The next leg is #Inlandsbanan. Of course we choose the train on the line #Norrut towards Gällivare. To my great joy, today's Y1 railcar has a grey-white livery. The past two times, I have only seen Y1 with (I guess) newer red-cream livery.
Edit: Thanks for the explanations regarding the light @sintzoff @violanders
The journey is pleasant, but the train almost full. Before the train got to the platform, a guide explained his group of ablut 15 people: "We are looking for coach number 1". It seems that other tourists would also expect a longer train.
On maybe ten years old pictures, I saw that most trains were operated with two railcars. Does someone of you why the trains are operared with only one railcar nowadays?
#Norrut
Anslutande buss, anyone? #Norrut
(Seems to be a relict from the 1960's or older, otherwise the door on the left side wouldn't make sense)
Inlandsbanan, northern section: Done â (for the 2nd time)
After a six hours ride from Arvidsjaur, we are reaching the northern terminus Gällivare at late evening. #Norrut
#Kiruna is a moving city! Due to mining, major parts of the city including the old center are being dismantled. As a consequence thereof, new city districts are built.
kiruna.se/stadsomvandling
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiruna
I will post some of my impressions. #Norrut
This is the 438th toot on very bad seat and window placement in the fediverse. Yes, I hate #SJ 's X2 windowless window seats, too. đ At least you can easily choose your seat online, even with interrail. đ #Norrut
Edit: Apparently, there are different seating versions currently and the online maps do not always match. đ Thank you for pointing this out, @partim @transpontus
When I went to Hamburg about six years ago, I found the DSB train to be rather slow. Is the EC faster? I know, I could look it up. :)
@larstransportworld I see you smartly travelled in second class. I tend to use first which is quite bad on these trains.
(Sadly, DB doesnât let you book a Sparpreis partially in second.)
@larstransportworld If you have time, take the roundabout route to Copenhagen via Gilleleje and Hillerød. Not hugely scenic (apart from surprisingly lots of forest, for Denmark) but still nice to tick off those linesâŚ
Or wait, this trip was some week ago already, wasnât itâŚ
The story goes that Shakespeare had a friend who visited the Elsinore castle, where he met the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. Shakespeare got the character names Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from one of Brahe's books. There's an interesting Brahe museum on the island of Ven, outside Landskrona.
@larstransportworld One thing people perhaps often forget or ignore when expressing nostalgia about train ferries is how much time it took to split up a train and shunt the sections on board the ferry, and then the reverse on the other side. (And for HelsingborgâHelsingør, and also RødbyâPuttgarden, trains usually had carriages that terminated/originated at the port station, only a part were through coaches that used the ferry.)
The IC3 DMU operation was a bit quicker.
@tml @larstransportworld Last time I did Puttgarden it was insane how quick it went. We were a couple minutes late and the boat was waiting for us. We did the briefest of stops, then straight onto the boat. By the time I was up on deck, we were already beyond the breakers.
But naturally, you can only do this with very short trains.
@partim @tml @larstransportworld
On a class trip from Stockholm to Prague in 1973, the train went via Trelleborg - SaĂnitz, where we sat for hours. I don't know how much of that was for technical reasons, because all we saw were dogs and big mirrors searching underneath. Especially on the return trip. The East German train staff and officials were dour, but the Czechs on the train from Berlin were friendlier.
You're passing near here. I'm by Häljarp station, near Landskrona. So after Helsingborg.
Oh, so no more Sweden after Hbg. Good choice.
@larstransportworld @diningcar
Nice. I guess I can't have that margarine, though, because I'm not a professional anymore. Stupid PR people.
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