'm hoping it hasn't tampered with getting raw materials and seasonal workers to Santa's workshops. p.s. don't tell the kids, but the best thing about Finland: reindeer steaks. Who knew Rudolph was so tasty?

Post by gpvos » Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 11:37 AM UTC

hannob wrote: post #11

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How about Lisbon to New York? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait_crossing

It'd be extremely difficult to make a crossing of the bering strait work practically. It's not just the technical challenges of building a bridge or a tunnel in pretty harsh conditions. It's also that on the russian side there is a huge area that has almost no human settlements and no infrastructure. You'd have to build a train line through an area of nothing. That also means it's difficult to imagine intermediate st…

Post by richardwhiuk » Sun, Dec 26, 2021, 12:14 PM UTC

gpvos wrote: post #42

dane-pgp wrote: post #6

Presumably the only way that this record could be significantly improved upon would be if Malaysia was connected to Indonesia (perhaps via the proposed Malacca Strait Bridge[0]) and then extended further if Sumatra and Java were connected (via the proposed Sunda Strait Bridge[1]). Beyond that, a rail connection from Asia to New Guinea or Australia is a lot harder to imagine. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malacca_…

Tralee, Ireland is slightly further to the west than Lagos, Portugal, so in geodesic distance I suppose it's further. A pity that there are no plans for a rail tunnel to Ireland at all.